India

New Delhi, Dec 13: In the middle of a conflict with China, India has taken a significant step by authorising the defence forces to enhance their stocking of weapons and ammunition for a 15-day intense war now. Making use of the extended stocking requirements and the emergency financial powers in the ongoing conflict with China in Eastern Ladakh, the defence forces are expected to spend over Rs 50

New Delhi, Dec 13: India's current macroeconomic situation is "very uncertain" and the country's GDP could contract closer to 10 per cent in the current fiscal, former chief statistician Pronab Sen said on Sunday. In an interview with PTI, Sen said that although the overall macro-management of the economy by the Modi government has not been very good but this particular slowdown is really beyond

New Delhi, Dec 13: They have long juggled the demands of field and family, making sure both are tended to, and now hundreds of women from Haryana and Punjab have added another dimension to their busy lives – the protest grounds at the various gateways into Delhi. As their husbands, sons and brothers leave home to demand a rollback of the Centre’s new agri laws, many women are joining them too

Lucknow, Dec 13: The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the Allahabad High Court order that quashed the National Security Act against suspended Gorakhpur doctor, Dr Kafeel Khan, for an alleged speech against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act. The detention of Kafeel Khan, the doctor from Uttar Pradesh, was 'illegal', the high court had

Lucknow, Dec 13: A public interest litigation (PIL) petition has been filed before the Allahabad High Court challenging the constitutional validity of Uttar Pradesh government's ordinance against religious conversions. The court is yet to admit the plea. An advocate, Saurabh Kumar, has moved the court stating that the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2020, is

New Delhi, Dec 12: The Election Commission has sought views of recognised national and state parties on what should be the limit of expenditure for candidates contesting Lok Sabha and assembly polls. In a letter sent out on December 7, the commission asked parties to send their "views and suggestions" on as to what should be the ceiling limit of election expenditure for candidates for Lok Sabha

New Delhi, Dec 12: Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured farmers on Saturday that reforms in the agrarian sector were aimed at helping them as thousands of farmers continued protests against three new laws to overhaul procurement and sale of produce. "Recent farm reforms will give farmers new markets, access to technology and help bring investments in agriculture that will benefit farmers," he said

New Delhi, Dec 12: As the protest by the farmers, camping at the Delhi borders, against the Centre's agricultural reforms has entered its 17th day today, Congress leader Kapil Sibal said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi never listens to the grievances of the farmers. "Agitating Farmers; Prime Minister says:'Say something and listen to something (kuchh kahiye kuchh suniye);Since 2014 Modi ji:'You

New Delhi, Dec 12: Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan attended the 'Cancer Awareness Program' organised by the Centre for Indian studies-Kuwait via video conferencing on Friday and said there exists great scope for both countries to increase collaboration in the field of health and medicine. Vardhan tweeted, Indian diaspora has been the torchbearer of humanitarian principles propagating our

New Delhi, Dec 13: With 30,254 new COVID-19 infections reported in the last 24 hours, India's total cases have risen to 98,57,029, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW). With 391 new deaths reported in the last 24 hours, the toll has mounted to 1,43,019. The total number of active cases is at 3,56,546 while the total discharged cases are at 93,57,464 with 33,136 new