Mon Jun 12 15:53:01 IST 2017
Commerce Secretary Rita Teaotia, while addressing the 22nd APEDA Export award function in New Delhi said that India has emerged as the 7th largest exporter of agri-products globally.
Mon Jun 12 14:25:01 IST 2017
Padma Bhushan and Jnanpith awardee C Narayana Reddy passed away following health complications. He was one of the most distinguished Telugu poets of his generation.
Mon Jun 12 12:30:02 IST 2017
Theresa May has appointed her close ally Damian Green as her first secretary of state, effectively her deputy prime minister.
Mon Jun 12 09:49:00 IST 2017
Latvian Jelena Ostapenko staged a spectacular victory by beating the match favourite, world no. 3 Simona Halep and grabbing her first ever French Open title.
Sat Jun 10 08:02:00 IST 2017
Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli, who has been ranked 89th, is the sole Indian sportsperson to feature in the 2017 Forbes list of ‘The World’s highest paid athletes’.
Fri Jun 09 15:44:08 IST 2017
Senior Congress leader and Member of the Upper House of the Parliament, Palvai Govardhan Reddy passed away after suffering a cardiac arrest while travelling in a car to Manali to attend a parliamentary standing committee meeting.
Fri Jun 09 12:22:02 IST 2017
The UK general elections results reveal a hung parliament with the Conservatives losing seats to both the Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats across the country.
Fri Jun 09 11:54:04 IST 2017
Mehrunnisa Dalwai, eminent social activist, author and wife of the late thinker and Marathi writer Hamid Dalwai passed away at her residence at the age of 87.
Fri Jun 09 10:05:02 IST 2017
The Ministry of Law and Justice has cleared the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Bill 2017, which legalises the traditional buffalo race – Kambala.
Fri Jun 09 09:25:01 IST 2017
The second edition of National Health Editors’ Conference began in Delhi with the theme ‘Yoga for Health and Harmony’. It was inaugurated by the AYUSH Ministry.
Thu Jun 08 17:12:02 IST 2017
US President Donald Trump has nominated lawyer and former Justice Department official Christopher Wray as the new FBI Director.
Thu Jun 08 15:49:02 IST 2017
The Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, J P Nadda was conferred the WHO Director-General’s Special Recognition Award for global tobacco control.
Thu Jun 08 12:55:02 IST 2017
According to BMI research, China, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, India and Indonesia represent five favourite consumer markets in Asia, offering retailers the strongest consumer spending growth over its forecast period to 2021.
Thu Jun 08 09:48:01 IST 2017
North Korea has fired multiple cruise missiles into the waters between Korea and Japan. The missile flew for about 200 km.
Wed Jun 07 17:26:04 IST 2017
The world's first hybrid aeroboat, which has been built by Indo-Russian joint venture IIAAT Holding, was unveiled at a start-ups event in Moscow. The hybrid boat is capable of travelling on land, water, snow and sand.
Wed Jun 07 15:56:04 IST 2017
The Telangana government has become the first in the country to launch a pension scheme for single and divorced women.
Wed Jun 07 12:35:01 IST 2017
The Union government would be appointing Nyaya Mitras across the country to speed up the hearing of cases that have been pending in the lower courts for the last 10 years.
Wed Jun 07 11:34:04 IST 2017
India signed an agreement with Sri Lanka to provide fresh assistance of USD 318 million as a credit line for the development of the nation’s railway sector.
Wed Jun 07 09:48:03 IST 2017
Veteran Politician, Sher Bahadur Deuba has taken oath as the Prime Minister of Nepal for the fourth time. He won an overwhelming majority in a parliamentary vote where he secured 388 votes out of the total 558 votes cast.
Tue Jun 06 17:44:03 IST 2017
The Government of Kerala has implemented a ‘green protocol’ to make auspicious occasions such as weddings plastic free.
Tue Jun 06 16:36:02 IST 2017
India’s public sector bank, Vijaya Bank is going to develop 100 digital villages spread across different states of the country.
Tue Jun 06 14:33:01 IST 2017
The United States has handed over hundreds of anti-terror weapons including machine guns, pistols and grenade launchers to the Philippines.
Tue Jun 06 09:51:01 IST 2017
The government of India would be fitting 10 lakh conventional street lights with LED lights in Gram Panchayats of 7 districts in Andhra Pradesh.
Mon Jun 05 17:49:02 IST 2017
Six countries of the Arab region, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, Yemen, Libya and Egypt have cut off their diplomatic ties with Qatar.
Mon Jun 05 16:35:04 IST 2017
Chinese archaeologists have discovered a famous temple that had remained lost for nearly 1000 years in China's south-western Sichuan province.
Mon Jun 05 09:51:05 IST 2017
The UN Security Council has unanimously passed a resolution expanding targeted sanctions against North Korea after it launched its ninth ballistic missile of the year.
Sat Jun 03 09:00:01 IST 2017
India’s second Scorpene-class submarine, INS Khanderi, which was launched earlier this year, has been made ready for surface sea trails.
Fri Jun 02 14:31:03 IST 2017
Odisha is all set to commission the ambitious Early Warning Dissemination System (EWDS) that would set off a warning in the event of the occurrence of natural disasters like a tsunami or cyclone.
Fri Jun 02 11:50:03 IST 2017
Andhra Pradesh is hosting a three-day Modi Fest to celebrate the successful completion of the three-year rule by the NDA government.
Fri Jun 02 09:55:03 IST 2017
India and Russia have signed the St Petersburg Declaration to mark the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two nations. .
