Health Minister J.P. Nadda on Wednesday said India has made much progress in eliminating lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis) as he launched an accelerated plan for its elimination at the start of a three-day global meet of 72 endemic countries.
In a three-day operation code-named "Operation Vitamin", the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has busted an international drug syndicate, a statement issued by the enforcement agency on Wednesday said.
Mahindra Electric Mobility Ltd will depend on fleet operators and app based cab aggregators to increase sales of passenger electric cars, a company official said here on Wednesday.
From 2021 onwards, only those with a Ph.D degree will be eligible to be recruited as teachers in central universities, Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar announced on Wednesday.
BJP President Amit Shah on Wednesday asked the party's Rajasthan leaders to keep their internal fights aside and prepare for the upcoming assembly elections in the state unitedly.
A Special Police Officer (SPO) was critically injured after militants shot him in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district on Wednesday, police said.
It was came to light in the SIT interrogation that Parshuram Wagmore, one of the main accused in the Gauri Lankesh murder case, got the training in country-made pistol in Vijayapura.
The Rajput organisation has demanded an immediate apology in the case, even as the Minister said she was not referring to the community, while the Congress slammed her statements.
“The differences cropped up during the formation of the coalition government cabinet are cleared. It is true that I have expressed my resentment for missing the minister post. But the allegation that I have strongly rebuked former chief minister Siddaramaiah is completely false”, said former minister HM Revanna.
In order to create a stronger deterrent for NRIs who have abandon their wives in India, the Ministry of External Affairs will now display the summons to such men on their official website, an official said on Wednesday.
