New Delhi: Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah chaired a review meeting of the Central Police Training Institutes (CPTIs) here on Tuesday. Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai, Union Home Secretary, Directors Ge...

New Delhi: India’s cumulative Covid-19 vaccination coverage exceeds 200 crore, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in a statement on Monday, adding that over 3.79 crore first dose vaccines have been administe...

New Delhi: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu has expressed concern over low female participation in the formal labour force in India and called for addressing this problem on a war footing by all the stakeholders. He also empha...

New Delhi: India is determined to boost cooperation with the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), said Dr Mahendra Nath Pandey, Union Minister, Heavy Industries while virtually attending the 2nd meeting of Ministers ...

New Delhi: In a major shift from compliance audit to improve overall efficiency, the Ministry of Defence has set up an institutional mechanism consisting of an apex committee with Defence Secretary as Chairman to conduct a pe...

New Delhi: The Central government is working on ‘Good Agriculture Practice’ to benefit the Indian agriculture sector. “There is a concern at the international level on having a sustainable agriculture, good ...

New Delhi: Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah has said that with 8.2 per cent growth, India is at present one of the fastest growing economies in the world and the coal and mines sector of the country is contributi...

New Delhi: Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri has said that India is witnessing an urban renaissance and the architectural wonders of Rashtrapati Bhavan and various other monuments are a testimony...

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday called on G20 countries to ensure that developing nations do not face any ‘unintended consequences’ of the proposed global minimum tax deal at the G20 and...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Deoghar and Patna on July 12. At around 1:15pm, he will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of various developmental projects worth more than Rs 16,800 crores in Deoghar....

New Delhi: The Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, has released the 4th monthly instalment of Post Devolution Revenue Deficit (PDRD) grant of Rs 7,183.42 crore to 14 States. The grant has been released as per...

New Delhi: G Kamala Vardhan Rao, Director General, Union Ministry of Tourism, has emphasized on the need to develop and showcase newer tourist destinations to attract more travellers from both domestic and international count...

New Delhi: The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) under Prime Minister Narendra Modi is coordinating for institutionalised capacity building of Civil Servants and for this purpose, an integrated approach is being fol...

New Delhi: Indian Railways has carried forward the momentum of the previous year in the year 2022-23 as well, and has recorded best ever monthly freight loading of 125.50 MT in June ’22. The incremental loading in the m...

New Delhi: Union Minister for MSME Narayan Rane has said under the able leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, MSME Ministry is committed to achieve the goals of holistic development and self-reliance of MSMEs. He said w...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday stressed the need for investing further in tech and innovation.  “It is important to invest even further in tech and innovation,” said Modi while addressing...

New Delhi: The indigenously-developed laser-guided anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) was successfully test-fired from Main Battle Tank (MBT) Arjun by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Army at K...

New Delhi: The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved a $245 million loan to support India’s efforts to modernize rail freight and logistics infrastructure. The Rail Logistics project will help Ind...

New Delhi: After a gap of nearly nine years, a joint event was held at the headquarters of the European Union (EU) at Brussels on Tuesday which was attended by Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal, and Valdis...

New Delhi: After a record-breaking coal production of 777 million ton (MT) in 2021-22, the domestic coal production continues to witness an increasing trend in the current financial year as well. The total domestic coal produ...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation the main tunnel and five underpasses of Pragati Maidan Integrated Transit Corridor Project on Sunday. The Integrated Transit Corridor project is an integral part...

New Delhi: In order to identify ways in which the Banks and Financial Institutions can support the ‘Agniveers’ on completion of their tenure of duty, the Secretary, Department of Financial Services (DFS) held a me...

Shimla: Lauding the success of the Aspirational Districts Programme, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the government should strive to make these the ‘Inspirational Districts’ of India and extend the programme to ...

New Delhi: Union Minister of Power and New & Renewable Energy RK Singh has said the government is likely to bring the amendments to the Electricity Act in the Monsoon Session of Parliament. Addressing the ‘Indi...

New Delhi: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday emphasised the importance of world peace for humanity’s progress and said that “terrorism, divisiveness and hatred have no place in a civilised society.&rdqu...

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Tuesday approved an attractive recruitment scheme for Indian youth to serve in the armed forces. The scheme is called ‘Agnipath’ and the youth selected under this scheme will be kno...

New Delhi: Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Tuesday said the onus is on newly recruited civil servants to become active partners in realising Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of a new India which leads the rest of th...

New Delhi/Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), India’s central bank, on Wednesday announced to increase the policy repo rate by 50 basis points (bps) to 4.90 per cent. The move is aimed at controlling the inflation,...

New Delhi: The Central government with the aim to enhance India’s energy security, reduce import dependency on fuel, save foreign exchange, address environmental issues and give a boost to the domestic agriculture secto...

New Delhi: In a bid to make the country free from single use plastic (SUP) as well as contribute to improving the environment, under the overarching mandate of ‘Clean and Green’ campaign, Union Ministry of Housing...

New Delhi: Under the leadership of Union Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah, the Ministry of Cooperation is encouraging multi-state cooperative societies and the cooperative societies registered under State Cooperative Acts to...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that his government at the Centre is running a campaign for 100 per cent empowerment of the poor. “Today, when our government is completing eight years, the confide...