Sudarshan Setu, the four-lane cable-stayed bridge between Okha and Beyt Dwarka. | Photo Credit: ANI Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 25 inaugurated ‘Sudarshan Setu’, the country’s longest cable-stayed bridge of 2.32 km, on the Arabian sea connecting Beyt Dwarka island to mainland Okha in Gujarat’s Devbhumi Dwarka district. PM Modi began his day by … Read more
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishnkar with Denmark Foreign Affairs Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen during a meeting on the sidelines of the Raisina Dialogue 2024, in New Delhi, Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI European Ministers gathered for the Ministry of External Affairs’ Raisina Dialogue here urged India to reconsider trade and ties with … Read more
Farmers engaged in harvesting and loading of sugarcane in Belagavi district of Karnataka. File photo | Photo Credit: The Hindu Centre increases Fair and Remunerative Price of sugarcane The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, met here on Wednesday, approved ₹ 340/quintal as the Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) of sugarcane for Sugar Season 2024-25 at … Read more
West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Rights (WBCPCR) Chairperson Tulika Das arrives in Khulna, Sandeshkhali to meet the woman whose child was snatched and thrown away by unknown persons, in North 24 Parganas on February 17, 2024. | Photo Credit: ANI 10 dead in blast at fireworks unit in Tamil Nadu’s Sattur Ten workers … Read more
While arguing that most sectors and stocks are quite overvalued, domestic broking firm Kotak Institutional Equities today said the disconnect between price and value may sustain given India’s decent macro position, retail investor-led mania on Dalal Street and expectations of PM Modi retaining power after Lok Sabha elections. However, as investors are happy to overpay … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. File. | Photo Credit: ANI Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 11 said that an education system based on Indian values is the need of the hour. He was virtually addressing an event organised to mark the 200th birth anniversary of Arya Samaj founder Swami Dayanand Saraswati at his birth place … Read more
Boats anchored in Rameswaram fishing jetty in protest against the arrest of fishermen by the Sri Lanka Navy. File photo | Photo Credit: L. Balachandar In a fresh case of alleged poaching charge, Sri Lankan Navy personnel arrested 19 fishermen from Rameswaram and Thangachimadam near Neduntheevu in the early hours of Thursday, According to information, … Read more
A view of the Ram Janmabhoomi Temple, where greenery work is underway, in Ayodhya. | Photo Credit: ANI Around 400 people from all walks of life participated in an event organised by the Shri Sita Ram Foundation (SSRF), a non-profit organisation, here as part of celebrations to mark the Pran Pratishtha ceremony of the Ram … Read more
Mizoram Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati. File | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Mizoram’s apex student body Mizo Zirlai Pawl (MZP) has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to reconsider the Centre’s decision to fence the Indo-Myanmar border and scrap the Free Movement Regime (FMR). In the letter sent through State Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati, the MZP expressed … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted on Thursday that a transparent system put in by his government, its honest efforts and emphasis on people’s participation have led to nearly 25 crore people being lifted out of poverty in the last nine years. Nobody could have thought that poverty in India can decline but the poor has … Read more