National Workshop to discuss decriminalization of Legal Metrology Act, 2009

Decriminalization of LM Act is being considered for ease of doing business by removing unnecessary interference and safeguarding interest of consumers Union Minister, Shri Piyush Goyal to preside over the workshop on 9th May at Vigyan Bhawan May 8, 2022 The Department of Consumer Affairs is organizing a […]

Educational Institutes are not just mere places of Learning: President Kovind

President of India inaugurates permanent Campus of Indian Institute of Management, Nagpur May 8, 2022 Educational institutes are not just mere places of learning; it is the place which polishes the inner and sometimes hidden talents in each one of us, said the President of India, Shri Ram […]

Six missiles hit Ukraine’s coastal city Odesa

May 7 – Six missiles hit the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa on Saturday, the spokeswoman for Ukraine’s southern military command told the country’s public broadcaster. Spokeswoman Natalia Humeniuk said four rockets hit a furniture factory in a residential area, while the other two struck an already […]

Heat adds to despair of Indian women after decades of daily treks for water

By Ritesh Shukla HINAUTI, India, May 6 – India’s scorching summer heat adds new risks this year to an energy-sapping challenge that tribal woman Munni Adhivasi has surmounted every day for two decades, by trudging for miles to carry home water. Munni, who said she feared dying in the […]

Taliban order Afghan women to cover faces again

Summary Taliban threaten punishments for closest male relative Face cover order is part of growing restrictions on women Rights advocates unhappy at new rules KABUL, May 7 (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s Taliban government ordered women on Saturday to cover their faces in public, a return to a signature policy […]

Desperate search for survivors in Cuba hotel blast; 26 dead

HAVANA — Relatives of the missing in Cuba’s capital desperately searched Saturday for victims of an explosion at one of Havana’s most luxurious hotels that killed at least 26 people. They checked the morgue, hospitals and if unsuccessful, they returned to the partially collapsed Hotel Saratoga, where rescuers […]

Ukraine braces for escalated attacks ahead of Russia’s V-Day

ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine — Ukrainian troops solidified their positions around the nation’s second-largest city Saturday as Russian forces delivered more punishing attacks on an embattled steelworks in a bid to complete their conquest of the southern port of Mariupol in time for Victory Day celebrations. As Monday’s holiday commemorating the […]

Road to J&K’s Prosperity has to pass through its Villages: Lt Governor

SRINAGAR, MAY 07: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today emphasized that the policies and development plans for districts and concerned departments must accord higher priority to rural development as road to prosperity of Union Territory of Jammu Kashmir has to pass through its villages. Highlighting the role of rural […]

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