In a major technology demonstration ultimately aimed at cutting down the cost of satellite launches to one-tenth the present rates, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will flight test an indigenously developed re-usable satellite launch vehicle for the firs ....

The complaints also raise questions about the application of IFC’s E&S requirements to the advisory services project, the CAO (Office of the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman), an independent post that reports directly to the World Bank Group, has stated in “ ....

The rally comes after several rounds of official and backchannel talks failed to make any headway. The veterans had been demanding that the government announce a timeline for implementation of OROP. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi has assured us that it will be i ....

The plan proposes removal of bear and bison safaris to expand the lion and tiger safaris, and suggests moving big cat enclosures towards the zoo’s centre. It also recommends removal of monkey enclosures and proposes an ape enclosure. Notable inclusion in the pl ....

A safe haven: »     Earlier, the Centre had decided to grant citizenship to Hindu immigrants from Bangladesh. »     There are about 400 Pakistani Hindu refugee settlements in cities across Rajasthan. »    &n ....

Braving rains, 5,200 teachers from his Patanjali Yogpeeth and other practitioners including children rehearsed a 35-minute “Common Yoga Protocol” formulated by AYUSH Ministry on Sunday morning. The rehearsal was attended by those who will participate in t ....

 The Union Minister of State for External Affairs, General (Retd.) V.K. Singh, currently on a visit to China, has brushed aside apprehensions that the attack in Manipur by militants based in Myanmar that killed 18 Indian troops would hamper progress of the Bangladesh-C ....

Between July 31, 2015 and June 30, 2016, the entire process, including physical exchange of enclaves and land parcels in adverse possession along with boundary demarcation, will be completed, according to the letters exchanged between the two Foreign Secretaries during ....

 The U.S. government has opened an investigation against two of the biggest Indian outsourcing companies for possible violations of H1B visa rules, according to a media report. The Department of Labour has opened the investigation against Tata Consultancy Services a ....

The dumping of garbage at Mandur was stopped from December 1, 2014 and the civic body took to spraying to control odour. However, even this has now been discontinued, allege Mandur communities. According to highly placed sources in the BBMP, biomining or bioremedisat ....