New Delhi : India and Myanmar discussed a range of bilateral issues and signed seven agreements during External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj's two-day visit to the country that concluded on Friday. During the visit, Sushma Swaraj called on Myanmar President U Win...
Gandhinagar : Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member from Gujarat Ahmed Patel on Wednesday led a delegation of state party leaders and farmers to Gujarat Governor O.P. Kohli to submit a memorandum on various issues related to acquisition of land for the Bullet...
By K.S. Jayaraman, Bengaluru : Thanks to government funding, Indian physicists are preparing for a deep dive into the quantum world that holds the secrets for developing exciting technologies for computing, communication, cryptography and many more. Schemes for making...
Kolkata : The Narendra Modi government has been successful in creating a good synergy among the science and research departments all over the country, Union Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Monday. He said rigorous efforts put in by his ministry...
Imphal : Mizoram's first medical college is slated to open its doors in August. The Mizoram Institute of Medical College of Research is located at Falkawn and has all the necessary infrastructures as required by the Medical Council of India (MCI), L. Fimate, the...
Panaji : A travel and tourism association in Goa on Saturday said the "Monument Mitra" scheme should make a distinction between religious and non-religious structures before putting them up for adoption. The Travel and Tourism Association of Goa (TTAG), an umbrella...
New Delhi : Keen to woo farmers ahead of the crucial electoral battles this year and the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP-led government on Wednesday approved an extension by two more years of a scheme that aims to double farmers' income by 2022. The Cabinet...
Chandigarh : The Central government has acceded to Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh's request not to cap the educational concession provided to children of armed forces' personnel, a state government official said here on Wednesday. "Defence Minister Nirmala...
By Shantanu Guha Ray, New Delhi : The Indian Navy's reported decision to nominate Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd (MDL) to execute the $8 billion Project-75 India [P-75(I)] to build six advanced submarines has left private contenders gasping for breath. The P-75(I)...
By Arun Kumar Das, New Delhi : Despite the Finance Ministry's objections, Indian Railways is pushing ahead with a proposal to involve the private sector in redeveloping 600 stations on an extended 99-year lease - as opposed to the 45-year lease proposed earlier for...