By Prachi Salve and Saumya Tewari With a 14-percent rise in funding for the programme run under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in the 2016-17 Budget, the worlds largest state-run jobs…
By Azera Parveen Rahman New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) Why should laundry be a woman’s job? asks a new TV commercial for a detergent. Featuring the father of a young, working woman who gives voice…
Imphal, March 2 (IANS) Irom Sharmila, who has been on hunger strike to press for the repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, was rearrested on Wednesday, two days after a court found her…
Mumbai, March 2 (IANS) After a fall on Budget day, the bull run on Indian stock markets continued for the second straight day on Wednesday, with the mood also lifted by the strong showing in…
London, March 2 (IANS) Consumption of vitamin D during pregnancy may not help in improving bone density of babies, according to a study. The study showed that there was no significant difference in bone mass…
Nay Pyi Taw, March 2 (IANS) Myanmar President U Thein Sein on Wednesday expressed the hope that the next government will promote the emerging economy’s agriculture sector during its tenure. He hoped that the National…
Beijing, March 2 (IANS) Unemployment is inherently painful for those losing their jobs, their families and society at large, but for industries weighed down by overcapacity, it is a transition that could not happen soon…
Chennai, March 2 (IANS) Fearing excise duty inspector raj, around 35,000 jewellery shops in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry have decided to down shutters for three days starting Wednesday, said a senior official of the All…
Jammu/New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) The army on Wednesday recovered the body of a porter who died after slipping into a 200-feet-deep crevasse in Jammu and Kashmir’s Siachen Glacier. Colonel S.D. Goswami, spokesman of the…
High School Musical Los Angeles, March 2 (IANS) Disney has announced a new High School Musical movie after the 2008 film High School Musical 3: Senior Year. Jeffrey Hornaday, who has Disney Channel’s Teen Beach…
Melbourne, March 2 (IANS) Spanish powerhouse Atletico Madrid has become the latest club to sign on for Australia’s International Champions Cup (ICC) in July. The La Liga club joins Italian Serie A champions Juventus, English…
Imphal, March 2 (IANS) An indefinite shutdown in Manipur’s capital city began on Wednesday with all shops, commercial establishments pulling down the shutters to protest against a government order banning parking of vehicles within city…
London, March 2 (IANS) El Nino, the climate cycle that develops along the tropical west coast of South America every 3 to 7 years, could be transporting cholera-like diseases through bacteria that thrive in seawater,…
Thiruvananthapuram, March 2 (IANS) Popular film stars Jagdish and Siddiq have found place in the draft list of the Congress candidates which is being finalised for the upcoming assembly elections, Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC)…
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha was disrupted once again on Wednesday as opposition members raised various issues. AIADMK members raised the issue of investments made by former finance minister P. Chidambaram’s son…
Islamabad, March 2 (IANS) Ties between India and the US are blossoming as the two countries, after 12 years of talks, are closer than ever to signing an agreement to share military logistics, said a…
Islamabad, March 2 (IANS) Annual inflation in Pakistan has risen to four percent in February 2016 from 3.3 percent in the preceding month, the country’s Bureau of Statistics has showed. Average inflation for July-February 2015-16…
Mumbai, March 2 (IANS) Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui is all set to share screen space with actress Sridevi for “Mom”, a women-centric film, which will be produced by Boney Kapoor. Nawazuddin’s representative confirmed the news to…
Lucknow, March 2 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government will be setting up a state university and modern library in Allahabad, an official said on Wednesday. Chief Secretary Alok Ranjan has asked the Uttar Pradesh State…
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley addressing the (Photo: Sunil Majumdar/IANS) New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) In a post-Budget 2016-17 meeting with India Inc on Wednesday, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley reiterated the need for fiscal discipline…