MUMBAI: Total outward remittances under the Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS) witnessed a contraction in FY26, dropping about 2% to $29 billion from the $29.6 billion recorded in FY25. This downward trajectory highlights that visa restrictions are impacting overseas education spending, which plummeted 20.9% from $2.9 billion to $2.3 billion, alongside a 3.1% dip in international…
Volunteers counsel people about the risk factors of diseases and precautions to be taken Chandigarh: Launching a nocturnal offensive against hidden health risks, Chandigarh’s state aids control society (CSACS) has started tracking and screening the city’s most elusive, high-risk populations for HIV and Syphilis. Operating under the cover of darkness, the innovative “RAAS” campaign—Ratri AIDS…
Prof Gupta, who has made significant contributions in the fields of human rights, women’s rights, public policy and social justice, is also president of TG-03 (Human Rights and Global Justice) of the International Sociological Association Chandigarh: Prof Namita Gupta, dean student welfare (women) at Panjab University and professor at the Centre for Human Rights and…
Chennai: Physical education (PE) associations have asked state govt to expedite postings and appointments for PE teachers and directors in more than 9,000 middle schools and 500 high and higher secondary schools. The demands come in the wake of school education minister Rajmohan saying that steps would be taken to fill PE teacher vacancies in…
Rupert Lowe (left) and Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (right) Indian-origin Labour MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi has hit back at Restore Britain leader Rupert Lowe after he called for a ban on carrying the Sikh ceremonial kirpan in public spaces following the murder of British-Polish teenager Henry Nowak.Dhesi, the Labour MP for Slough and one of Britain’s…
NEW DELHI: BJP national president Nitin Nabin on Saturday took a veiled swipe at the CJP protest, saying that “some people sitting abroad think they can dictate the direction of India’s youth,” further alleging that it is pushing them into “negative politics.“ Addressing an Intellectuals Meet in Ranchi, Nabin said, “Today’s youth wants to work…
Pune: The Sangvi police are searching for a man from Akola district who allegedly duped a 65-year-old resident of Pimple Gurav of Rs 9 lakh by promising to secure a government job for his son-in-law.According to the complainant, he came into contact with the accused in Sept 2024. The accused claimed to have contacts in…
Chennai: Kothari Industrial Corporation marked a fresh step in its revival on April 20, 2026, as its shares began trading on the NSE under the symbol KOTIC. The Chennai-based company has been rebuilding under the leadership of Rafiq Ahmed. After returning to the Bombay Stock Exchange a few years ago, the NSE debut under the…
Ludhiana: Two bike-borne men snatched a purse containing gold jewellery, cash, and documents from a Samrala-based woman near the Baba Than Singh Chowk. The incident occurred while the woman was commuting in an e-rickshaw after a shopping trip to the city’s busy Chaura Bazaar.The victim, Jaspreet Kaur, told the police that she and her sister…
AI-generated image used for representational purpose. GUWAHATI: The Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) is set to implement the Cell Broadcast System (CBS) launched by the central government across the northeastern state in the near future.ASDMA said the public warning system, developed by C-DOT under the Department of Telecommunications in collaboration with the National Disaster…
