New Delhi : The Delhi High Court Tuesday asked Haryana to remove the bunds that, according to the Delhi government, were blocking flow of clean water into the Yamuna and was leading to an increase in pollution levels in the national capital’s water supply. The direction by a bench […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is launching a campaign to end the HIV epidemic in the United States by 2030, targeting areas where new infections happen and getting highly effective drugs to people at risk. Briefing reporters ahead of Trump’s State of the Union speech, Health and Human […]
New Delhi : Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari will Wednesday lay foundation stone for three highway projects, entailing an investment of Rs 2,345 crore, in Odisha. The projects will ensure better connectivity of the mineral-rich Angul and Dhenkanal districts of Odisha with the rest of the state, Ministry of Road […]
New Delhi : The revenue department will put in place within two years a mechanism to ensure that all returns are processed within 24 hours and refunds issued simultaneously, an official said. The government has already sanctioned Rs 4,200 crore last month for upgradation of information technology infrastructure of […]
New Delhi : The government’s push to provide clean cooking fuel to every household has turned India into the world’s second largest LPG consumer whose demand is projected to rise 34 per cent by 2025, Oil Secretary M M Kutty said Tuesday. Speaking at the Asia LPG Summit here, […]
Mumbai : Snapping its two-day losing streak, the rupee ticked higher by 23 paise to close at 71.57 per US dollar Tuesday amid fresh foreign fund inflows and gains in domestic equities. Forex dealers said investors were cautious ahead RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee outcome scheduled for February 7. “Rupee […]
Kabul : Afghan officials say 21 people have been killed in the latest Taliban attacks in the country, including 11 policemen who were slain when the insurgents stormed a checkpoint in northern Baghlan province. Safder Mohsini, head of the provincial council, says the checkpoint attack late on Monday […]
Tokyo : Japan’s Finance Minister Taro Aso has reluctantly apologized for saying childless people are to blame for the country’s rising social security costs and its aging and declining population. “If it made some people feel uncomfortable, I apologize,” Aso said Tuesday after drawing complaints over a comment he […]
Doha : Qatar is running out of time to stamp out widespread serious labour abuse for tens of thousands of migrant workers before hosting the 2022 World Cup, Amnesty International warned Tuesday. The human rights group said in a yet another critical labour report that despite well-publicised “nascent reforms”, […]
Paris : At least 10 people died and 30 were injured in an overnight blaze at an apartment block in Paris that police are treating as possible arson, officials said Tuesday. The fire on the upper floors of the building in the rue Erlanger in the upmarket 16th district […]
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