President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday said women empowerment was not just an issue of social justice but it was also crucial for economic development. Highlighting that the low participation of women in the workforce is a major hindrance in the overall development of the country, she said India, the fifth ...
The US and India plan to share advanced defense and computing technology, including the potential joint production of General Electric Co. jet engines, as the Biden administration seeks to shift New Delhi away from Russia and counter China.Details of the plan, known as US–India Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies, ...
The Economic Survey lauds the rise in rural Female Labour Force Participation Rate (FLFPR) from 19.7% in 2018-19 to 27.7% in 2020-21 as a “positive development” and suggests the time is right to upgrade their skills. It also says that India’s FLFPR is likely to be underestimated, with reforms in ...
The Odisha police officer who fatally shot state health minister Naba Kisore Das last Sunday had been looking for an opportunity to attack him on five occasions in the past fortnight before coming close enough to fire two rounds at his target in Jharsuguda’s Brajarajnagar, the crime branch claimed Tuesday.
The SC agreed to consider the Centre’s submissions for an open court hearing of its plea seeking review of the judgment by which several provisions of the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Act, 2016 were struck down. The court had struck down section 3(2) and section 5 of Benami Transactions (Prohibition) ...
As a petitioner seeking cancellation of names and symbols of political parties which have religious connotations named only few parties related to the Muslim community, the Supreme Court on Tuesday asked him to be secular and not to go against any particular religion.