Delhi HC refuses to stay Agnipath, seeks Centre's reply

The Delhi high court Thursday refused to stay the Centre's Agnipath scheme for recruitment in the armed forces and asked the central government to file its reply on a batch of petitions challenging......

Govt approves 2 new vaccines, Covid drug for emergency use

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Tuesday said that the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has approved the Serum Institute of India's COVID-19 vaccine Covovax, Biological......

Mixed response to Maha bandh, road transport hit, 200 detained

The 'Maharashtra bandh' called by the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi partners to protest the death of farmers in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri received a mixed response on Monday with the shutdown......

Farmers' Bharat Bandh hits rail, road traffic at several places

Several trains were cancelled, highways and key roads blocked and many thousands stranded for hours on Monday as a nationwide 10-hour shutdown against the Centre's three agri laws disrupted lives......

Paharpur Business Centre: Inside the 'healthiest' building in Delhi

In a city with the worst air quality globally, Kamal Meattle has built a building that is among the purest in the world, finds Dhruv Munjal. Image: The six-storey building, which is spread across......

How Gujarat plans to help its pharma companies

The state govt has raised drug procurement budget The state government's drug procurement agency the Gujarat Medical Services Corporation limited (GMSCL) has raised this year's procurement budget......

Pranab Mukherjee's Budget Speech

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee presented the Budget for 2009-10 on July 6. Following is the BudgetSpeechof Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee: Madam Speaker, I rise to present the Budget for......

Lessons in chasing malls

Two weeks after the UK-based, privately owned mall management company Donaldsons was acquired by global property adviser DTZ, its former chairman Martyn Chase was in India. On holiday? Hardly......

Sports Shorts: Olympic champ 'fine' after emergency C-section

IMAGE: Allyson Felix of the United States celebrates winning gold in the women's 4 x 100m relay final of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Photograph: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images Six-time Olympic gold......