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On the eve of International Women’s Day, India’s growing push towards women’s financial empowerment is drawing attention to the changing role of women in the country’s economy. From gaining access to skills training to helping run small enterprises to operating agricultural drones, women are increasingly stepping into new financial roles and becoming active participants in…

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday emphasized the need to make Indian agriculture export-oriented and asked farmers to exploit the country’s diverse climate to increase productivity and boost exports of agricultural products.“We have a diverse climate, and we must take full advantage of it. We are very rich in terms of agro-climatic zones… If…

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, reacting to the sinking of an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean, said an Iranian warship had docked in Kochi with India’s permission, while another, the IRIS Dena, was “on the wrong side of the story” near Sri Lanka. The US granted India a temporary waiver to buy stuck Russian…

New Delhi: Hall BJP Converting Raj Bhavan into “War Room”? Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress thinks so, especially after the Centre’s relocation move. Governor of Tamil Nadu RN Ravi from Tamil Nadu to West Bengal. Appointment and transfer of governors is a routine administrative decision, but when the change involves election-bound states, political motives are alleged…

Dehradun (Uttrakhand): Marking a historic milestone in the modernization of India’s judicial and law-enforcement system, Uttarakhand has ranked first in the national implementation of Inter-Operable Criminal Justice System (ICJS) 2.0 as per data till January 2026.This remarkable achievement reflects the visionary guidance of Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah and his commitment to building a…

New Delhi: Over 52,000 people from the Gulf were flown to India on Indian and Middle Eastern airlines and charter flights till 11.59 pm (IST) on Friday, according to the DGCA. Indian carriers operated 184 of these flights, followed by 85 UAE carriers and 11 charters.Indian carriers are operating as many flights as possible depending…

Most evenings at the diabetes clinic, the conversation eventually comes back to the same word: cost. Not calorie, not carb counting, consumption. For many patients, drugs like Ozempic occupy an uneasy place between medical progress and affordability. Doctors spoke of their benefits with measured optimism; The patients listened, did the math, and quietly returned to…

NEW DELHI: With the National Medical Commission (NMC) moving towards digitization of health records of patients in medical college hospitals, regulators will soon be able to verify the actual number of Ayushman Bharat beneficiaries visiting these beneficiaries for treatment, weed out duplicate and erroneous entries. Besides improving the patient record system, the NMC’s efforts will…

NEW DELHI: Doctors in India are raising the alert for a little-known condition that may quietly rob millions of older people of their mobility and independence: sarcopenia, or age-related muscle loss.To address the issue, the Geriatric Society of India has published the country’s first “Indian Guidelines for Evaluation and Management of Sarcopenia”. The recommendations, developed…

New Delhi: Highway users who fail to pay toll charges on NH due to defects or blacklisting FASTagInsufficient balance or absence of tag, will have three days to make payment after receiving e-notice. If payment is not made within this period, double amount of toll will be charged and all vehicle (registration certificate) related services,…