New Delhi: In a major pro-farmer decision, the Centre on Wednesday hiked the subsidy on DAP fertiliser by 140 per cent, costing the exchequer an additional Rs 14,775 crore, in a bid to ensure the soil nutrient is available to farmers at old rates despite a sharp rise in global prices.

New Delhi: The AAP on Wednesday alleged that the BJP and its government were more concerned about their image abroad than the children in India after the saffron party accused Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of serious violation of constitutional propriety with his remarks on COVID strain in Singapore.

Ahmedabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved assistance Rs 1,000 crore for "immediate relief activities" in Gujarat after conducting an aerial survey of areas hit by cyclone Tauktae in the state, an official release said.

Jaipur: Mucormycosis (black fungus), which is primarily affecting people recovering from COVID, has been declared an epidemic in Rajasthan, officials said on Wednesday.

KPCC President, D.K Shivakumar expressed his disbelief in the government’s special package and said, “I don’t believe in the package announced by the state government. A package was announced even last time. Let them show accounts of people who have received relief.”

An earthquake of magnitude 3.2 on the Richter scale hit Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district on Wednesday afternoon, officials said.

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has directed WhatsApp to withdraw its new privacy policy, according to sources.

22 out of the 75 people missing from the barge that sank after getting caught in a severe cyclonic storm in the Arabian Sea are confirmed dead, sources with direct knowledge of the matter said.