Irani shifted from HRD to Textiles, Jaitley sheds I&B
New Delhi : High profile Smriti Irani was shifted from the key HRD ministry to less significant Textiles portfolio and ...
Farmers to get short-term loan at 7 pc interest rate in FY17
New Delhi : Farmers will get short-term crop loans of up to Rs 3 lakh at a lower interest rate of 7 per cent this fiscal with ...
Lawyers, doctor, PhD holder in Modi’s Council of Ministers
New Delhi: Six lawyers, a specialist in cancer surgery and a PhD degree holder are among ministers who were today inducted in ...
17 new faces in Modi Govt; Javedekar elevated to cabinet rank
New Delhi : 17 new faces including BJP leaders S S Ahluwalia, and M J Akbar and allies Anupriya Patel of Apna Dal and Ramdas ...
NASA”s Juno successfully begins orbit of Jupiter
Miami : NASA’s unmanned Juno spacecraft began orbiting Jupiter, a key triumph for a USD 1.1 billion mission that aims to ...
Acclaimed Iranian film director Abbas Kiarostami passed away
Internationally-acclaimed Iranian film director Abbas Kiarostami has passed away in France where he had been receiving treatment for ...
3 % quota to disabled persons must in govt job : SC
New Delhi : The Supreme Court has directed the government to give three per cent reservation to persons with disability (PWD) ...
Parrikar moots the idea for raising all women battalion
New Delhi : Pitching for greater role of women in the armed forces, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today mooted the idea of ...
Serena reaches 300-win milestone in Wimbledon romp
London : Serena Williams clinched her 300th Grand Slam victory as the defending champion raced into the Wimbledon fourth round ...
Kuwait posts USD 18B deficit as lower oil prices slash revenue
Kuwait City : Kuwait’s finance minister says the oil-exporting country has posted a budget deficit of USD 18.2 billion ...