Caste-based discrimination still prevalent, RSS survey finds
Nagpur : A survey found that untouchability or other forms of discrimination on the basis of caste were still prevalent in 450 ...
Centre rekindles dialogue on Ghats
Rekindling the process of consultations with state governments, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has written to all six ...
The Supreme Court to prefer ‘paperless’ transactions in 6-7 months, says CJI Khehar
The Supreme Court will go “paperless” within six to seven months, Chief Justice JS Khehar said on Thursday.
The ...
UK Parliament terror attack : At least 5 killed, 40 injured
Five people were killed and 40 others injured when a terrorist suspect mowed down pedestrians on a bridge and stabbed a police ...
India, the third-largest Asian economy, ranked 131 on HDI : UN
United Nations : India has ranked a lowly 131 among the 188 countries surveyed for human development, a new UN report has said, ...
Two get five yrs imprisonment for cow slaughter
Muzaffarnagar, March 22 : A local court has convicted two men and sentenced them to five years in jail for slaughtering ...
17 states have agreed to form JVs with Rlys : Prabhu
New Delhi, Mar 22 : Seventeen states have agreed to form joint ventures with the Railways to fast track infrastructure projects, ...
CBSE to come up with accreditation framework for schools
New Delhi, Mar 22 : The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is likely to come up with an accreditation framework for its ...
Scientists launch campaign to restore Pluto to the planet club
Six scientists from institutions across the United States argued that Pluto deserves to be a full planet, along with some 110 other ...
Thirsting for a Future : a picture of the next decades
About one on four child on the planet will die, have their growth stunted or otherwise suffer from a lack of water by 2040, Unicef has ...