New Delhi: India is very well positioned in terms of the quality of climate services and it understands the critical role of strong meteorological services in the development agenda, World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) chief Celeste Saulo has said. Saulo told PTI in an interview here that meteorological and climate services play a critical role in…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday distributed around 65 lakh Svamitva property cards, and said it will bolster economic activities and help in poverty alleviation. He also interacted with some beneficiaries through video conferencing and said the scheme will help people in getting loans and benefits of government schemes. These property cards are…
New Delhi: Deposed Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina has said she and her younger sister Sheikh Rehana escaped death by just 20-25 minutes on August 5 last year when her Awami League government was toppled in a student-led mass uprising. In a brief audio note released by her party on its Facebook page, Hasina expressed…
Kochi: Leader of the Opposition in Kerala Assembly V D Satheesan on Saturday criticised the left government in the state for permitting a company embroiled in the Delhi liquor policy scam, to start a brewery in Palakkad district. Speaking to media, he also alleged that the project violates the government’s new liquor policy. “The company…
New Delhi: Electric vehicle sales in India crossed 14.08 lakh units in 2024, achieving a market penetration rate of 5.59 per cent, up from 4.44 percent in the previous year, Union Minister H D Kumaraswamy said on Saturday. The minister asserted that the upward trend in EV adoption underscores the growing public trust in electric…
Washington: An unprecedented level of security in the American capital and bone-chilling cold threatens to dampen the festivities surrounding the inauguration of Donald Trump on Monday, but not the enthusiasm among his supporters as thousands of them started landing here from across the country. Trump, 78, is scheduled to be sworn-in as the 47th President…
New Delhi: The first part of the Parliament’s Budget session is set to be held between January 31 and February 13, with Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman likely to table her eighth straight budget on February 1. Parliament budget session will start with President Droupadi Murmu’s address to a joint sitting of the Lok Sabha…
Bengaluru: The Indian Space Research Organisation has successfully carried out a demonstration of restarting its Vikas liquid engine at a test facility at Propulsion Complex in Mahendragiri, the space agency said on Saturday. The space agency said the Vikas engine is the workhorse that powers the liquid stages of its launch vehicles. This test on…
Washington: Indian American entrepreneur-turned-politician Vivek Ramaswamy plans to run for Ohio governor, multiple media reports said Friday. Ramaswamy, 39, who had an unsuccessful run in the Republican presidential race, is now a close confidant of President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect J D Vance. Trump has entrusted him, along with Tesla owner Elon Musk, with…
Jerusalem: Israel’s security cabinet on Friday recommended the approval of a ceasefire deal after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed an agreement had been reached that would pause the 15-month war with Hamas in Gaza and release dozens of hostages held by militants there. Mediators Qatar and the US announced the ceasefire on Wednesday, but the…
