Mumbai: Weeks after a pushback from the drone industry, BJP MP Dhananjay Mahadik has urged IT minister Ashish Shelar to put the state’s drone policy on immediate hold until an inclusive and transparent review is conducted.Mahadik demanded that the state government initiate an inquiry into the conflict of interest of consultants involved in drafting the…
Midwifery was done away with a while ago but early childhood care in India still runs on “trust” factor and “maternal instincts” Renu Sharma, who works with a Bengaluru-based fintech firm, hired a personal nanny for her child, but had to let her go quickly. “She would just be on her phone even while carrying…
Chennai: Sundaram Home Finance, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sundaram Finance, on Thursday posted a 37% increase in net profit for the first quarter ended June 30, 2026, at Rs 85 crore against Rs 62 crore in the corresponding quarter last year.Disbursements for Q1 FY27 went up 12% to Rs 1,665 crore as compared to…
NMDC Ltd’s finance director Anurag Kapil meets Jujuy governor Carlos Sadir during as part of a delgation to Argentina to explore the potential for critical minerals. Hyderabad: State-owned iron ore miner NMDC Limited is scouting for opportunities in Argentina for mining of copper and other critical minerals, which are required for clean energy technologies and…
Bengal BJP chief Samik Bhattacharya (file picture) Kolkata: Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya on Thursday urged CM Suvendu Adhikari to pursue Centre’s chemical parks scheme, calling it a “rare opportunity” to revive large-scale industrialisation in Bengal.In a letter to the CM, Bhattacharya suggested that Singur be pitched as a preferred location for the chemical park…
Dhubri: Brahmaputra erosion is swallowing homes, farmland and livelihoods, leaving lakhs across lower Assam in a deepening humanitarian crisis.Thousands of hectares of cultivable land have been lost in Dhubri and Goalpara districts over the years as erosion continues to devastate communities.Among the worst-hit areas are Balarbhita, Chunari, Tulsibari, Jaleswar, Medertari, Jamadarhat, Fakirganj, Matifata, South Salmara,…
Uttar Pradesh FSDA has registered an FIR against five accused in a counterfeit medicine racket LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh Food Safety and Drug Administration (FSDA) has unearthed an organised racket allegedly involved in circulating counterfeit medicines through fake billing, cross-billing and fictitious financial transactions, registering an FIR against five accused in Lucknow as part of…
FIle pix of Govind Singh Dotasar Jaipur: In a public rebuke to former Congress MP Mahenderjeet Singh Malviya, who recently returned to the party after joining the BJP, state Congress chief Govind Singh Dotasra said the move was a political mistake.Speaking to reporters with Malviya by his side, Dotasra also asserted the former MP returned…
PM Modi reviews Middle East crisis preparedness NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday chaired a high-level meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) to review the ongoing conflict in Middle East and assess India’s preparedness to deal with its impact.The meeting reviewed the geopolitical situation, the availability of fuel and fertilisers, the…
An Indian-origin software engineer from Hyderabad was killed in a road accident in the US state of New Jersey just days before she was due to travel to India, according to reports.Sripathi Deepa Reddy, 42, originally from Aakuthotapalli village in Telangana’s Rangareddy district, had been living in the United States with her husband, Ramakrishna Reddy,…
