April 9, 2025 9:25 PM

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Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla Lauds Uzbek Scholars for Promoting Hindi & Sanskrit

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla today appreciated the scholars of Uzbekistan for their deep interest in and understanding of Indian languages, including Hindi and Sanskrit. He said that the Uzbek scholars have not only learnt Indian languages but have also expressed it through their thoughts and literatu...

April 9, 2025 9:21 PM

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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Arrives in Tamil Nadu for DSTC Annual Day

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, who is on a two-day visit to Tamil Nadu, arrived at Sulurpet this evening. He was received by Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Dr L. Murugan. He will participate in the annual day celebration of the Defence Staff Training College at Wellington,...

April 9, 2025 9:22 PM

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Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Launches Career Guidance Program for Students

Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu today launched a career guidance program in aviation for school students in New Delhi.   The initiative aims to inspire and educate students of Classes 11 and 12 about diverse career pathways within the aviation sector, from piloting and air traffic control to...

April 9, 2025 9:05 PM

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Rural Unemployment Dips, Urban Workforce Participation Rises: PLFS 2024

The unemployment rate in rural areas has marginally declined from 4.3 per cent to 4.2 per cent. The latest Annual Report of the Periodic Labour Force Survey, from January to December 2024, shows that the labour force participation rate in urban areas has increased from 50.3 per cent to over 51 per c...

April 9, 2025 9:00 PM

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MoS Suresh Gopi Reviews Schemes, Highlights Tourism Potential in Nagaland

Union Minister of State for Petroleum & Natural Gas and Tourism, Suresh Gopi, today visited Niuland district in Nagaland.   During the visit, the minister held discussions with various departments and interacted with the leaders of civil societies. He reviewed the implementation of centrally spo...

April 9, 2025 8:59 PM

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India to Procure 26 Rafale Marine Jets for Navy

India is set to procure 26 Rafale Marine fighter aircraft from France. The deal will be formalised in the coming weeks. According to the defence sources, out of 26 Rafale Marine aircraft, 22 will be single-seaters, and four will be double-seaters, and these will be designed and prepared as per the r...

April 9, 2025 8:45 PM

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Markets Slip Despite RBI Rate Cut; Sensex Falls 380 pts, Rupee Weakens

The benchmark domestic equity indices declined over half percent today, tracking losses in global markets amid escalating trade tensions despite the Reserve Bank of India's decision to reduce the policy repo rate by 25 basis points and shift its stance to accommodative, signalling more rate cuts ahe...