Mumbai: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday signalled fresh Covid-era style policy support to cushion the impact of the West Asia conflict, while urging India Inc to step up investment and replace imports with domestic manufacturing.At the ET Awards for Corporate Excellence, Sitharaman said the govt is working on support measures for sectors hit by…
Iron-rich rice, protein wheat and fortified millets part of push to tackle India’s hidden hungerNEW DELHI: With nearly 67% of Indian children and more than half of women suffering from anaemia, Indian agricultural scientists have developed 203 biofortified crop varieties enriched with iron, zinc, protein and vitamins in an attempt to fight malnutrition through everyday…
The new Rajya Sabha is 1.5 times larger than the old Rajya Sabha. Inspired by the traditional red tint of the Upper House, the leitmotif here is the lotus, India’s national flower. Monday’s Rajya Sabha elections did more than just fill a handful of Upper House vacancies. They told a familiar political story in a…
Chennai Super Kings (ANI Photo) Chennai Super Kings’ poor start to IPL 2026 continued with a heavy defeat to Royal Challengers Bengaluru, and former star Ravichandran Ashwin did not hold back while reflecting on the team’s struggles and his own difficult final season. CSK slumped to their third straight loss after being outplayed at the…
NEW DELHI: The govt on Sunday ordered an NIA probe into the seizure of 79 crude bombs the previous day in Bhangar, a minority pocket and flashpoint near Kolkata where TMC is locked in a high-stakes duel with a smaller rival in the April 29 polls. The bomb haul needs to be probed for a…
Leonardo da Vinci was sketching the human body long before modern medicine even existed. One of his more curious drawings focused on the inside of the human heart, something most people barely understood back then. Reports suggest the 500-year-old structure has long puzzled scientists, but they now think they understand what Da Vinci was looking…
In addition to the restrictions imposed on Mehta, Sebi instructed the company to ensure accurate and transparent disclosures. (AI image) Rajesh Exports share price today: Shares of jewellery exporter Rajesh Exports Ltd came under heavy selling pressure on Thursday, slipping 5% and hitting the lower circuit after the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi)…
Mumbai: Salaried taxpayers claiming House Rent Allowance (HRA) under the Income-Tax (I-T) Act, face tighter disclosure norms from April 1, 2026, with the introduction of a new declaration format: Form 124 which replaces the earlier Form 12BB and requires additional details to curb misuse.Employees are required to submit this form to their employers for the…
CPM delegation visiting the Ekkur urban health centre, in Mangaluru Monday Mangaluru: A CPM delegation Monday visited two urban health centres (UHC) in Padil and Ekkur which cater to over a hundred patients daily from surrounding MCC wards, including Bajal, Alape South, Alape North, Kankanady, Jeppinamogaru and Kannur.At the Padil centre, except for the doctor,…
GBA will launch a month-long ‘Freedom from Waste’ campaign in August to eliminate garbage blackspots and improve cleanliness in the city Bengaluru: Greater Bengaluru Authority will launch a month-long ‘Freedom from Waste’ campaign in August to eliminate garbage blackspots and improve cleanliness in the city.Chairing a meeting with GBA officials and commissioners of five city…
