Kashmir cut off from rest of India; Yamuna threatens Delhi

Incessant and torrential rains battered the northern states on Thursday, with Himachal Pradesh reeling under the natural disaster ever since the onset of monsoon and Delhi getting impacted due to......

SC praises protesting farmer leader as he breaks fast

The Supreme Court on Friday said septuagenarian Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who ended his indefinite hunger strike in support of farmers' several demands after about four months, was a 'genuine leader......

India not to blame for Pakistan's devastating floods: Experts

India cannot be directly blamed for the devastating monsoon flooding in Pakistan this year, and the catastrophic rains have caused far greater destruction upstream of the border rather than in the......

Academician-turned-bizman from UP shot dead in US; kin suspect rivals

The killing of an Indian academic who had been living in the US for close to four decades has stunned the natives of Tulsipur Majha village, his birthplace. Dr Shriram Singh, 58, a native of......

FDI in retail will benefit farmers: Pawar

Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Tuesday asserted that foreign direct investment in retail was in the interest of farmers and consumers across the country. The fears that the FDI in multi......

Universal Basic Income? Telangana has the answer

Telangana’s Rythu Bandhu policy is an embryonic UBI, or rather embryonic QUBI (a quasi-universal basic income, pronounced Kyoo-Bee). And it could potentially also be the future of......

Share of salaried jobs declines in 12 states/UTs

The quality of employment has deteriorated in 12 of the 21 major states and Union Territories, as the proportion of workers in regular or salaried jobs declined between July 2022 and June 2023......

Eight months after rolling back farm laws, Centre sets up MSP panel

Nearly eight months after the government repealed the three controversial farm Acts, it has constituted a high-powered panel under the chairmanship of former agriculture secretary Sanjay Agarwal to......

Ajmal shuts down academy following threats from extremists

'The administration had apprehensions and security concerns and said it should be closed down until proper security arrangements made to run it' Pakistan off-spinner Saeed Ajmal has been forced to......