India

New Delhi, Dec 16: Oil companies may have provided relief to consumers by keeping the pump prices of petrol and diesel static for the past nine days even on rising global oil prices, but it is the heavy load of taxes that has kept the two auto fuels price closer to all-time high levels now with the pandemic-affected revenue stream preventing the government from considering a duty cut. Taxes and

Kolkata, Dec 16: All India Trinamool Congress leader, Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday resigned from the West Bengal Legislative Assembly tendering his resignation to the Speaker. There are speculations that Adhikari is likely to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) soon. Adhikari who had been disgruntled with the TMC had resigned from the State Cabinet last month. For several months Adhikari had

Lucknow, Dec 16: Denying West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's allegations stating Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is bringing a party from Hyderabad to divide minority votes, All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) President Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday said the former should worry about her own home state as many people are shifting loyalty towards BJP. "Till date there is no man

New Delhi, Dec 16: India's Human Development Index or HDI position has marginally dropped after improving last year. In the latest UNDP's HDI ranking, India stands at 131. Last year India's ranking was 129. HDR is UNDP's annual assessment of the state of human development worldwide and includes the Human Development Index (HDI), which measures individual countries' progress. However, UNDP

New Delhi, Dec 16: Prime Minister Narendra Modi lit the 'Swarnim Vijay Mashaal' at the National War Memorial on Wednesday to mark the 50th-anniversary of the 1971 India-Pakistan war. The Prime Minister paid tributes to the fallen soldiers at National War Memorial. He was received by Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at the venue. On this occasion, the Defence Minister unveiled the logo for

New Delhi, Dec 16: With 26,382 new Covid-19 infections and 387 new deaths in the last 24 hours, the total cases in India reached 99,32,548, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on Wednesday. With 387 new deaths reported in the last 24 hours, the toll mounted to 1,44,096. The total active cases in the country are at 3,32,002. With 33,813 new discharges in the last 24 hours

Violence at a Wistron Corp factory in southern India is likely to stall the company's and its client Apple Inc's drive to expand local manufacturing, while forcing the government to redouble efforts to encourage foreign investors. Thousands of contract workers angry over the alleged non-payment of wages, destroyed equipment and vehicles at a Wistron plant in southern India on Saturday, causing an

New Delhi, Dec 15: A month before its scheduled release, former President Pranab Mukherjee's memoir 'The Presidential Years' has run into a controversy. The publisher, Rupa Publication, has announced that the memoir will be out in January. However, Pranab Mukherjee's son, Abhijit Mukherjee has objected to it and has alleged that the publisher has leaked certain "motivated excerpts". Taking to

New Delhi, Dec 15: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that his government is addressing the concerns of farmers over the new farm laws and accused the opposition parties of misguiding them. Modi was speaking after laying foundation stones of a desalination plant, a hybrid renewable energy park, and a fully automated milk processing and packing plant in his home state Gujarat. "Farmers

New Delhi, Dec 15: The Department of Posts (DoP) and India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) have virtually unveiled a new digital payment app 'DakPay', an official statement said here on Tuesday. "The App is launched as part of its ongoing efforts to provide Digital Financial inclusion at the last mile across India," the statement said. DakPay is not just a digital payment app but a suite of digital