NEW DELHI: Navy will begin deploying a small batch of women Agniveers, who now number 1,119 in the force, as sailors on frontline warships, towards end-Feb to join the almost 50 women officers already serving on them.Lt Commander Prerna Deosthalee is also set to soon take over as the first woman commanding officer of a…
NEW DELHI: Two years prior to the nationwide ‘Me Too’ movement, a Muslim woman in 2016 had lodged an FIR at a police station in Assam accusing a Hindu man of sexually assaulting her in 1982 when she was a minor and cited birth of a male child in 1983 to corroborate the rape, a…
KOLKATA: In a first, Calcutta HC established Wednesday a joint special investigation team (SIT) comprising both CBI and Bengal police to investigate the attack on ED officers in Sandeshkhali on Jan 5. “To unearth the truth and apprehend the miscreants responsible, a concerted effort is required from both central and state agencies,” HC said, while…
Nearly 43% of children in the 14-18 age group cannot read sentences in English, while among their rural counterparts, 25% struggle to read a Class 2 level text in their respective regional language, shows the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2023. And more than half of the children in rural areas struggle with even…
NEW DELHI: A co-passenger onboard the IndiGo flight in which a passenger assaulted the co-pilot due to 13-hour long delay gave a first-hand account of the incident and criticized the airlines for “mismanagement”. Sanal Vij, who was flying on Delhi-Goa flight (6E-2175), is the second such passenger to speak out about the incident after model-cum-actress…
Representative image. Kolkata: India will lead the global natural diamond demand in 2024 as the country is in a better financial state than other major buyers of the rock like the US and China, David Kellie, CEO of Natural Diamond Council (NDC), has said. NDC, the global authority on natural diamonds, has pegged the size…
Somasundram PR, regional CEO India, World Gold Council MUMBAI: India will continue to see a rise in the consumption of gold backed by higher prosperity within the middle class and a rising awareness about its importance in portfolios, says Somasundaram PR, the regional CEO for India at the World Gold Council. “India will have to…
NEW DELHI: Expressing serious concern about the wide gap between the number of hit-and-run accidents in the past five years and the minuscule number of victims’ kin getting a paltry compensation of Rs 2 lakh each, the Supreme Court on Friday mandated the police to inform the kin of such accident victims about availability of…
NEW DELHI: The new generation Akash surface-to-air missile system, capable of intercepting hostile aircraft, helicopters, and drones at a range of 30 km, is now ready for user trials before its induction into the armed forces.DRDO successfully tested the new-generation Akash missile on Friday from the integrated test range at Chandipur off the coast of…
CHENNAI: India’s leather and footwear industry is set for a robust growth hitting $47 billion by 2030 from the current levels of around $17.3 billion. The exports will more than double at $13.7 billion over the next six years. This has been revealed in the vision document 2030 for leather & footwear industry released by…
