New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved continuation of government’s flagship Atal Pension Yojana (APY) up to financial year 2030-31, along with extension of funding support for promotional and developmental activities and gap funding. APY was launched on May 9, 2015 to provide old-age income security to workers in the unorganised sector. As of…
Chennai: Months after walking out of the NDA, TTV Dhinakaran-led AMMK on Wednesday returned to the AIADMK-led bloc in Tamil Nadu. Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) founder-leader Dhinakaran met senior BJP leader and Union Minister Piyush Goyal and was formally re-inducted into the National Democratic Alliance (NDA). AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami, whose party leads…
New Delhi: Indian Navy’s sail training ship INS Sudarshini has embarked on a 10-month transoceanic expedition, during which the vessel will traverse 22,000 nautical miles, and visit 18 ports in 13 countries, officials said. Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief (FOC-in-C), Southern Naval Command (SNC), Vice Admiral Sameer Saxena, flagged off INS Sudarshini from the Kochi naval base,…
New York/Washington: US Vice President J D Vance and Second Lady Usha Vance are expecting their fourth child, a boy, in late July. “We’re very excited to share the news that Usha is pregnant with our fourth child, a boy. Usha and the baby are doing well, and we are all looking forward to welcoming…
Hyderabad: Veteran journalist and academic Dasu Krishnamoorthy passed away on Monday morning in New Jersey after a brief illness. He was 99, just six months short of his centenary. A member of the first batch of the journalism course at Osmania University (1954–55), Krishnamoorthy went on to build a distinguished career spanning newsrooms and classrooms…
Davos: Senior Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Tuesday said there is a lot of curiosity in the world about the democratisation of technology and asserted that it is the right way to go ahead to ensure the benefits of AI and all other tech innovations for everyone. Addressing a press conference here on the sidelines of…
New Delhi: A rare 233-year-old Sanskrit manuscript of Valmiki’s Ramayana has been gifted to the Ram Katha museum in Ayodhya, the Culture Ministry said. In a landmark cultural handover, Shrinivasa Varakhedi, Vice Chancellor of the Central Sanskrit University, presented the manuscript of the Valmikiramayanam (with the Tattvadipikatika) to Nripendra Misra, Chairman of the Executive Council…
Davos: The European Union is on the cusp of signing a historic trade agreement with India that is being called ‘the mother of all deals’, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced on Tuesday, asserting it will create a market for 2 billion people or about one-fourth of the global GDP. In a special…
Vadodara: Jemimah Rodrigues led from the front to anchor Delhi Capitals’ tense run-chase with a gritty fifty, guiding her team to a much-needed seven-wicket win over Mumbai Indians in the Women’s Premier League here on Tuesday. Put in to bat on a slow surface, Mumbai Indians’ struggles in the powerplay continued before Nat Sciver-Brunt played…
New Delhi: Astronaut Sunita Williams on Tuesday said there is a “space race” going on at present but the endeavour is to ensure humanity returns to the Moon sustainably and that it is done in a “productive and democratic way”. Before settling into a nearly hour-long interactive session held at the American Center here, Williams,…
