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The index of eight core industries rose 5.8% in February compared with 4% in the month before and -3.3% in February last year.

“This is a gift to the people of Assam ahead of the Rongali Bihu festival (an agrarian festival celebrated in the second week of April). The onus is now on the people of Assam to ensure that it is not extended. This decision is a signal to people outside Assam that it is an investment destination and ready for industrialisation,” said Himanta Biswa Sarma.

ITC is the largest buyer of Indian wheat after the Food Corporation of India (FCI). While the industry and the government have projected wheat exports to be around 12-15 million tonnes in FY 23, ITC is optimistic about much higher exports.

The court has issued this direction in a contempt petition filed by ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India against Essar Services India Pvt Ltd (ESIPL) and Essar House Pvt Ltd (EHPL). The contempt petition alleges that these firms have failed to deposit collectively over Rs 82 crore in an arbitration dispute over a refundable security deposit despite a court direction.

White House Rose Garden signing ceremony on Tuesday witnesses US President Joe Biden signing a bill into law that makes lynching a federal hate crime.

Top executives who have accessed the tender document confirmed to ET that there are four packages – India subcontinent TV rights, India subcontinent digital rights (exclusive and non-exclusive), non-exclusive digital rights (18 matches), and the rest of the world.

While the court found in Modi's favour, it did note that he was "in short an unreliable witness".

Rahul Gandhi sets in motion a first-of-its-kind insurance programme for party workers. 40 lakh members of Telangana Congress to be insured! Premium amount paid through cheque to New India Assurance. Because, we, are a family," the Congress said on its official Twitter handle.

Saankhya was founded in 2007 by technology entrepreneurs with global experience, and has developed a wide range of system and semiconductor products for cellular wireless, broadcast radios and satellite communication ground-terminals, which are deployed by customers in India and in international markets.

Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said the bandh was called against the government "plundering national resources" and pointed out that all central trade unions except the (Sangh Parivar affiliated) Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh were part of the strike. He used the occasion to take a jibe at his bete noire, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, by saying when the entire opposition was giving total support to the workers' strike, the West Bengal government was trying to thwart the strike.

Some of the MLAs told ET that ministers, especially Congress ministers, in MVA were 'not in sync' with them "How will the party fare well in elections if ministers overlook MLAs' requests for implementing work in constituencies," one of them asked.

India has enough stocks of spares and supplies in the short term, but the uncertainty over their continued availability from Ukraine following the war could impact operational availability of the choppers in coming months. The Mi-17 fleet is of Russian origin, but key components are manufactured in Ukraine.

The state also claimed that it was in the process of deciding whether to appeal against Ashish Mishra's bail and that the limitation period for doing so was not over yet. The affidavit was filed ahead of a scheduled court hearing on an application seeking cancellation of bail granted to Ashish Mishra.

"This budget is not an ordinary document. It is a historical budget. If you see the history of independent India, this is the first time that a government has prepared a rozgar budget," Kejriwal said.

Talk of principles is unconvincing as all sides have violated them when it served their national interest

Incidentally, SC is yet to hear a slew of petitions filed in 2019, which challenged legality of the Centre's decision to read down Article 370 and downgrade the state into Union territories of J&K and Ladakh. The delimitation issue is linked to the question of special status the state enjoyed till 2019.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will meet their counterparts Secretary of State Antony Blinken and US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin. Jaishankar and Rajnath Singh will also have other meetings scheduled on the sidelines.

While experts said it is characteristic of most regional parties to centralise power, Yadav also needs to nurture the next generation of leaders, striking a balance between adequate delegation and consolidation of power with himself. Many young leaders have won in the SP alliance, including Suhaib Ansari, Abbas Ansari, Pallavi Patel, Ankit Bharti and Abdullah Azam Khan, and they can be used to further the SP's prospects among the youth and beyond.

The engineering team engaged in the projects said the project involves 18-km tunnels, including a 13-km single tube tunnel falling in the final phase of the project, which will connect Sonamarg to Minamarg. The project also includes a 17-km road, four bridges, three vertical shafts and associated structures. The project in-charge said the completion of the tunnel will help boost the economy of Ladakh and people will get all essential commodities in winters, even if there is heavy snowfall.

Called the System for Operative Investigative Activities, or SORM, it is also most likely being employed at this moment as President Vladimir Putin culls and silences anti-war voices inside Russia.

The court order recorded that there is "nothing independent to Singal except that she and Sanjay Singal had signed cheques or issued instructions to the banks, for issuance, of demand drafts, and freight was paid by her from the bank accounts operated by her jointly with her husband".

And although the forceful denunciation of Russian President Vladimir Putin's war resonated with some leaders, it was an unprompted ad-lib that captured the attention of foreign policy experts, members of Congress and NATO allies.

​​According to political analysts, no Muslim woman has so far been elected as chairperson of any civic body in Odisha so far. However, one Md Akbar was the chairperson of another Muslim dominated municipality in Kendrapara from 1983 to 1990.

The waiver drafted by the United States, European Union, India and South Africa earlier in March would need formal approval from the WTO's 164 member countries, including Germany, before being adopted.

The committee expressed its concern about the monitoring mechanism of CSR spend and found that the "information regarding CSR spending by companies is insufficient and difficult for a layperson to access".

Due to the geopolitical situation, global steelmakers, mainly from Germany and the UK, have hiked prices sharply by at least 25%. Indian steelmakers face a similar predicament to raise prices in India. Russia is the second-largest producer of coking coal after Australia. The steel ministry is in discussions to develop a policy to aid the secondary steel sector, which could bring value addition and produce speciality steel.

The proposals are aimed at ensuring high returns for provident fund subscribers and they come after the EPFO cut the interest rate for 2021-22 to 8.10%, the lowest in four decades.

​​Captain Faf du Plessis top-scored with a 57-ball 88, while Virat Kohli made 41 not out as the duo shared 118 runs for the second wicket. Dinesh Karthik chipped in with a quick fire 32 not out off 14 balls. For Punjab Kings, Rahul Chahar and Arshdeep Singh took a wicket apiece.

The Indian and French navies in April last year carried out a mega wargame in the Arabian Sea in the backdrop of growing concern over China's growing maritime presence in the Indian Ocean region. The French Navy deployed its nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, and its entire carrier strike group in the exercise, reflecting growing congruence in naval ties.

The CBI has named 21 accused under several Criminal Procedure Code provisions related to armed rioting. The Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) team also accompanied the CBI to the village, where the victims were charred to death. The whole process was videographed, sources said.

The extension of the scheme despite the end of the Covid-19 pandemic shows the Modi government's sensitivity towards poor, Union food minister Piyush Goyal tweeted.

lynchings over offenses to Islam, real or imagined, are far from new in Pakistan, where blasphemy is punishable by death. Rights activists say lynch mobs exploit anti-blasphemy laws to take matters into their own hands.

Lavrov who has made few trips abroad since Russia invaded Ukraine or what they describe as special military operations in Ukraine on February 24 could travel to India in near future, ET has learnt.

Free grain and welfare schemes have been given as reasons for BJP's impressive performance in the elections. However, high unemployment - exacerbated by the pandemic that led to reverse migration, especially in east UP - will be a bigger worry for the Yogi government.

Arun Kumar was speaking at the launch of author Ratan Sharda and Yashwant Parthak's book, Conflict resolution, the RSS way, a book that looks at various resolutions that the RSS has passed in its annual meetings since its formation in 1925.

Bangladesh’s ruling Awami League has yet again urged the international community to recognize the brutal massacres by the Pakistani army on unarmed civilians in 1971 as a 'genocide'.

"I made no threats but I made it clear to him - made sure he understood the consequences of helping Russia," Biden said.

"There is evidence that the Russians may be trying to get round - the Russians are obviously going to try to get round - the sanctions on their gold, and we're taking steps to try to make sure that there's no leakage, no sale of bullion into markets around the world," Johnson said.

On the moon, temperatures may range from -387 to 260 degrees Fahrenheit.

"These sanctions have an impact and are tangible and we must continue them for their dissuasive effect," French President Emmanuel Macron told a news conference after a NATO and G7 leaders summit.

In a statement, the Central Board of Direct Taxes said the action was taken against "a popular chain of educational institutes, running several schools and colleges at multiple locations in India and abroad."

On February 24, when Russia unleashed its Ukraine invasion force in Europe's biggest offensive since World War II and floated the prospect of nuclear escalation if the West intervened, a lightning-swift toppling of Ukraine's democratically elected government seemed possible.

Intervening during Zero Hour, Gandhi said: "Children have been the worst-affected due to the pandemic. Schools were the first to be closed and the last to be opened. When schools were closed, midday meals stopped too. People were given ration under National Food Security Act and as per a Supreme Court order. But there was no alternative for dry ration and cooked meals for children.

Former Punjab PCC chief Sunil Jakhar tweeted: "Indulging dissenters too much will not only undermine the authority but also encourage more dissent while discouraging the cadre at the same time." He mentioned no names, but Congress circles didn't miss the intended address of his post or the gallery he was trying to please. He attached the copy of a newspaper clipping on Sonia Gandhi meeting some change-seekers on Tuesday.