First services production index shows double-digit growth in 14 sub-sectors in April The government on Tuesday released the first trial Index of Services Production (ISP), showing that 14 of the 19 formal services sub-sectors recorded double-digit year-on-year growth in April.The trial index, with 2024-25 as the base year, covers about 60 per cent of India’s…
Education reformist and environmental activist Sonam Wangchuk has been in the news over his indefinite hunger strike, launched in protest against the alleged examination irregularities and the NEET paper leak. As the fast entered its 17th day, concerns over his deteriorating health continued to grow. Several public figures have expressed support for his protest, including…
France Vs Spain Live Score, FIFA World Cup 2026 Semi Finals: One of the biggest matches of the FIFA World Cup 2026 will take centre stage as France and Spain meet in a heavyweight semi-final at Dallas Stadium with a place in the final on the line. France have looked the most complete side in…
The story of life in the oceans changed long before dinosaurs appeared and vanished. Around 252 million years ago, the planet experienced the most destructive biological crisis known in the fossil record, wiping out almost all marine species and reshaping life beneath the waves. Although scientists have spent decades examining what happened during the Permian-Triassic…
Navi Mumbai: A 44-year-old man, Pranav alias Santosh Walunje, has been arrested by Panvel city police for impersonating a high-ranking police officer of the crime branch, wearing a police uniform with three-star insignia, carrying a fake police identity card and cheating a real estate businessman from Karanjade, Panvel taluka, of Rs 2 lakh under the…
Bengaluru: The mystery surrounding disappearing undergarments at an Indiranagar apartment was solved after two women turned detectives. Troubled by their garments vanishing overnight and reappearing the next day while fresh ones went missing, they installed a hidden camera, which captured the pervert in the act and led to his arrest.The arrested man, Abdul Hussain, alias…
Chennai: State govt will come up with a uniform and legally sustainable framework to address employment and rehabilitation-related demands arising from industrial and infra projects, including power plants, said electricity and law minister R Nirmalkumar after holding talks with representatives of eight fishermen unions from Ennore on Tuesday.The meeting focused on demands raised by the…
Kolkata: Nabanna has notified the setting up of a judicial commission, headed by Justice Biswajit Basu, to probe allegations of large-scale corruption across multiple state govt departments from 2011 to May 2026. The commission is expected to start functioning soon from the HRBC Building, officials said. Justice Basu is slated to visit the office on…
The trial, to be conducted by the University of Oxford, will involve 50 healthy volunteers in the age group of 18 to 55 years Pune: The Serum Institute of India (SII) has dispatched 4,000 investigational doses of a newly manufactured Ebola vaccine targeting the Bundibugyo strain, thus paving the way for phase I human trials…
Guwahati: Assam recorded nearly six crore tourists in the past decade, tourism minister Ajanta Neog told the assembly on Tuesday.Replying to a query by Congress MLA Rekibuddin Ahmed, Neog said 5,96,85,638 tourists visited the state between 2016-17 and 2025-26. The figure included 2,41,192 foreign visitors.The highest footfall was recorded in 2022-23, when 98,31,141 tourists, including…
