India used to depend on others, but now...: President Murmu

President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday urged people to put in their best to build in the next 25 years a developed India connected to its past glory and containing every golden chapter of modernity.......

2024 May Witness More Natural Disasters

'The Weather Channel argues that India faces the gravest challenge: Climate change-induced health vulnerability.' 'This is an issue often neglected, alerts Claude Arpi: "Prolonged summers,......

Modi opens coffers for Assam before polls, says past govts neglected development

Opening the coffers of his government for election-bound Assam, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday slammed the successive Congress dispensations that ruled the country since Independence for......

In UP, Modi sounds 'red alert' against 'red caps'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday equated the red caps worn by Samajwadi Party workers with 'red beacons' that suggest a hunger for power and sounded a 'red alert', claiming that the SP wants......

Modi's soil health card plan: BJP-ruled states among worst performers

Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh (all BJP-ruled), Karnataka, Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Bihar, Assam, West Bengal and Kerala are among the worst......

Bill Gates on how to tackle climate change challenges

Gates, who is also co-chair in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, further said since the issue of climate change is "complicated", different interventions are required to be taken including......

Holy cow! Cattle to get own Aadhaar cards

The animal husbandry department is set to launch a massive programme to tag all indigenous variety of cattle in a bid to improve progeny and milk production  The government surely knows how to......

How govt plans to double farm income in 5 years

Critics said a 10-plus per cent annual increase in incomes is a tall order, given that between 2002-03 and 2012-13, farm incomes grew yearly by 3.6 per cent. The official committee to recommend on......

Sports Shorts: Wilder draws with Fury to retain WBC heavyweight title

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday IMAGE: Deontay Wilder reacts after knocking down Tyson Fury during the WBC World Heavyweight Title bout at Staples Centre, Los Angeles......