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New Delhi, March 27 RJD MP Sanjay Yadav on Friday criticized airlines and private service providers for exploiting crises through surge pricing, citing the Pahalgam terrorist attack as a recent example, and demanded that the government take a firm stand against what he called a pattern of...

New Delhi, March 24 Chief Minister Rekha Gupta announced on Tuesday the allocation of Rs 10 crore for the establishment of a state-of-the-art emergency operation centre (EOC) to handle disaster-like situations in Delhi.Presenting the 2026-27 budget, she said that the EOC will be set up through...

New Delhi, March 24 – The decision to enter another IMF funding arrangement has been a subject of ongoing debate in Pakistan, as the country has already turned to the multilateral lending institution as many as 24 times for bailout packages to address its macroeconomic vulnerabilities...

Islamabad, March 22. Pakistan is one of the most climate-vulnerable nations in the world, with climate change posing an existential threat to its agriculture and food chain, according to the Pakistan Economic Survey 2024-25 and recent World Bank assessments. The crisis is devastating its rivers...

Chandigarh, March 12 Not even a spoonful of sand can be taken out of the Beas river for desilting unless a "very long procedure" mandated by the Centre is followed, as the river stretch is a Ramsar site under the Wildlife Protection Act 1972, Punjab Minister Barinder Goyal informed the state...

Mumbai, March 12 Maharashtra MLA Prakash Bharsakle moved a motion in the state assembly on Thursday, alleging that certain media persons and individuals had attempted to damage his reputation without evidence.Bharsakale, who represents the Akot constituency in the Akola district, claimed that...

Antananarivo, March 11: India dispatched humanitarian aid, consisting of 12 tonnes of medical supplies and 18 tonnes of disaster relief materials, to Madagascar on Wednesday, following the widespread destruction caused by Tropical Cyclones Fytia and Gezani earlier this year, the Ministry of...

Jammu, March 5 Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday promised to give due consideration to the issues raised by MLAs in the larger interest of the public."Several MLAs met me today and briefed me on various issues concerning their respective constituencies," the chief...

Mumbai, February 17 The climate crisis is also a child rights crisis, as it impacts nutrition and learning, UNICEF India Representative Cynthia McCaffrey said on Tuesday."We call the climate crisis a 'child rights crisis'… Today, one billion children around the world live in an extremely...

JAMMU, FEBRUARY 12: The NSS unit of Government College for Women Parade organized a one-day Entrepreneurship Development Programme (EDP) workshop to promote entrepreneurship, leadership, and career awareness among families affected by the floods and NSS volunteers.Padma Shri awardee S. P...