National

SC to hear today plea on pictorial warning on tobacco products

December 22, 2017 12:42 PM

SC to hear today plea on pictorial warning on tobacco products

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear today itself a batch of petitions challenging the Karnataka High Court order which quashed the government regulation regarding pictorial warning on the packets of tobacco products. The court considered the submission for urgent hearing on the appeals filed agains...

20th Special Representatives level talks between India, China underway

December 22, 2017 11:15 AM

20th Special Representatives level talks between India, China underway

20th Special Representatives level talks between India and China is underway in New Delhi. <br/><br/>The National Security Adviser and the Special Representative of India Ajit Doval is holding the talks with the Special Representative of China Yang Jiechi on the Boundary Question. The me...

Govt launches Darpan to improve level of postal services for rural customers

December 22, 2017 11:07 AM

Govt launches Darpan to improve level of postal services for rural customers

Minister of communications Manoj Sinha launched DARPAN, The Digital Advancement of Rural Post Office for A New India in New Delhi yesterday. The IT modernisation project aims at realising financial inclusion of un-banked rural population. <br/><br/>The project has an outlay of 1400 crore...

Kulbhushan Jadhav was not under any threat of immediate execution: Pakistan

December 22, 2017 11:07 AM

Kulbhushan Jadhav was not under any threat of immediate execution: Pakistan

Pakistan has said that alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav was not under any threat of immediate execution and his meeting with his wife and mother had been arranged purely on humanitarian grounds. <br/><br/>Pakistan foreign office spokesperson Mohammad Faisal said Jadhav's mercy p...

Parliamentary panel strongly recommends for setting up of Ethics Commission

December 22, 2017 10:44 AM

Parliamentary panel strongly recommends for setting up of Ethics Commission

A parliamentary panel has strongly recommended for setting up of Ethics Commission at the Centre and in States to look into the issues of corruption and malpractices by All India Service Officers. Chairperson of Committee on Estimates Dr Murli Manohar Joshi tabled its report in Parliament yesterday....

NPPA fixes prices of 27 essential drugs used for treatment of Diabetes

December 22, 2017 9:54 AM

NPPA fixes prices of 27 essential drugs used for treatment of Diabetes

National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority, NPPA has notified prices of 27 essential formulations, including those used for the treatment of diabetes, blood pressure and pain.<br/><br/>In a statement, the NPPA said, it has fixed the prices of essential medicines under Drugs (Prices Contro...

Ryan School issue: Counsel of accused Student files 2nd bail application

December 22, 2017 9:54 AM

Ryan School issue: Counsel of accused Student files 2nd bail application

The counsel of the 16-year-old student accused of killing a boy at the Ryan International School has filed a second bail application in a sessions court in Haryana, a day after the Juvenile Justice Board decided to try him as an adult in the case. <br/><br/>The board had earlier rejected...

Most Read

View All arrow-right

No posts found.