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
Rivers worldwide are running dry – here’s why and what we can do about it
London: It is not just rivers that are running low but the reservoirs they replenish, leading to water shortages in many parts of the world including the UK. Yet floods have wreaked havoc in many of these rivers in
PTI / 31 Aug, 2022
India’s active COVID-19 case count drops to 64,667
New Delhi: India's COVID-19 tally rose to 4,44,28,393, while the number of active cases came down to 64,667, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday
PTI / 31 Aug, 2022
