With forecasts pointing to a below-normal monsoon and a likely moderation in economic activity, overall consumption demand may face headwinds in the coming months, and the near-term outlook for the Indian economy is one of cautious resilience, the Finance Ministry said in a report on Saturday (May 30, 2026). However, domestic fundamentals remain broadly intact, […]
India’s economic story is expected to remain on a path of “cautious resilience” in the near term, even as global uncertainties continue to grow, the department of economic affairs (DEA) said in its Monthly Economic Review for May.However, it cautioned that the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, rising crude oil prices and the possibility […]
51.1% of women in Telangana have completed 10 or more years of schooling, according to National Family Health Survey (NFHS-6), up from 45.5% recorded in NFHS-5 (2019-21) Women in Telangana are more educated, digitally connected and financially empowered than ever before, according to findings from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-6). Yet, the survey also […]
The Customs (Preventive) Commissionerate, Kochi, arrested one more person in connection with Operation Numkhor – a nationwide crackdown on the large-scale smuggling of premium second-hand vehicles through Bhutan and forged registration rackets involving Motor Vehicle Department (MVD) officials – taking the total number of arrests to seven. The arrested was identified as Yash, a native […]
CHANDIGARH: Punjab’s governing AAP won over 950 (50%) wards as municipal poll results came in Friday. Of 8 municipal corporations that went to polls, AAP won 5 – Mohali, Bathinda, Barnala, Moga and Batala – BJP won Abohar and Pathankot, Congress won Kapurthala.Congress was a distant second, winning 390 wards, followed by SAD with 191 […]
NEW DELHI: The National Testing Agency told a parliamentary committee on Friday that it is taking measures to rule out a repeat of the NEET paper leak, which has affected lakhs of students, while the National Medical Commission said it will work to keep the admission seat matrix for counselling on schedule so that students […]
Lucknow: A 22-year-old woman from Lakhimpur Kheri, who was missing for the past three days, was found dead in a hotel room near Charbagh on Thursday, police said.Police suspect the woman, a second-year MA Sanskrit student, died by suicide following a failed love affair.According to police, her body was found inside Room No. 23 of […]
NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday carried out searches at a dozen locations across four states in connection with the alleged smuggling of arms, ammunition and IEDs into the country from across Indo-Pakistan border, as part of a conspiracy to carry out terrorist attacks in Punjab, Delhi and other parts of India. […]
KHARKIV REGION, UKRAINE – MAY 22: (EDITOR’S NOTE: Image has been reviewed by Ukrainian military officials prior to transmission) Members of the Lava Unmanned Systems Regiment, Norman, poses for a photograph with a Bulava strike drone, a kamikaze UAV capable of carrying a 3.5-kilogram payload with a range of up to 100 kilometres, on May […]
Indian-origin woman from California met a catastrophic accident during her birthday trip to Mexico earlier this month. Nina Bakhshi, an Indian-origin Californian makeup artist, had the most harrowing birthday trip this year as she chose a guided ATV (all-terrain vehicle) tour of Cenote La Noria in Mexico, where she fell from a bridge and suffered […]
