Political dynasts weakening democracy: PM

New Delhi (IANS) Without taking names of political rivals, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday said that political dynasts posed the biggest threat to democracy and appealed to the youth to enter politics to redress the situation.

"There…

AG to SC: Khalistan supporters have infiltrated farmers protest

New Delhi (IANS) Attorney General (AG) K K Venugopal on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that the Khalistan supporters have infiltrated the farmers protest against the three farm laws.

A bench headed by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde and comprising…

Vaccine transport commences, first consignment reaches Delhi

New Delhi (IANS) The first consignment of Covid-19 vaccine arrived at the Indira Gandhi International Airport of the national capital as the country's civil aviation sector has swung into action for providing an expeditious roll-out of India's…

Let's not worry too much: IMA on safety & efficacy of Covid vaccines

New Delhi (IANS) Amid the ongoing debate around the safety and efficacy aspects of Covid vaccines, the president of Indian Medical Association (IMA) has advised the public to not worry too much about it.

Speaking to IANS, Dr. J.A. Jayalal,…

Rakesh Tikait welcomes SC order, but says farmer protests will continue

New Delhi (IANS) Farmer leaders on Tuesday welcomed the Supreme Court decision to suspend the three farm laws but said they will not leave the protest site till the three laws were repealed.

Speaking to media after the Supreme Court order,…

SC stays 3 farm laws, forms panel to hear farmers' grievances

New Delhi (IANS) In a major decision, the Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the implementation of all three farm laws and also formed a committee comprising mostly agriculturists to hear the grievances of the farmer unions against the laws.

A…

Sensex hits 49,000 for the first time, IT stocks zoom

Mumbai (IANS) The BSE Sensex crossed the 49,000-mark for the first time ever on Monday and the Nifty50 on the National Stock Exchange was trading above 14,400.

Healthy buying was witnessed in the IT, telecom and FMCG stocks.

Around 9.34…

India releases Chinese soldier apprehended for crossing disputed border

New Delhi (IANS) Indian authorities on Monday released a soldier of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA), who was apprehended for crossing the disputed border in Eastern Ladakh.

"The PLA soldier who had been apprehended on January…

Covid disturbs traditions: In a first, Budget to go paperless

New Delhi (IANS) The upcoming budget scheduled for February 1 will go paperless as the Finance Ministry has decided not to print the budget documents amid the pandemic.

This is a historic move as it will be for the first time in the history…

India may revise import duties of critical raw materials to boost manufacturing

New Delhi (IANS) India is not likely to immediately lower tariff rates even as the US and European Union (EU) raised their concerns over "rising trade barrier" as sources said that the steps have been taken to eliminate instances of dumping. They…