Want to prevent global warming? Eat less meat & dairyPlant-based meats are not just a novel food product, but a critical opportunity for achieving food security and climate goals while also ac...
Want to save the planet? Swap half of meat & dairy consumption with plant-based foods, says studyReplacing half of animal products with plant-based alternatives by 2050 could reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 31% and halt land degradat...
Government orders closure of maiden coastal police training academy sanctioned last yearThe Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) also rejected a fresh BSF proposal to create its maiden full-fledged counterinsurgency and anti-terroris...
Indian carriers fly in to occupy Jet Airways' foreign slotsIndiGo and SpiceJet have got the maximum number of rights, with 84 weekly flights for the first and 77 for the second.
Shortage of ammunition plagues Uttar Pradesh ATS: CAGIn its report, CAG observed that arms and ammunition are the most crucial requirement for operational activities of special forces like the...
What is Arbitrage & what are its risks?It is an investment strategy which is used to take advantage of the price differential between two or more markets to earn a profit.
Farmers' pulse down as rate slips below MSPIt looks like pulses may play out the same story as there has been an increase in domestic production and imports.
Beauty-product e-tailers widen platforms by bringing more brands on boardAlthough these luxury brands will not be offered on discount on these marketplaces, it hasn’t deterred these companies from fixing robust t...
From potatoes to apples, one third of what we eat today is foreignYou may be surprised to know that profusion of foreign veggies & fruits in local market is not a recent phenomenon.
Traders association comes in support of GST, want early implementationNarendra Modi and Arun Jaitley, seems to have got support for Goods and Services Tax (GST) from unexpected quarter, the trading association.
Union Home ministry confident of getting back its schemes from statesThe Union Home Ministry is confident that Finance Ministry would be transferring back the former’s centrally-sponsored schemes from the sta...
In home-finance tussle over allocation of funds to states, home secretary voices strong opposition to House panelBut Goyal asked the committee to “strongly recommend” that the schemes or some of their components be retained by the home ministry.
Naxal menace: Government says it is top most agenda for interventionHome Minister Rajnath Singh said LWE continues to be the biggest threat to the country's internal security and nation-building process.
- ICRISAT to execute Bill Gates funded project for legumes
Agri research body ICRISAT and two other centres would execute Bill Gates-funded USD 21 million project for legumes in India.
- Home & away loans for NRIs
There are some differences in the terms and conditions applicable for NRIs. Here are few points to get started.