Eye on China, India ramps up fertiliser cooperation with Saudi Arabia (Picture credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: India and Saudi Arabia witnessed the signing of long-term agreements between leading Sauidi mining company Ma’aden and Indian companies, IPL, KRIBHCO and CIL, for supply of 3.1 million MT of DAP (diammonium phosphate) fertiliser per annum for five years,…
NEW DELHI: In a special message read out at a day-long conference organised here to mark his 90th birthday, the Dalai Lama said “we Tibetans” are deeply indebted to the govt and people of India for the warm hospitality they have shown since 1959, even as he indirectly questioned China’s claim over Tibet.The Tibetan spiritual…
NEW DELHI: Excessive salt consumption is fuelling a silent epidemic in India with people at increased risk of hypertension, stroke, heart disease, and kidney disorders, according to scientists from ICMR’s National Institute of Epidemiology.The scientists have initiated a community-led salt reduction study to address the issue and are focusing on low-sodium salt substitutes.While the World…
Mumbai: The heirs of Partition, who were displaced from their homes for a second time, are finally experiencing a modicum of relief. Residents of 19 Mhada buildings in GTB Nagar near Sion, which were declared dilapidated and demolished by BMC in 2020, see a ray of hope with the sanction of the redevelopment proposal. These…
File photo: Sadanandan Master, who lost both legs in political violence, got nominated to Rajya Sabha NEW DELHI: It was May 2016. Speaking at a rally in Kasaragod, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held up the hand of C Sadanandan Master as he lamented the silence imposed on the story of the victim of barbaric poll…
NAGPUR: The jalebi might soon come with a guilt trip. The samosa, a side of shame. And your chai biscuit? A health warning on the wall behind it.The health ministry has ordered all central institutions, including AIIMS Nagpur, to install “oil and sugar boards” – vivid posters spelling out how much hidden fat and sugar…
Nawada BLO conducts door-to-door distribution of enumeration forms and collection of filled forms PATNA: Bihar’s ongoing special intensive revision of electoral rolls has unearthed an unspecified number of illegal immigrants from Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar residing in the state and aiming to become voters with Aadhaar, ration cards and domicile certificates acquired through fraud, Election…
The general officer commanding-in-chief of Northern Command, lieutenant general Pratik Sharma, visited the Army’s Bhimber Gali Brigade in Jammu and Kashmir. (Picture credit: IANS) RAJOURI: Commander of the Indian Army’s northern command, Lt Gen Pratik Sharma, visited Bimber Gali Brigade to review operational dynamics and preparedness along the Pir Panjal region that encompasses Poonch and…
Pune: A 29-year-old Vashi resident has been arrested by Pimpri Chinchwad police in connection with cheating and blackmailing people via fake loan apps, which he allegedly executed on instructions of handlers based in Singapore. The arrest throws open a pan-India loan fraud scam.Accused Isaki Thevar, a loan recovery agent, has been duping people through at…
Air India crash (Picture credit: AP) LONDON: Relatives of flyers who died in the June 12 Air India crash have slammed the preliminary probe as a “cover-up” to protect the Tatas-owned airline, Boeing and the Indian government.“This report is wrong. We don’t accept it,” said Ameen Siddiqui, whose British brother-in-law and Gloucestershire resident Akeel Nanabawa,…