Expansion of the distribution of food grains mandated by the National Food Security Act of 2013 prevented stunting of about 1.8 million children in eight states, according to a paper in the American Economic Association’s journal on applied economics. The authors of the study conducted an impact evaluation of the NFSA on child stunting, nutrition…
Representative image/AI generated INDORE: For over six months, a murdered woman’s body lay rotting in a refrigerator in a rented room in MP’s Dewas while another family lived next door, unaware of the horror just a few feet away.The grisly secret was uncovered on Friday and police arrested a suspect, Sanjay Patidar, within hours. The…
NEW DELHI: All operators of the ‘Dhruv’ advanced light helicopter (ALH) have been told by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) that the flying of the indigenous twin-engine choppers should remain suspended till the “root cause” that led to the Jan 5 crash at Gujarat’s Porbandar is established. Preliminary analysis of data retrieved from flight data recorder…
The board approved key military projects, including a battalion camp, telecom tower and an ammunition storage facility NEW DELHI: National Board for Wildlife (NBWL), the apex body which takes calls on wildlife conservation issues, has given clearance to 11 proposals of the defence ministry to create strategic infrastructure, including telecom network and ammunition storage facility,…
Uddhav Thackeray, Rahul Gandhi. (Photo/Agencies) MUMBAI/PUNE/NAGPUR: A day after Jammu & Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah sought clarity on whether INDIA bloc had reached its expiry date, the alliance’s Maharashtra-specific version, MVA, on Friday seemed to implode into a blame game over its recent assembly election defeat.Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut said that now his…
KOTTAYAM: A teenage girl has claimed she was allegedly sexually abused by around 64 people over approximately four years in Kerala’s Pathanamthitta district. Police said five suspects have been arrested in this connection and a sixth is already in prison. The girl turned 18 two months ago.According to Pathanamthitta child welfare committee chairman Rajeev N,…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a podcast with Nikhil Kamath, in Delhi. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: PM Modi said the decision of US authorities to cancel his visa was taken on the basis of “falsehoods” peddled by some people and it rankled with him because it was an insult to a democratically elected govt and…
BJP headquarters in New Delhi. (File photo) NEW DELHI: Two major national political parties have continued occupying govt bungalows in Lutyens’ Delhi for their party offices, even years after building their own headquarters or getting land for the purpose, flouting norms.Though the policy specifies that three years after getting land for office or completing construction,…
NEW DELHI: Can Arvind Kejriwal sweep Delhi elections once again to score a hat-trick of victories or will a determined BJP succeed in stopping the AAP juggernaut this time around with the Congress playing a “spoiler” for the ruling party? The AAP and the Congress had contested the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in Delhi together…
NEW DELHI: Former cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin made a strong statement as the chief guest at a college event in Tamil Nadu, saying, Hindi is not the national language of India but merely an official language.He made these comments on Thursday while attending the convocation ceremony of a private college. During the event, Ashwin asked the…
