Nation/World

Permacrisis: what it means and why it’s word of the year for 2022

"Permacrisis" is a term that perfectly embodies the dizzying sense of lurching from one unprecedented event to another, as we wonder bleakly what new horrors might be around the corner."

BY / Sunday, 13 November, 2022

J&K’s Doda district to be recognised as role model in lavender farming: Union minister Jitendra Singh

Jammu: 400 farmers have taken up lavender cultivation on a commercial scale due to the high profits

BY / Sunday, 13 November, 2022

J-K: Ganderbal administration withdraws order banning electric heaters after facing flak

Srinagar: The district magistrate or the deputy commissioner of the district had on Sat imposed a ban on the sale, possession and use of electric heating appliances but later withdrew the order

BY / Sunday, 13 November, 2022

Drones from across Pakistan border more than doubled in 2022: BSF DG

New Delhi: The DG said the force has now begun a new system of incentivising and giving cash rewards to its border teams who shoot down drones

BY / Sunday, 13 November, 2022

Far From Home: 22 years on, migration a perennial problem for Uttarakhand

Dehradun: As many as 1,702 villages in the border state have become uninhabited as residents migrated to urban areas in search of jobs and better education and health facilities

BY / Sunday, 13 November, 2022

Himachal Pradesh records 65.92 pc turnout till 5pm: EC provisional data

Shimla: Only around five per cent polling was recorded in the first hour, while till 11am, it was 19.98 per cent

BY / Saturday, 12 November, 2022

Kerala govt sends ordinance to axe Guv as Chancellor to Raj Bhavan

Thiruvananthapuram: It is unlikely for the Governor to promulgate the ordinance soon as the tussle between him and the state government over the issue is yet to die down

BY / Saturday, 12 November, 2022

Compromise with terrorist act: Cong on Modi govt’s silence on release of Rajiv case convicts

New Delhi: Nalini Sriharan, her husband and three other convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case were released from Tamil Nadu prisons on Saturday evening

BY / Saturday, 12 November, 2022

We reject Constitutional amendment for quota to EWS: All-party meeting

Chennai: TN CM Stalin said that reservation based on economic status is contrary to social justice, contrary to the Constitution

BY / Saturday, 12 November, 2022

PM launches infra projects worth Rs 15,233 cr in AP, lays foundation stone for redevelopment of Vizag Railway station

Visakhapatnam: Government officials said the redevelopment of Visakhapatnam railway station will have a multiplier impact on the local economy and further accentuate growth

BY / Saturday, 12 November, 2022

Bihar CM emphasises on girls’ education to check population growth

Patna: In Bihar, the fertility rate for women who passed the Class 12 is 1.6 per cent, less than the national average

BY / Saturday, 12 November, 2022

HP elections: Voting begins as BJP looks for return to power, Cong battles for change

Shimla: The EC has set up 7,884 polling stations, including three auxiliary voting stations in far flung areas, including 789 vulnerable booths and 397 critical ones

BY / Saturday, 12 November, 2022
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