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Rural jobs guarantee revamp: More days of work, greater burden for states?

New Delhi, Dec. 16 -- The Union government intends to roll out a revamped rural jobs guarantee scheme across the country from April next year, and states will be required to prepare their implementati... Read More


Lok Sabha clears 100% FDI in insurance, tightens norms to protect policyholders

New Delhi, Dec. 16 -- The Lok Sabha passed an amendment bill on Tuesday to raise foreign direct investment (FDI) limit in India's insurance sector to 100% from 74% earlier, in a move that is likely to... Read More


Set targets for clean air in the national Capital

India, Dec. 16 -- Amid rapidly deteriorating air quality, the Delhi government recently announced a series of emergency measures, including the formation of a high-level committee tasked with finalisi... Read More


R&D boost to nuclear energy in India

India, Dec. 16 -- The new nuclear energy Bill, presented in Parliament on Monday, comes at a time when India needs to deploy low-emission alternatives to coal-based thermal power. Growing power needs ... Read More


The path before India as Bangladesh transitions

India, Dec. 16 -- South Asia today presents a study in contrast. While India's polity and economy have maintained resilience, our immediate neighbourhood faces profound transitions that will shape the... Read More


Horror on Yamuna Expressway: 8 buses, 3 cars pile up in dense fog, 4 dead, 25 injured

India, Dec. 16 -- At least four people were killed and 25 others injured after a massive pile-up involving eight buses and three cars on the Delhi-Agra Expressway in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday amid dens... Read More


Congress MP demands Commonwealth Games 2030 to be held in Haryana

New Delhi, Dec. 16 -- Congress MP Deepender Singh Hooda on Tuesday criticised the decision to select Ahmedabad as the official venue for the Commonwealth Games 2030, highlighting what he described as ... Read More


Ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway to ASEAN Presents Credentials to the Secretary-General of ASEAN

JAKARTA, Dec. 16 -- Ambassador Mariann Ruud Hagen today presented her letter of credence to the Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, at the ASEAN Headquarters/ASEAN Secretariat, officially... Read More


Goa key to India's maritime strategy: Adm Arun Prakash

Goa, Dec. 16 -- SHASHWAT GUPTA RAY Fifty-four years after he flew a daring strike deep into enemy territory, former Indian Navy Chief Admiral Arun Prakash vividly recalls bombing West Pakistan's crit... Read More


KRC to spend Rs 12 crore to improve facilities in Goa

Goa, Dec. 16 -- Santosh Kumar Jha, chairman and managing director of Konkan Railway Corporation talked about the amenities made available on the Goa stretch of Konkan Railway and said that the KRC wou... Read More