New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) India’s plastic manufacturing industry has sought an increase in customs duty on unsafe plastic materials and finished goods in the full-budget 2019-20, which will be presented on July 5. According to the budget recommendations made to … read more
New York (IANS) Senior citizens, please take note. Lower sleep quality and variability in night sleep time may adversely affect your ability to recall past events, says a study. The study, published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience journal, underscores the importance … read more
Ranchi, (IANS) The World Bank on Tuesday approved a $147 million loan agreement to provide basic urban services to the people of Jharkhand and help improve the management capacity of the urban local bodies (ULBs) in the state. “The Jharkhand Municipal … read more
Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das said that the central and the state government will be giving Rs 5000 crore in the next two-three months which will go into the rural economy and help in its strengthening and will also bring prosperity in the lives of … read more
Ranchi (IANS) Pappu Mandal, the main accused in the lynching of Muslim youth in Seraikela district last week has been arrested, Jharkhand Police said on Monday. Tabrez Ansari, 22, died in a hospital on Sunday, days after he was brutally thrashed … read more
Mumbai (IANS) Salman Khan is a popular Bollywood superstar. But no one knows how Salman is as a ‘mamu’ (maternal uncle), or with the children of his family. Also, how he is defying age when it comes to fitness. Now, the … read more
New Delhi (IANS) Government computer systems were allegedly tampered with by top officials in Uttar Pradesh to manipulate e-tenders of the state-owned UP State Warehousing Corporation (UPSWC) in a bid to oblige ‘favourable’ companies. The e-tender racket, initially discovered at the … read more
Ranchi (IANS) After the humiliating defeat in the Lok Sabha elections, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tej Pratap Yadav met his jailed and ailing father Lalu Prasad at a hospital, here on Saturday. Tej Pratap met the RJD at the … read more
Washington (IANS) Call it new-age dating but nearly one in four women now go on a date, not for the sake of romance or building a long-term relationship but grabbing a free meal, an interesting study has revealed. The new phenomenon … read more
New Delhi (IANS) Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday inaugurated the his country’s Rivatex East Africa Ltd revamped with Indian help, the High Commission of India in Nairobi Rahul Chhabra said on Saturday. The once sick textile factory has been modernised … read more