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MVA manifesto promises period leaves, free cervical cancer vaccine

The opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi on Sunday released its manifesto for the Maharashtra assembly polls, promising free cervical cancer vaccines for girls aged 9 to 16 and and two optional leave days......

'For marginalised communities': Govt cancels lateral entry for babus

The Centre on Tuesday asked the UPSC to cancel the latest lateral entry recruitment, amid a row over reservation in the advertised posts. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts with the......

45 specialists to join Modi govt in major lateral entry push

Forty-five specialists will soon be joining key posts of joint secretaries, directors and deputy secretaries in different central ministries as part of the Modi government's ambitious plan to......

Sena-UBT trolls Shinde over non-inclusion in NITI Aayog

Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray leader Priyanka Chaturvedi on Wednesday took potshots at the rival Shiv Sena over its minister not finding a place in the reconstituted NITI Aayog. IMAGE:......

Modi 3.0 mantris off to quick start, priority for 100-day action plan

Signalling both change and continuity, India's new government, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a third consecutive term, got into work gear on Tuesday with cabinet ministers and......

Rural women drive Rs 27,000 crore financial inclusion transactions

Enterprising women business correspondents, known as BC Sakhis, have facilitated transactions worth Rs 27,000 crore in Uttar Pradesh, earning Rs 75 crore in commission over the past four and a half......

Women Leaders: A Way To IPO Success?

Indian society may be more advanced than we think it is, notes Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustrations: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com As soon as I saw the title of the research paper 'How do markets......

Gujarat, Kerala & TN top FSSAI food safety index for 2020-21

Gujarat, Kerala and Tamil Nadu have topped an index that ranks states on food safety parameters for the 2020-21 year, according to an FSSAI report unveiled by Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on......

Tarun Bajaj posted as revenue secretary in IAS reshuffle

Senior bureaucrat Tarun Bajaj was appointed revenue secretary as part of a top-level bureaucratic reshuffle by the Centre on Tuesday. Bajaj, a 1988-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS)......

Sonakshi, Taapsee lash out at Akshay, Devgn

'Let us stand together in displaying our utter and complete lack of spine, in safeguarding our hundreds of crore rupees of income and in supporting this military-style mobilisation against the very......

India submits 'Letter of Intent' to host 2036 Olympics

IMAGE: Flagbearers Manu Bhaker and P R Sreejesh during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics on August 11, 2024. Photograph: Albert Gea/Reuters India has submitted a 'Letter of Intent',......

Tendulkar, Pant pay tribute on 'Kargil Vijay Diiwas'

File Photograph: Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt of India Legendary Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and star wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant on Friday paid their tributes to......

I'm returning my Khel Ratna and Arjuna Award: Vinesh Phogat

'The Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna and Arjuna awards don't have any meaning in my life now.' IMAGE: Vinesh Phogat said she wants to return her Khel Ratna and Arjuna award to the Prime Minister.......

Sports Sexual Harassment Complaints May Be Higher

IMAGE: Wrestler Vinesh Phogat at a silent protest against the Wrestling Federation of India and its president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, MP, against whom sexual harassment allegations were made,......

'Our Football Tragedy': 17 children among those killed in stampede

IMAGE: Ribbon-shaped candles and petals are pictured during a vigil, after a riot and stampede following a soccer match between Arema vs Persebaya in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, on Sunday.......

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