Kolkata: Amid the buzz of ‘green economy’, the Geological Survey of India (GSI) is intensifying its exploration exercises for critical minerals, like lithium, nickel, cobalt and rare earth elements, with “one-third” of such projects being dedicated to the search of these resources, a top official said on Sunday. These critical minerals are key to clean…
New Delhi: Barista, India’s second-largest integrated coffee house, is planning to expand its footprint beyond metro cities in the country. Despite the growing competition from international chains and local startups, the coffee chain’s CEO, Rajat Agarwal, believes that there is still a “large level of catch-up” that new players have to do, as Barista already…
New Delhi: A group representing Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territory (AGMUT) cadre civil services officers has expressed “deep concern and anguish” over the release of former MP Anand Mohan, convicted for killing an IAS officer, following a change in the Bihar government’s prison manual. This tantamounts to a “denial of justice” to G Krishnaiah, who…
New Delhi: The Election Commission has issued a notice to the Karnataka Congress over its “corruption rate card” advertisements published in newspapers targeting the BJP and sought “empirical” evidence to prove its allegations by Sunday evening. The notice was issued on Saturday following a complaint lodged by the BJP. Ahead of the May 10 assembly polls…
New Delhi: Medical entrance exam NEET-UG scheduled on May 7 has been postponed in Manipur in view of the law-and-order situation there, the National Testing Agency announced Saturday. The exam date for candidates whose test centre was in Manipur will be announced soon. “NEET (UG)-2023 exam postponed for the candidates who were allotted examination centres in…
New Delhi: Apple chief executive officer (CEO) Tim Cook on Friday said India is an ‘incredibly exciting’ market and it is great to be in the country as a lot of people entering the middle class who could be potential customer for the company’s products. The company registered a strong double-digit growth year-on-year (YoY) in…
New Delhi: In a rare incident, a woman passenger was bitten by a scorpion onboard an Air India flight from Nagpur to Mumbai last month. On landing at the airport, the passenger was attended by a doctor, subsequently treated at a hospital and discharged, the airline said in a statement on Saturday. Air India said there…
New Delhi: Cash-strapped airline Go First on Friday said it has cancelled all its flights till May 12. The Wadia group-owned carrier has filed a plea for voluntary insolvency resolution proceedings before the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) and the tribunal reserved its order on Thursday. “… due to operational reasons, Go First flights scheduled till…
Islamabad: A day after India criticised the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), the foreign ministers of Pakistan and China on Saturday expressed their firm commitment to continue their cooperation on the multi-billion dollar infrastructure projects. This came at the 4th edition of the Pakistan-China Strategic Dialogue in Islamabad co-chaired by Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and his…
Patna,: The Bihar government will highlight the rise of rural women entrepreneurs breaking all barriers and the success of the World Bank-backed village livelihood programme ‘Jeevika’ among several other socio-economic programmes during G-20 events to be held here in June, an official said on Saturday. The G20 meetings in Patna are expected to be held…
