Australia Bushfire Smoke Shoots Sydney Into Top 10 Global Pollution Index
The Australian state of New South Wales was gasping under the worst levels of air pollution ever recorded on Friday...
Politics & Society
PM Should Talk To Experts, Political Parties To Tide Over Economic Crisis: Mamata
Opposing the Centre's decision to hive off and disinvest shares in several PSUs, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on...
India Property Market Set For Modest Lift From Government Measures: Reuters Poll
India’s housing market, burdened with unfinished projects as developers struggle to get cash, is forecast to rebound modestly over the...
Islamic Insurgents Spreading Terror Throughout J&K And Elsewhere In India: US Lawmaker
Islamic insurgents are a constant threat, spreading terror throughout Jammu and Kashmir and elsewhere in India, an American lawmaker said...
BJP MP Pragya Thakur Nominated To Parliamentary Consultative Committee On Defence
Controversial BJP MP Pragya Thakur has been nominated to the crucial Parliamentary consultative committee on defence. Thakur will be part...
Protesters Stay Holed Up On Hong Kong Campus, Surrounded By Riot Police
Fewer than 100 protesters remained holed up in a Hong Kong university on Thursday as riot police encircled the campus,...
Opposition Protests In Lok Sabha Over Disinvestment Of PSUs, Electoral Bond
The opposition Congress on Thursday protested in Lok Sabha against privatisation of a few PSUs, including Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited...
India To Offload Bharat Petroleum In State Stake Sell-Off
India has agreed to sell stakes in five state-run companies, including oil refiner Bharat Petroleum Corp Limited (BPCL), finance minister...
Trump Administration Approves Sale Of $1 Billion Worth Of Naval Guns To India
The Trump Administration has notified to the US Congress its determination to sell $1 billion worth of naval guns to...
India Grants Telcos Relief By Deferring Spectrum Payments
India on Wednesday allowed telecom operators to defer payments due for airwaves bought via auction until the end of March...
Congress Demands Restoration Of SPG Cover For Gandhis
Congress leader Anand Sharma on Wednesday demanded in Rajya Sabha restoration of the SPG cover to the Gandhi family and...
BJP Making India’s Best Organisations Hollow, Selling Them: Priyanka
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday hit out at the government over Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's reported remarks that...
Finance Commission Likely To Reject $12 Billion Package To Help Utilities Cut Pollution: Source
India’s Finance Commission has told the power ministry that its proposal to award utilities 835 billion rupees ($11.6 billion) in...
‘Possibility Of Life’: Scientists Map Saturn’s Exotic Moon Titan
Scientists on Monday unveiled the first global geological map of Saturn’s moon Titan, including vast plains and dunes of frozen...
State-Run Banks Report Frauds Of More Than $13 Billion In Six Months: Finance Minister
India’s state-run banks reported fraud worth 957.6 billion rupees ($13.34 billion) in the first six months of the fiscal year...
Kashmir Shutdown Caused Losses Of More Than $1 Billion, Trade Body Says
Economic losses in Kashmir have run into well over a billion dollars since India revoked its autonomy and statehood in...
Delhi HC Declines To Entertain Plea To Replace Delhi Police With Another Security Force In Courts
The Delhi High Court declined on Monday to entertain a plea by two lawyers seeking to replace Delhi Police with...
Prince Andrew Sex Claim Scandal Overshadows UK Election Campaign
A sex claim scandal involving Prince Andrew overshadowed Britain’s election campaign on Monday when Queen Elizabeth’s second son faced a...
Fiscal Stimulus Needed To Revive India’s Stuttering Economy: Analysts
India has depended on monetary policy to support its economy growing at its slowest pace in six years but the...
India Says E-Cigarette Ban Implies Use Of Devices Also Prohibited
The Indian government has told a court that its federal ban on the sale of electronic cigarettes implies that their...
India Looks To Relax Norms To Attract Global Coal Miners, Industry Sceptical
India is looking to lower advance payments and offer larger mining blocks to attract global companies to invest in its...
Winter Session Starts On Stormy Note; Opposition Uproar In Lok Sabha
The Winter Session of Lok Sabha on Monday began on a stormy note, with protests by the Congress and other...
Heavy Deployment Of Police Outside JNU Ahead Of Protest March To Parliament
In the wake of a protest march to Parliament by the JNU Students' Union against hostel fee hike, heavy police...
Won’t Issue Direction To Parliament For Drafting Uniform Civil Code: Delhi HC
The Delhi High Court on Friday said it will not issue any direction to Parliament for drafting a uniform civil...
NRC In Assam Targeting Religious Minorities: US Commission On Religious Freedom
A federal US commission on international religious freedom has alleged that the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam is...
