New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) The Lok Sabha on Tuesday unanimously passed the Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill, 2019 aimed at bringing in transparency, accountability and quality in the governance of medical education in the…
Mumbai, July 2 (IANS) India’s aviation regulator has issued air safety guidelines to domestic airlines concerning operations during the monsoon season. The development comes after recent incidents of aircraft veering-off or overshooting runways due to…
By Sumit Saxena New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) The Bihar government on Tuesday informed the Supreme Court it is grappling with 43% shortage of doctors and nearly 70% shortage of nurses and ANMs together, yet…
Agra July 2 (IANS) Honey bees at the iconic Taj Mahal and other historical monuments in the city continue to alarm tourists. Though many complaints have been lodged by the visitors in the past, the…
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to form an experts committee within two weeks to find out if spraying of disinfectants and pesticides in aircraft was harmful for…
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) The panel set up to review the Reserve Bank of India’s economic capital framework estimated the transferable surplus, or the amount the central bank could potentially pass on to the…
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) Passengers of the Bengaluru-Danapur Sanghmitra Express had appealed to Railway Minister Piyush Goyal for help after a stream of water started flowing in from the air conditioning vents of their…
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) An aggrieved home buyer of Jaypee Infratech Limited (JIL) on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court, seeking a direction to the government not to allow liquidation of the company as it…
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) A recent survey has shown that majority of the Indian taxpayers do not expect any major changes in the direct tax policy in the upcoming Union Budget to be presented…
London, July 2 (IANS) Germany on Tuesday slapped $2.3 million fine on Facebook’s Irish subsidiary for under-reporting illegal content complaints it received last year. According to BT.com, the country’s Federal Office of Justice also complained…
Rome, July 2 (IANS/AKI) The heads of the Food and Agriculture Organization, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme and the World Health Organization will, on July…
London, July 2 (IANS) The UK High Court on Tuesday allowed Indian business tycoon Vijay Mallya, charged with fraud and money-laundering back home, to appeal against his extradition to India, local media reported. Mallya, whose…
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) Consumption of fertilizers has no link to the prevalence of cancer diseases in Punjab, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar informed the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. The issue came up…
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) Five persons were injured as neighbours clashed over a property in Delhi, a police officer said on Tuesday. The incident took place late on Monday in Mitraon village of Najafgarh….
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Tuesday said advisories have been issued to states to take action to curb and control the spread of unapproved Genetically Modified crops –…
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) E-commerce platform Snapdeal has introduced ‘Pay-Per-Transaction’ model of advertising for its sellers. The sellers who advertise on Snapdeal would have to pay only when they successfully complete an order triggered…
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) OYO Hotels & Homes on Tuesday announed the start of its operations in Vietnam with 90 franchised hotels across six cities in the country. “Starting with over 90 franchised hotels,…
Shimla, July 2 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh government has succeeded in signing MoUs of Rs 22,964 crore in the last one-and-a-half years, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said on Tuesday. Presiding over a review meeting…
Mumbai, July 2 (IANS) Almost like a monsoon miracle, one of the two lifelines of Mumbai, the Western Railway (WR), managed to stay afloat and chug along despite the city notching over 1,000 mm rainfall…
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) A home buyer on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court seeking a stay on the liquidation of Jaypee Infratech Limited (JIL) and a complete forensic audit of the company since its…