Pakistan’s catastrophic floods: Climate experts warn harsher and more extreme conditions in coming years
Islamabad/Lahore/Karachi: Pakistan is witnessing unprecedented floods that has claimed more than 1,100 lives, destroyed infrastructure and crops, and affected 33 million people or one-seventh of the country's population
PTI / 01 Sep, 2022
Over 6.5 lakh pregnant women in dire need of care in flood-hit Pakistan: UNFPA
Islamabad: The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) also warned that there was an increased risk of gender-based violence (GBV) against women and girls
PTI / 31 Aug, 2022
Cab approves plans to raise procurement ceiling for tur, urad, masur; dispose of chana to states at discounted rate
New Delhi: Price Support Scheme (PSS), under the Agriculture Ministry, is operationalised only when prices of agri-produce fall below the minimum support price (MSP)
PTI / 31 Aug, 2022
5 pc rise in cybercrimes in India in 2021, charge-sheeting only in one-third cases: Govt data
New Delhi: Over 70 per cent of the cybercrime cases were reported from Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Assam, the National Crime Records Bureau's (NCRB) report showed
PTI / 31 Aug, 2022
Assam govt asked to speed up minority development: Nat’l Commission for Minority member
Guwahati: The state minority finance corporation has been defunct for 10 years, while the minority development commission has also not been formed for quiet sometime, the NCM member said
PTI / 31 Aug, 2022
Union Cabinet approves signing of MoU with Nepal on biodiversity conservation
New Delhi: The region along the Indo-Nepal border hosts some of the best wildlife habitats remaining in the Indian subcontinent
PTI / 31 Aug, 2022
Pak govt to consult coalition partners on importing goods from India: Pak FM Miftah Ismail
Islamabad: More than one international agency has approached the govt to allow them to bring food items from India through the land border
PTI / 31 Aug, 2022
‘One Nation, One Election’ need of hour: Naqvi
Rampur (UP): Political parties need to give priority to national interests over political interests so that this "significant and path-breaking" electoral reform takes place, Naqvi said
PTI / 31 Aug, 2022
Kerala govt, Opposition join hands to combat drug menace
Thiruvananthapuram: Over 16,000 drug cases have been reported so far in 2022, Congress MLA P C Vishnunath noted drawing the government's urgent attention to the need to check the growing menace in the society
PTI / 31 Aug, 2022
Cong leader Tewari seeks transparency in election of party president
New Delhi: Tewari also asked why anyone seeking to contest the Congress president's election should go to the PCC office to get the electoral roll as this does not even happen in a club election
PTI / 31 Aug, 2022
Srikanth wins, Lakshya exits from Japan Open
Osaka: Srikanth, a former world number 1, recovered from his early exit from last week's World Championships, to outwit fifth seed Lee 22-20 23-21 in his men's singles opener
PTI / 31 Aug, 2022
India lodged avg 86 rapes daily, 49 offences against women per hour in 2021: Govt data
New Delhi: Among states, Rajasthan (6,337) was on top of the list followed by Madhya Pradesh (2,947), Maharashtra (2,496) and Uttar Pradesh (2,845), while Delhi recorded 1,250 rape cases in 2021
PTI / 31 Aug, 2022
