India

India Post Payments Bank opens 2.68 crore accounts in 2024, 59 pc belong to women

India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) opened 2.68 crore accounts in 2024 (till November), with 1.56 crore or 59 per cent being owned by women and 77 per cent accounts being opened in rural parts of the country

Dec 20, 2024

Malaysia agrees to resume search for MH370 that went missing in 2014

The Malaysian government has agreed in principle to resume the search for Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, Malaysian Transport Minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook

Dec 20, 2024

Solidifying partnership with Gulf countries, PM Modi set to embark on historic Kuwait visit

Committed to fostering longstanding, historic and close relations with all Gulf countries, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will undertake a two-day visit to Kuwait starting Saturday - the first by an Indian PM to the key West Asian country in 43 years.

Dec 20, 2024

India now has 25,202 public charging stations for EVs: Minister

As many as 25,202 public charging stations for electric vehicles (EVs) have been installed in the country to date.

Dec 20, 2024

Egypt reaffirms stance on restoring peace in the Middle East

Egypt reaffirms stance on restoring peace in Middle East

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi held several bilateral talks with the leaders of the Middle East countries on the sidelines of the 11th Summit of the Developing Eight Organization for Economic Cooperation held in Egypt's new administrative capital and reaffirmed the commitment to restore peace in the region.

Dec 20, 2024

Autism a significant health burden in India: Study

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a significant health burden in India, according to a study, published in The Lancet Psychiatry journal

Dec 20, 2024

Making cement, plastic and steel contributes to 37 percent of greenhouse gas emission

Indian cement industry poised for robust recovery in 2nd half of FY25

The Indian cement industry is projected to see a robust recovery in the second half of FY25, driven by pent-up demand, a rebound in government capex and sustained momentum in the real estate and housing sectors.

Dec 20, 2024

R Ashwin retires from international cricket with immediate effect

Ashwin's brain was in overdrive throughout, could never keep him quiet, recalls Mukund

Former India batter Abhinav Mukund paid a rich tribute to the recently-retired Ravichandran Ashwin, saying the off-spinner was always a thinking cricketer who brain was on an overdrive and that he could never be kept quiet.

Dec 20, 2024

RG Kar rape-murder: Calcutta HC gives conditional nod to protest by doctors' body in Kolkata

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday granted conditional nod to the West Bengal Joint Platform of Doctors, an umbrella body of senior doctors, to conduct sit-in demonstration in central Kolkata to protest the default bail to two accused of tampering of evidence in the case on ghastly rape and murder of a woman junior doctor of R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata within the hospital premises in August this year.

Dec 20, 2024

AIIMS Delhi, Blockchain For Impact to advance biomedical innovation in India

AIIMS and BFI Unite to Combat Recurrent UTIs

AIIMS Delhi has partnered with Blockchain For Impact (BFI) to enhance biomedical research and innovation in India. The collaboration will focus on identifying potential markers for recurrent urinary tract infections (rUTI).

Dec 20, 2024

259 districts reporting higher rate of child marriage: Centre

Around 259 districts in the country, almost one-third of the total 800 districts, have a higher rate of child marriage than the national average, the Parliament was informed on Friday.

Dec 20, 2024

Single-use plastic bottles may be spreading antibiotic resistance: INST study

Scientists from the Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST) Mohali, an autonomous institution of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), have found that nanoplastics derived from single-use plastic bottles (SUPBs) may be contributing to the spread of antibiotic resistance.

Dec 20, 2024

PLI scheme achieves Rs 1.46 lakh crore investment, FDI inflows up 26 pc

From achieving Rs 1.46 lakh crore in investment under the product-linked incentive (PLI) scheme to 26 per cent increase in FDI inflows (year-on-year) in Q1 this fiscal (FY25), the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) said on Friday that it has played a pivotal role in 2024 in building a self-reliant and globally competitive India.

Dec 20, 2024

Bengal passport racket: Cops trying to track PDS dealers acting as roots of creating fake documents

Officials of investigating agencies probing the rackets engaged in arranging fake Indian passports for illegal Bangladeshi immigrants, are now trying to track the roots of this menace in a section of public distribution system (PDS) dealers in West Bengal.

Dec 20, 2024

PM Modi to inaugurate projects worth Rs 46,300cr in Rajasthan tomorrow

PM Modi's popularity secured BJP's win in Maharashtra, Haryana; Rahul's Constitutional narrative failed: Survey

The BJP demolished the Congress and other Opposition parties in the Maharashtra and Haryana Assembly elections.

Dec 20, 2024

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India

India Post Payments Bank opens 2.68 crore accounts in 2024, 59 pc belong to women

Malaysia agrees to resume search for MH370 that went missing in 2014

Solidifying partnership with Gulf countries, PM Modi set to embark on historic Kuwait visit

India now has 25,202 public charging stations for EVs: Minister

Egypt reaffirms stance on restoring peace in Middle East

Autism a significant health burden in India: Study

Indian cement industry poised for robust recovery in 2nd half of FY25

Ashwin's brain was in overdrive throughout, could never keep him quiet, recalls Mukund

RG Kar rape-murder: Calcutta HC gives conditional nod to protest by doctors' body in Kolkata

AIIMS and BFI Unite to Combat Recurrent UTIs

259 districts reporting higher rate of child marriage: Centre

Single-use plastic bottles may be spreading antibiotic resistance: INST study

PLI scheme achieves Rs 1.46 lakh crore investment, FDI inflows up 26 pc

Bengal passport racket: Cops trying to track PDS dealers acting as roots of creating fake documents

PM Modi's popularity secured BJP's win in Maharashtra, Haryana; Rahul's Constitutional narrative failed: Survey

Ranveer Singh touches Sanjay Leela Bhansali's feet; Sara Ali Khan, Aditi Rao Hydari radiate in ethnic outfits at reception

Omar lambasts "arrogant" Congress after BJP's historic victory; Mehbooba reacts [details]

BJP leads in 53 seats, crosses majority mark in Chhattisgarh