New Delhi, Oct 3 (UNI) India can effectively tackle the menace of plastic pollution only with the combined efforts of all segments of society, Sanjay Kumar, Director General, DMEO and head of Circular Economy Mission, Niti Aayog, said on Tuesday. He said today at the launch of NGO Bharat Soka Gakkai’s (BSG) ‘Say No to…
Hangzhou, Oct 3 (UNI) India’s PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy began their campaigns by beating their rivals in the women’s and men’s singles badminton here on Tuesday. Sindhu, a two-time Olympic medallist, defeated Chinese Taipei’s Hsu Wen Chi 21-10, 21-15 in the round of 32. It took her 42 minutes to trounce her opponent at…
New Delhi, Oct 3 (UNI) The World Bank has projected India’s GDP growth for the current financial year 2023-24 at 6.3% even as global headwinds continue to persist and intensify further due to high interest rates, geopolitical tensions and sluggish global demand. In its latest India Development Update (IDU) released on Tuesday, the World Bank…
New Delhi, Oct 3 (UNI) Reflecting moderation in factory activities, India’s manufacturing PMI (Purchasing Managers’ Index) slipped to a five-month low of 57.5 in September 2023. Published by S&P Global, India’s manufacturing PMI stood at 58.6 in August this year. A PMI reading above 50 means expansion, while a print below it shows contraction in…
New Delhi, (UNI) Samarpan Lama emerged winner after an intense battle of the ‘TOP 5 finalists’ in ‘Finale no.1’ of Sony Entertainment Television’s India’s Best Dancer 3. Samarpan Lama won prize money of INR 15 lakhs and lifted the coveted trophy of India’s Best Dancer 3, while his choreographer Bhawna Khanduja was awarded a cheque…
Mumbai, Oct 3 (UNI) The BSE Sensex on Tuesday dropped 206.14 points at 65,622.27 in the opening session, as almost all indices were in green. The NSE lost 98.25 points at 19,540.05. Almost all indices were opened in red. The losers were Powergrid by 1.35 pc to Rs 197.15, Reliance Industries by 1.13 pc to…
New Delhi, Oct 3 (UNI) Delhi Government launched ‘Green War Room’ for round the clock monitoring and implementation of Winter Action Plan. Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai said that a team of 17 members consisting of scientists and engineers to look after Green War Room. “Green Delhi app is a combined platform of 28 departments…
Stockholm, Oct 3 (UNI) The 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to scientists Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier for creating methods for studying dynamics of electrons in matter, the Nobel Committee said on Tuesday. “The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2023 #NobelPrize in Physics to Pierre Agostini,…
Hyderabad, Oct 3 (UNI) A delegation from the Election Commission of India (ECI), led by Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and comprising Election Commissioners Anup Chandra Pandey and Arun Goel, along with senior deputy Commissioners and Deputy commissioners, arrived in Hyderabad on Tuesday. During their three-day visit to Telangana, the members of the CEC delegation…
Nizamabad, Oct 3 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his address at a public rally here on Tuesday evening dropped a bombshell stating that Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao came to New Delhi and told him that BRS wanted to join the BJP-led NDA at the Centre but he (Modi) turned down his proposal….
