The Wholesale Price Inflation (WPI) eased to 8.39 per cent in October, against 10.7 per cent in September, according to government data. The wholesale price-based inflation declined for the fifth consecutive month in October to 8.39 per cent for prices of food, fuel and manufactured items. In May, the WPI had climbed…
Election season is back in the United States, and President Joe Biden-led Democrats are up for a big test as America gears up for the midterm polls on November 8, 2022. Their biggest contender remains Donald Trump, who is still the face of the Republican party amid the January 6th committee hearings centered around his…
At a time when users are struggling with prepaid tariffs and looking to save every last bit of data, government-telco Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is giving generous data with its work from home prepaid plan priced at Rs 599. The plan offers 5GB daily data with 84 days validity. After the exhaustion of 5GB, the…
In an attempt to mount pressure on the government and further their agitation, Opposition leaders of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha will take out a protest march from the Gandhi statue inside the premises of Parliament to Vijay Chowk over the issues of the suspension of MPs from RS, inflation, farmers’ income…
Taking a dig at the Samajwadi Party (SP), Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that the ‘red caps’ want to form government in Uttar Pradesh to show leniency towards terrorists and to bring them out of jails. PM Modi was in Gorakhpur district in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh to dedicate various…
The manufacturing of AK-203 rifles will begin in India as the Centre has given the final clearance to the project that is a joint venture with Russia. According to sources, the government has approved the plan for the production of over five lakh AK-203 assault rifles at Korwa in Uttar Pradesh’s Amethi. The…
Atotal of 51,775 cases of mucormycosis have been reported till November 29, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya informed the Lok Sabha on Friday. On the steps taken by the government to tackle such cases, Mandaviya in written reply to a question said health is a state subject and the Union Ministry of Health has…
The Indian government has confirmed that it has no plans yet to make tech giants Facebook and Google pay local publishers for news content. The response from the Indian government comes after the matter was brought up during the ongoing winter session of the Parliament. Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Union Minister of State for…
According to sources, some Opposition parties want to boycott the entire Winter Session of Parliament if the suspension of 12 MPs, as announced on Monday, is not revoked. However, the Congress is not keen on the boycott as it would give the government a free run, sources said. The Opposition leaders held a meeting to…
Former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh is likely to face suspension as the Maharashtra government on Monday accepted Debashish Chakrabarty’s report. In June, the Maharashtra government had asked Additional Chief Secretary (Planning) Debashish Chakrabarty to hold an inquiry against Singh for violation…