Government

Bhubaneswar: The term for the Vice-Chancellor of Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT) will now be four years instead of the current five years as per the proposed amendment to...

New Delhi: The Central government has drafted in 21 new sports disciplines including ‘Mallakhamb’ and ‘Sepak Takraw’ in the list of sports disciplines which qualify for recruitment of meritorious sports...

Mumbai: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was shown black flags during her visit to Mumbai on Sunday. The protesters, most of whom were learnt to be Congress workers, were vocal...

New Delhi: After a year of gloom and downward trend, the interest rate on bank fixed deposits may go up from April as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced...

New Delhi: The Central government is strongly pursuing the matter of wrong depiction of India’s map on the World Health Organisation (WHO) website. After it was brought to their notice,...

Washington: Indian-American Bhavya Lal has been appointed as the acting Chief of Staff of NASA. Lal served as a member of the Biden Presidential Transition Agency Review Team for the...

New Delhi: The government will introduce pre-filled Income Tax Return (ITR) forms for individual taxpayers. During her Budget speech in Pariliament on Monday, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the...

New Delhi: The Union government is likely to introduce a bill during Parliament’s budget session which seeks to prohibit all private cryptocurrencies in the country. The proposal is to set...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has paused three controversial laws at the core of farmer protests and the government will respect the order, President Ram Nath Kovind said on Friday,...

New Delhi: The Centre on Monday approved a proposal to levy ‘green tax’ on old, polluting vehicles. According to the proposal put forward by Union Ministry of Road Transport and...