It was believed that Finance Minister Arun Jaitley would withdraw the LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) subsidy for those who fall in the 30-percent tax bracket. However, this budget included no such measure. Thereafter, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has repeatedly called on people to “give it up” and join the “opt out of subsidy” scheme. While […]
Amid global concerns over scarcity of molybdenum-99, Indian scientists are gearing up to address the country’s need of producing the key radioactive isotope required for diagnostic purposes in nuclear medicine, including cancer detection. Scientists at the Kolkata-based Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre (VECC) claim India can resort to an alternative route of production of molybdenum 99 […]
The toll in India following Saturday’s earthquake has gone up to 72, with Bihar accounting for 56 deaths, a top official said on Monday. Home Secretary L.C. Goyal, addressing the media at a joint press conference with Defence Secretary R.K. Mathur and Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar, said 12 people died in Uttar Pradesh following the […]
At least 38 Indian cities lie in high-risk seismic zones and nearly 60 percent of the subcontinental landmass is vulnerable to earthquakes. Barring rare exceptions, such as the Delhi Metro, India’s hastily-built cities are open to great damage from earthquakes. The earthquake that devastated Nepal on saturday and jolted northern India, damaging buildings as far […]
Two days after an earthquake jolted Bihar, another temblor, measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale, rocked the state on Monday. Damage to property was reported from various places, but there was no report of any casualty, an official here said. With the earthquake again rocking Bihar on Monday at 6.05 p.m., it has created further […]
Just four years ago, Aslam was found lying in a semi-conscious state on a platform at Delhi’s Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station due to a drug overdose. Today, the 15-year-old dreams of becoming a “choreographer” and has already started attending dance classes to achieve this. The route to this dramatic transformation in his life wasn’t easy […]
Why target only India for rapes, they happen all over the world, says Danish designer-turned writer Inger Solberg, who has come out with her first book “Pushpa”, a vibrant account of her life in India, which she has made her home for the past 15 years. Solberg, who loves India and everything Indian, is against […]
In the wake of the strong 7.9 magnitude earthquake that killed over a 1,500 people in Nepal and left a swathe of devastation in the northern Himalayas on Saturday, experts said a temblor of equal intensity is “overdue” in northern India.” “An earthquake of the same magnitude is overdue. That may happen either today or […]
Nepal’s worst earthquake since 1934 has killed over 2,500 people and injured thousands, and forced many more on Sunday to camp in the open due to powerful aftershocks. As grieving families jostled for space to cremate the dead, India stepped up relief and rescue work in the Himalayan country with which it has close ties. […]
The NSW Government has approved an extension to NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione’s contract for up to two years, Premier Mike Baird and Deputy Premier and Minister for Police Troy Grant announced today. “I have developed enormous respect for the Commissioner and I’m delighted he has agreed to stay on,” Mr Baird said. […]