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Buzz over election dates as Opposition parties gear up for Lok Sabha polls

India, March 6 -- If you go by the schedule of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, just 37 days are left for the all-important General Election to start. The polling for last election began on April 11. Al... Read More


Mint Explainer: Why Opec+ is extending production cuts till June

New Delhi, March 6 -- In a widely anticipated move, many members of the Saudi Arabia-led oil cartel the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies (Opec+) extended production cut... Read More


NBA sacks public interest section's leadership

Nigeria, March 6 -- The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has sacked the leadership of its Section on Public Interest and Development Law (SPIDEL). SPIDEL, led by John Aikpokpo-Martins, and other member... Read More


SPPU to implement Maratha reservation in PhD admissions

India, March 6 -- The Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) will complete all the necessary procedures for the implementation of Maratha reservation before starting the Ph.D. admission process. As v... Read More


Pakistan: Peshawar High Court restrains oath-taking on reserved seats amid row

Peshawar, March 6 -- The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Wednesday restrained elected members of reserved seats from taking oath after hearing the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) petition against the ruling ... Read More


Congress manifesto may offer unemployment aid via DBT, subsidised LPG, Gruha Lakshmi sops

India, March 6 -- Unemployment allowance to beneficiaries through direct benefit transfer (DBT), heavily subsidised cooking gas cylinders, sops for poor women on the lines of Karnataka's Gruha Lakshmi... Read More


Congress manifesto may offer unemployment aid via DBT, subsidised LPG, Gruha Lakhsmi sops

India, March 6 -- Unemployment allowance to beneficiaries through direct benefit transfer (DBT), heavily subsidised cooking gas cylinders, sops for poor women on the lines of Karnataka's Gruha Lakshmi... Read More


BJP's nefarious designs to topple govt shows hunger for power: Himachal CM Sukhu

Shimla, March 6 -- Lambasting the BJP's "nefarious designs" to topple the democratically elected government, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said the saffron party will "never s... Read More


AIIMS Madurai construction starts 5 years after foundation

India, March 6 -- Construction work for the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Tamil Nadu's Madurai began on Tuesday, almost five years after Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foun... Read More


Himachal Pradesh CM Sukhu inaugurates 22 new branches of HPSCB; launches two new schemes

Shimla, March 6 -- Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu virtually inaugurated 22 new branches of the Himachal Pradesh State Cooperative Bank (HPSCB) on Wednesday. According to an official release fr... Read More