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January 8, 2019 9:09 AM

India looking forward to next round of Annual Summit with Japan

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reiterated his strong commitment to further deepen the Special Strategic and Global Partnership between India and Japan.<br />''<br />''Interacting with Foreign Minister of Japan Taro Kono who called on him in New Delhi...

January 8, 2019 8:53 AM

5,000 additional seats approved for Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas

Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday approved an increase of 5,000 seats at Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas across the country. <br />''<br />''<br />''The admission to the additional seats wi...

January 8, 2019 8:53 AM

Doubts raised over HAL contracts misleading: Defence Minister

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday rejected the doubts raised by Congress over her statement in Lok Sabha in relation to the contracts given by the government to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited. <br />''<br />''<br /&gt...

January 8, 2019 8:33 AM

PM Modi and Trump had telephonic conversation

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump had a telephonic conversation yesterday evening. Both leaders expressed satisfaction at the progress in India-US strategic partnership last year.<br />''<br />''They appreciated developments su...

January 8, 2019 8:25 AM

AAI bans single-use plastic items at 129 airports across country

Airports Authority of India (AAI) has imposed a ban on single-use plastic items at its 129 airports across the country.<br />''<br />''In a statement, the AAI said various steps have been taken to eliminate single-use plastic items at passenger termina...

January 8, 2019 8:20 AM

Indian economy expects to grow at 7.2% in 2018-19

Indian economy is expected to grow at 7.2 per cent in 2018-19 against 6.7 per cent in the previous fiscal mainly due to improvement in the performance of agriculture and manufacturing sectors. <br />''<br />''Releasing the first advance es...

January 7, 2019 9:04 PM

Cabinet approves 10% quota for economically backward upper castes

Union Cabinet has approved 10 per cent reservation in direct recruitments and for admission in higher educational institutions for the economically backward section in the general category. <br />''<br />''<br />''S...

January 7, 2019 9:00 PM

CBI raids, Rafale deal rock Parliament

CBI raids in connection with alleged illegal sand mining in Uttar Pradesh during the previous Akhilesh Yadav government and Rafale aircraft deal issues marred proceedings of Parliament on Monday. <br />''<br />''<br />'&...

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