'India's food diversity a dividend for global investors,' says PM Modi after inaugurating World Food India festival

New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that India's food diversity is a dividend for global investors as he inaugurated the World Food India 2023 festival at Pragati Maidan, in Delhi.

He also disbursed seed capital…

IDF shoots down surface-to-surface missile fired from Lebanon

Tel Aviv (IANS) The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it shot down a surface-to-surface missile fired from Lebanon by the Iran-backed militant group, Hezbollah amid simmering cross-border tensions in the wake of the raging war in Gaza.

In a…

Israel-Hamas war intensifies in northern Gaza

New Delhi (IANS) The fighting between the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) and Hamas, in the nearly five-week-old war, has intensified in northern Gaza.

“This is not a small-scale operation,” Israeli military official Moshe Tetro told international…

Abua Bir Dishom campaign of Jharkhand Government to give their forest rights to the needy

Ranchi:  On the instructions of Chief Minister Hemant Soren, the Abua Bir Dishom campaign will be launched from 06 November 2023.

Under this, for the first time in the state, under a comprehensive campaign, individual, community and community…

Government to prepare 8 thousand students every year in private coaching centres for 7 entrance exams including medical, engineering and CLAT

Ranchi:  After Akanksha Coaching, now the Jharkhand government will prepare the meritorious students of the state for seven major entrance exams in national-level private coaching centres from the next session (2024-25).

Every year 8000 students…

UAPA case: Delhi court sends NewsClick editor, HR head to judicial custody till Dec 1

New Delhi (IANS) A Delhi court on Thursday sent NewsClick founder-editor Prabir Purkayastha and Human Resources head Amit Chakravarty to judicial custody till December 1 in a case lodged under the provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention)…

Onion price touches Rs 100 a kilogram in Kolkata

Kolkata (IANS) Onion prices touched Rs 100 a kilogram in a number of retail markets in Kolkata on Thursday.

While the minimum price of onions in the retail markets in Kolkata is Rs 80 a kilogram, in certain markets located in the posh localities…

FIIs who were sustained sellers in Oct may turn buyers

New Delhi (IANS) Even though the pause decision of the US Federal Reserve was on expected lines, the commentary was not hawkish as the market feared, says V.K. Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist at Geojit Financial Services.

Fed chief…

NCP MLA Kamlesh Singh withdrew support from Hemant government

Ranchi: NCP MLA from Hussainabad Kamlesh Singh has withdrawn support from the Hemant government. Kamlesh Singh announced this in a press conference held at his residence. He said that he will soon submit the letter of withdrawal of support to the…

Electoral Bonds case: SC grills govt on selective confidentiality, legalising kickbacks

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday posed several tough questions to Solicitor General Tushar Mehta as it heard the pleas challenging the electoral bonds scheme.

A constitutional bench, headed by CJI D.Y. Chandrachud and comprising…