Is India winning the wrong battle on infant mortality?India's infant mortality rate has significantly dropped to 24 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2024. This progress is largely due to a surge...
02 Jun, 2026, 04.16 PM IST
Ladakh clinches deal with Centre in 7 years, J&K parties say it took 70 and still failedLadakh's representatives have secured an in-principle understanding with the Centre for constitutional safeguards. Jammu and Kashmir partie...
24 May, 2026, 11.56 PM IST
Census 2027 reaches 5 more states; 1.44 crore households complete digital self-enumerationCensus 2027's houselisting phase is now active in five states and union territories. House-to-house enumeration is ongoing in eleven more r...
17 May, 2026, 11.07 AM IST
NHPC sharpens AI focus for real-time flood forecastingIndia's dam infrastructure faces challenges from extreme weather. NHPC is now using Artificial Intelligence for better flood forecasting an...
16 May, 2026, 12.29 AM IST
Centre allocates Rs 4,900 crore to Arunachal Pradesh under Pride of Hills schemeArunachal Pradesh receives a significant boost with Rs 4,900 crore from the Centre's new 'Pride of Hills' initiative. This funding targets ...
14 May, 2026, 04.23 PM IST
PM Modi has every intention of delaying caste census: CongressThe Congress party has criticized the government for not providing details on the caste census announced a year ago. Party leader Jairam Ra...
30 Apr, 2026, 10.33 AM IST
Delimitation Bill 2026 shelved after women’s reservation amendment fails in Lok SabhaThe government has halted the Delimitation Bill. This decision follows the failure of the women's reservation amendment bill in the Lok Sab...
17 Apr, 2026, 11.27 PM IST
New Delimitation Bill 2026: What it means and its key proposalsThe government's tabling of the Delimitation Bill has ignited a political firestorm, particularly from southern opposition parties. The pro...
16 Apr, 2026, 07.26 PM IST
Census 2027: Self-enumeration starts in Gurgaon, Chandigarh, Faridabad; Here's how to register via se.census.gov.in and finish the process onlineThe self-enumeration phase of Census 2027 house listing begins today (April 16) in Haryana (including Gurgaon and Faridabad), Chandigarh, M...
16 Apr, 2026, 02.33 PM IST
Census 2027: Self-enumeration facility availed by 5.72 lakh households so far in first phaseMore than 5.72 lakh households have embraced digital self-enumeration for Census 2027. This initiative allows citizens to provide details o...
10 Apr, 2026, 11.56 PM IST
Digital First: Over 5.72 lakh households embrace self-enumeration as Census 2027 gains momentumThe landscape of data collection in India is evolving with the first digital census showing remarkable engagement. A staggering 5.72 lakh h...
10 Apr, 2026, 11.50 AM IST
Sikkim govt to create fixed deposits of Rs 10,800 in name of newbornsSikkim CM Tamang introduced the 'Sikkim Sishu Samriddhi Yojana' to address the low fertility rate among the local indigenous population. Th...
26 Feb, 2024, 06.45 PM IST
Sikkim government proposes to create two more districtsExplaining the government's objectives and reasons for the proposal, he said the new districts will strengthen governance in the backdrop o...
07 Dec, 2021, 11.19 PM IST
Lakshadweep close to achieving full COVID-19 vaccination coverageAround 78.7 per cent of India's adult population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, with nine states and union territories...
06 Nov, 2021, 06.17 PM IST
Vaccination programme a cause of concern for the State: Sikkim High CourtThe court observed that Considering the entire population of the State, a meagre amount of 14 lakhs vaccines would be the approximate requi...
06 Jun, 2021, 01.03 AM IST
Bengal investors in a fix as Covid pushes tourism to a brink in SikkimLockdown has pushed hotel business in tourism hotspot Sikkim to the brink where investors from Bengal and other states are the first tire v...
06 May, 2020, 12.29 AM IST
Sikkim records steepest fall in poverty levelSikkim has recorded steepest fall in poverty level in the country on account of increase in per capita consumption.
15 Sep, 2013, 11.44 AM IST