India’s social security coverage doubles to 48.8 pc: Minister

New Delhi (IANS) Social security coverage in India has doubled from 24.4 per cent to 48.8 per cent, said Union Minister for Labour and Employment and Youth Affairs and Sports Mansukh Mandaviya. Addressing the post-budget webinar on the theme ‘Investing…

India’s engineering exports to US touch $1.62 billion in Jan but tariff wall looms ahead

New Delhi (IANS) India's engineering goods exports have recorded robust growth in January this year despite uncertainties in the global markets, with the United States being the top destination. 

The country’s engineering goods exports…

Jharkhand: IIT-ISM student found dead under suspicious circumstances in Dhanbad campus

Dhanbad (IANS) In a tragic incident, Tanmay Prajapati, a B.Tech student at the Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, was found dead under suspicious circumstances in the Aqua Marine Hostel bathroom on Thursday, officials…

Babulal Marandi elected Jharkhand BJP legislature party leader ending LoP suspense

Ranchi (IANS) Babulal Marandi has been unanimously elected as the leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Legislature Party in the Jharkhand Assembly, putting an end to the three-and-a-half-month-long suspense over the Leader of Opposition (LoP)…

US Treasury Secretary refutes reports of plans to sign minerals deal with Ukraine

Washington (IANS) US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has told a media outlet that there are no plans to sign a mineral resources deal with Ukraine following President Donald Trump's speech to Congress.  

After a heated exchange last week…

Suspected grenade attack on police post in J&K’s Baramulla

Srinagar (IANS) J&K Police said on Wednesday that a suspected grenade attack took place during the night intervening March 4 and 5 on a police post in Baramulla town. 

A police statement said that at approximately 9.20 p.m., a blast-like sound…

Dhaka seeks stronger ties with India, hopes for visa resumption: Bangladesh

Dhaka (IANS) Bangladesh has expressed its readiness to establish positive working relationships with India in light of the strained ties between the two nations following the ousting of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the atrocities committed…

CRPF assistant commandant, two jawans injured in Maoist IED Blast in Chaibasa, airlifted to Ranchi

Chaibasa (IANS) Three security personnel, including an Assistant Commandant of the CRPF’s CoBRA battalion, were injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast triggered by Maoists in Jharkhand’s Chaibasa district, officials said on Thursday. 

Union Carbide's toxic waste disposal: First phase of trial run ends, second begins today

Bhopal (IANS) After completing the first phase of the "trial run" for Union Carbide's toxic waste disposal, the Madhya Pradesh government is preparing to commence the second phase on Tuesday.

In January this year, the toxic waste (337 tonnes)…

Bombay HC stays FIR order against ex-SEBI chief, 5 others

Mumbai (IANS) The Bombay High Court on Tuesday put a four-week hold on a special court's order which had directed the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to file an FIR against former SEBI Chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch and five other officials.

The…