This year saw the 25th edition of what is now called the Amazon India Fashion Week (AIFW) in the national capital while Mumbai saw the 15th anniversary of the Lakme Fashion Week (LFW) – two of the country’s premier style events. But are these fashion week going the way of their foreign counterparts? “Right now, […]
India’s external debt at the end of December 2014 stood at $461.9 billion — a 3.5 percent or $15.5 billion rise from what it was in end of March 2014, government data showed on Tuesday. The country’s external debt-to-gross domestic product (GDP) ratio stood at 23.2 percent as of December-end, compared with 23.7 percent as […]
To ensure equitable access to health services to all Delhiites, a new initiative that promises to provide free cab rides to hospitals and medical centres of the patient’s choice was launched here on Saturday. Introduced by OXXY, claiming to be India’s largest healthcare network and radio cab company, Uber, the service includes free rides to […]
Haryana Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki on Tuesday asked people to follow the principle of “all religions are one” for which India was known, and exhorted the youth to follow the ideals of Vivekananda and Mahatma Gandhi. He said Vivekananda, through his speech in Chicago, gave a message to the world that all religions were one. […]
Mumbai, March 23 Participants from the fields of art, craft, science and technology in India will showcase new and emerging concepts at the ‘Innovation Festival’ in Mumbai, a statement from NCSM said on Monday. The three-day long event begins on March 27 at the Nehru Science Centre, Mumbai, a National Council of Science Museums (NCSM) […]
Attari (Punjab), March 22 (IANS) Diplomatic efforts by India helped in securing the release of 57 boats belonging to Indian fishermen from the custody of Pakistani authorities, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said here on Sunday. The boats, according to the home minister, will reach Porbandar along the Gujarat coast on Monday. The boats were confiscated […]
Kathmandu, March 22 (IANS) Five Indian nationals from a family, including two children, were killed and two minors were injured when their car plunged 200 metres down a gorge in Nepal on Sunday, police said. The jeep in which the family from Jharkhand were travelling skidded off the road in an accident-prone area at Simkhola, […]
Jammu, March 22 Jammu and Kashmir’s budget for 2015-16 proposes abolition of water tax, cash stipends for young girls and continuing VAT remission to industries till uniform GST comes into force in the country. Presenting the proposals on Sunday, Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu said the Rs.46,473 crore-expenditure budget also proposes development of Jammu and Srinagar […]
Chandigarh, March 22 Medical science may not believe in the ghost stories but unethical practices adopted by private medical colleges and unscrupulous doctors in the region have put a big question mark on the standard of education being imparted and the kind of doctors being churned out by these institutions. With 436 ‘ghost’ teachers being […]
Washington, March 21 Several Indian-Americans are among over 100 students from across the country who would showcase their inventions, and innovative science projects at the fifth White House Science Fair hosted by President Barack Obama Monday. Celebrating their extraordinary science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) achievements, this year’s exhibits, all built, made, and designed by […]