NEW DELHI: India will be among the top 10 global destinations for tourism in the next five years and the contribution of the sector to India’s economy will increase from 7.9% to over 10% in the near future, Union tourism and culture minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said on Saturday.The tourism industry is looking for investments…
NEW DELHI: Continuing its Aug trend, monsoon rainfall in most parts of the country in Sept is likely to be ‘above normal‘, with some states, including Uttarakhand, Rajasthan and parts of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab, expecting extremely heavy rainfall that could lead to floods and landslides, India Meteorological Department said Saturday. India reported 16% more…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday vowed to press ahead with reforms, with a focus on high growth and stable policies, to realise the dreams of a developed country and asserted that the “resolve has got only stronger” in his third term.“I can only assure that the resolve is stronger and like our…
NEW DELHI: A 28-year-old man suffering from acute pulmonary thromboembolism (PE) due to a blood clot in his leg was successfully treated with a new AI-powered device.Pulmonary thromboembolism, a form of pulmonary embolism (PE), occurs when a blood clot moves through the bloodstream and lodges in the lungs, potentially leading to irreversible harm. Doctors said…
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Saturday granted four-day custody of six people to CBI in a case related to the death of three UPSC aspirants in the basement of a coaching centre due to rainwater flooding in July.The court of additional chief judicial magistrate Nishant Garg, while granting the custody, said custodial interrogation of…
Coaching centre in Old Rajender Nagar where three UPSC aspirants died last month due to rainwater flooding NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Saturday granted four-day custody of six people to CBI in a case related to the death of three UPSC aspirants in the basement of a coaching centre due to rainwater flooding in…
NEW DELHI: Govt is set to roll out a new scheme for domestic manufacturing of components that go into electronic gadgets – from mobile phones to laptops and tablets – as it seeks to replicate the success of domestic mobile production and reduce import dependence. Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw expressed the govt’s intent on Saturday…
NEW DELHI: Foreign minister S Jaishankar on Saturday justified scrutiny of Chinese investment in India, saying it’s “common sense” to do so because of the border issue and the state of relations between the two countries.At the ET World Leaders Forum, the minister said even those countries which don’t have a “special problem” with China…
NEW DELHI: CJI D Y Chandrachud on Saturday said more and more young women are choosing judiciary as their first choice of career and revealed that in the latest rounds of recruitment of judicial officers, women comprised 72% in Kerala, 66% in Delhi, 58% in Rajasthan and 54% in UP. Speaking at the national conference…
NEW DELHI: Responding to Mamata Banerjee‘s letter to PM Modi, Union minister for women and child development Annapurna Devi said West Bengal CM gave “factually incorrect” information in “what appears to be” an attempt “to cover up the delay in operationalising Fast Track Special Courts (FTSCs)”.Banerjee, first wrote to PM Modi on Aug 22 following…
