Category: India News

Months after pledge, India yet to submit emissions targets

NEW DELHI — Four months after India announced its “net-zero” target at the United Nations climate conference in Glasgow, the country has yet to submit its targets for cutting greenhouse emissions, underscoring the difficulty of overhauling energy policy amid a growing population. When asked about the delay during […]

Indian student killed in Ukraine shelling, thousands more trapped

NEW DELHI, March 1 – An Indian student was killed by shelling in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Tuesday, India’s foreign ministry said, and Delhi stepped up demands for safe passage to evacuate thousands of its nationals trapped in the war zone. Russian forces are laying […]

Stranded in Ukraine’s bunkers, thousands of Indian students desperate for rescue

NEW DELHI, Feb 25 – All through the night, as Russian forces drove deeper into Ukraine, a small group of Indian medical students in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv cowered in a dark basement under their apartment building, hearing a barrage of explosions. The bombardment was unabated in […]

Biological E. COVID shot gets India emergency approval for 12-18 age group

BENGALURU, Feb 21 – Indian vaccine maker Biological E. Ltd said on Monday its COVID-19 vaccine received an emergency use approval in the country for use in children aged 12 to 18. The company’s shot, called Corbevax, is the third vaccine approved for use in children aged 12 […]

JKTPO sponsored startups shine at ‘India First Startup Conclave and Awards’ 2022

JKTPO sponsored startups shine at ‘India First Startup Conclave and Awards’ 2022 Dr Jitendra Singh holds interaction with young entrepreneurs NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 18: Union Minister of State in Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), Dr Jitender Singh, today visited the ‘India First Startup & Conclave 2022’ being organized at […]

State cannot be permitted to take benefit of its own wrong: SC

New Delhi, Feb 18: The Supreme Court has upheld a Gujarat High Court order directing the state government to pay pensionary benefits to a man who retired after rendering more than 30 years of service. A bench of Justices M R Shah and B V Nagarathna said the […]

59 assembly constituencies to vote in third phase of UP polls; 627 candidates in fray

Lucknow, Feb 19: Voting for 59 assembly constituencies spread across 16 districts of Uttar Pradesh will take place on Sunday in the third phase of the polls. Campaigning for the third phase of the state elections ended on Friday, with senior leaders of the parties making a final […]

In hijab row, critics say India’s BJP looking for votes in southern state

UDUPI, India, Feb 18 – A series of religious laws promoted by India’s ruling Hindu nationalist party in the southern state of Karnataka, including a ban on the wearing of hijabs, is raising concerns the divisive measures will stoke sectarian tensions more prevalent in the country’s north. Prime […]

Senior schools reopen in India’s Karnataka state amid hijab row

UDUPI, India, Feb 16 – Senior schools reopened in the Indian state of Karnataka on Wednesday a week after authorities closed them in the face of protests against a ban on female students wearing the hijab Muslim head covering in class. A court is deliberating the recent ban […]

Indian tax authorities search premises of China’s Huawei

BENGALURU, Feb 16 (Reuters) – India’s income tax authorities have conducted searches at multiple premises of Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei Technologies (HWT.UL) as part of a tax investigation, a government source told Reuters, confirming local media reports. The searches were conducted at Huawei’s office premises in New […]

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