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In the pilot project, launched on Tuesday, 2500 street vendors, aged between 23 years and 55 years and operating in East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC), will be imparted training under the recognition of prior learning (RPL) component of Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) 3.0.

The collective opposition feeling, after two days of protests in the Houses, including Tuesday's 'boycott' of the Rajya Sabha - and cost analysis by certain quarters on the Pegasus protests in the monsoon session - means the opposition parties will go for a realistic division of labour from Wednesday.

The three-member committee includes economic experts - former finance secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey, Indian Council of Social Science Research member secretary Prof VK Malhotra and principal economic advisor Sanjeev Sanyal.

Pawar's meeting with Mamata is considered crucial as the NCP chief had, in the past, said that the Congress has to be part of any opposition alliance to take on the BJP. According to NCP sources, Pawar is not keen on the idea of an opposition alliance without the Congress to take on the BJP.

"Keeping in mind the feelings and interest of the priests, traditional right holders, other people associated with Char Dham", as well as based on the Manohar Kant Dhayani committee's report, the state government has decided to withdraw the Act, Dhami tweeted on Tuesday.

​​"Continuance of Goa under BJP rule is an impossibility!...The curse of the communal and anti-Goan Pramod Sawant govt will be blown away!," tweeted Sardesai, who had upset Congress' post-poll calculations in 2017 when he aligned GFP with BJP and helped the saffron party form the regime. The Congress and GFP renewed alliance talks after the latter briefly flirted with Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool.

When the proceedings began on Tuesday, Kharge cited Rule 256(2) of Rules of Procedure and underlined that the government had flouted it. He said the Chair had not named the suspended members on August 11, 2021, when they had disrupted the House; that since the incident occurred in the last session, as per this rule, the members could have been suspended only for the remainder of that session.

Telangana observers predict TRS would turn more aggressive against the Centre as BJP positions itself as TRS' main electoral rival in the state.

"The fake passport was made with forged seals on entry and exit from Pakistan. It was meant to frame the local gangster. However, things changed after the death of Mansukh Hiren (in whose car the explosives were planted). If Hiren had not died, there would have been a fake encounter (of the gangster) as part of the conspiracy," Malik alleged. "Parambir Singh and Vaze were involved in the entire Antilia conspiracy."

The panel chaired by Vinay Sahasrabuddhe submitted its report, 'Reforms in the content and design of School Text Books', on Tuesday.

Holmes could face decades in prison if convicted on allegations she defrauded investors in her once-hyped Silicon Valley company, which collapsed after its diagnostic machines did not perform as promised.

The decision was made after a review of the current situation of the pandemic. "... the state executive committee of West Bengal State disaster management authority recommended to continue with the existing restrictions and protocols," the order said.

Authorities in the eastern German city of Leipzig, meanwhile, said on Tuesday they had confirmed an infection with the omicron variant in a 39-year-old man who had neither been abroad nor had contact with anyone who had been, news agency dpa reported.

​​The reshuffle marks the exit of Executive Chairman Pablo Isla, 57, who spearheaded Inditex's expansion phase for more than a decade, bolstering the company's market value six-fold to $100 billion. Inditex became one of the first major European clothing retailers to reach pre-pandemic levels in sales and profit as the Zara owner benefited from a push into online.

Lab tests are underway over the next two weeks to analyse the blood of people who had two or three doses of BioNTech's Comirnaty vaccine to see if antibodies found in that blood inactivate Omicron, shedding light on whether new vaccines are needed.

The discovery of Omicron has caused global alarm, with countries limiting travel from southern Africa for fear it could spread quickly even in vaccinated populations and the World Health Organization saying it carries a high risk of infection surges.

After the Covid-19 technical advisory committee met in Bengaluru to discuss the Omicron prevention strategies, Health & Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar told ET that passengers who test positive will be shifted to hospital and treated separately. Those who are asymptomatic and test negative, will be allowed to stay under home quarantine for a week and re-test on the seventh day.

According to the new order, the immigration department will check the foreign travel history of 15 days of all passengers landing in the state. A special proforma is being readied for the purpose. The order states that violation of declaring travel details will invite action.

Flanked by his Health Secretary, Sajid Javid, and National Health Service (NHS) England Chief Executive Amanda Pritchard, the UK PM said additional vaccination pop-up centres and 400 military personnel will be deployed to help deliver the expanded booster programme.

"The Ministry of Defence took three months (November 2017) to convey the above decision to the Armed Forces and took further seven months (June 2018) in issuing detailed clarifications on basic and special uniforms," a press release issued by the CAG said. The Ministry of Defence had sufficient time between November 2015 (issue of 7th CPC recommendations) and November 2017 (issue of orders on dress allowance) to review existing stock of basic uniforms lying at various army depots, it said.

"It is likely that many other countries, if they start looking for this variant, would probably find it in the coming days," she said. She added that it is still not known how well existing vaccines will work against the Omicron variant.

Incidentally, the surge has been more pronounced among the urban dwellers. One-third of the urban men and women surveyed were found to be overweight or obese.

Mehta said in his submission that the Centre has been active in controlling pollution before the annual smog set in. He said the government began its activities in September. He blamed states, saying they lagged behind in carrying out central orders.

Mehta said in his submission that the Centre has been active in controlling pollution before the annual smog set in. He said the government began its activities in September. He blamed states, saying they lagged behind in carrying out central orders.

A bench of Justice DY Chandrachud, which had recently ordered the Centre to rush central para-military forces to the state to ensure free and fair polls, issued notices on a plea filed by advocate Ehtesham Hasmi. The petition was argued by advocate Prashant Bhushan. Hashmi was one of the members of a fact-finding committee which visited the state recently.

Seven days of home quarantine will be mandatory for those testing negative upon arrival and after seven days, the person must take another RT-PCR test and if the results are negative again, they can come out of quarantine but will have to monitor their health for the next seven days.

Several companies have increased prices of their products over the past three months due to inflationary pressures, and hinted at continuous price hikes until next quarter. Palm, crude and tea prices have increased by more than 50% since a year ago while packaging material prices have increased 30-35% over last year.

The India pavilion at the Expo has drawn a huge crowd. The people cited above said the dates for the proposed visit are yet to be finalised. India's ties with the UAE have witnessed a major upswing in the last few years.

Changing the party constitution is a significant move in line with AITC's ambition. The newly constituted working committee will also accommodate leaders from Hindi heartland - one of the important focuses of the party. Leaders from western region too are likely to be inducted. However, Banerjee will remain the only one with 'veto power'.

More than 370 women from across the LoC and Pakistan - who had married Kashmiri men when the latter had crossed the border for arms training in 1990s and early 2000s - came to the Valley between 2010 and 2016. In the past decade, some of these women have died, committed suicide and a few were divorced as well, who are now managing to survive on their own, with no relatives here.

The bill, which removes the three farm laws, was moved for consideration and passage in the Lok Sabha by agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar. Toeing the line taken by PM Modi on November 19 when he announced that the laws would be repealed, Tomar said though the farm laws would benefit farmers.

Congress MPs Mallikarjun Kharge, Anand Sharma and Jairam Ramesh had been reaching out to leaders from all opposition parties to bring them on one platform. Trinamool Congress, which used to be part of such meetings had declared on Sunday that it won't attend the meeting.

According to the details provided by the minister, 1,311 family members of serving Army personnel died of COVID-19, while the number in the IAF was 114.

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation said that all adults between 18-39 years old could receive shots, extending a programme that is already open for over 40s.

"This is a victory for us. We want withdrawal of cases against farmers and a committee to be formed on the legal guarantee of MSP for crops. The Centre has time till tomorrow (Tuesday) to reply to our demands. We have called an emergency meeting of SKM on Wednesday to discuss the future course of action," a farmer leader said.

The World Health Organization (WHO) said the Omicron coronavirus variant carried a very high risk of infection surges as more countries closed their borders, reviving fears over economic recovery from the two-year pandemic.

A total of 11 petitions had been filed based on the findings made public by the Pegasus Project.

Lawmakers narrowly elected her premier for the second time in less than a week after she set out plans for a minority government made up of only her Social Democrats.

Perhaps nowhere is the inequality more evident than in Africa, where under 7% of the population is vaccinated. South African scientists alerted the World Health Organization to the new omicron variant last week, though it may never be clear where it first originated. Researchers are now rushing to determine whether it is more infectious or able to evade current vaccines.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah laid the foundation stone virtually for setting up the Rani Gaidinliu Tribal Freedom Fighters Museum at Luangkao village in Tamenglong districtand exuded confidence that the BJP will return to power in Manipur.

The Ministry of External Affairs and diplomatic missions globally are holding negotiations with their interlocutors to secure mutual recognition of vaccine certificates and WHO's decision on Bharat Biotech's Covaxin has boosted their efforts.

'Donate a pension' campaign is likely to cost an individual only Rs 36,000 per worker, in a one-time outgo that would compensate for the monthly contribution required to be made by the worker during his entire work life.

“We should know about the ability of the current vaccine to provide protection in the next couple of weeks,” Burton said.

While the international governing body claims a "record viewership" worldwide, the fact that the tournament drew fewer Indian viewers than the 2016 edition would force Indian broadcasters to take a "long and hard look at the value", according to one of them.

The next two-four weeks will be crucial in terms of how the new variant impacts health, said Naresh Trehan, chairman of industry body CII's Healthcare Council

May make an unsolicited offer to buy into co or partner fibre arm Openreach. Co's mkt cap at $21 bn. If successful could become the largest outbound M&A by an Indian company

Terming the Centre’s bill as a response to the central bank’s concerns about macro-economic stability, the official said the “government’s response is not to ban cryptocurrencies but rather to provide cryptocurrency via the RBI.”

At least 18 people were killed during a funeral procession when a vehicle carrying the remains of the dead rammed into a stationary truck in West Bengal's Nadia district early on Sunday, a police officer said.