Revised Cost Estimate Under Sanction: Govt NEW DELHI: Now it’s official that railways will run B28, the bullet train being manufactured in India, on the first stretch of Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project that is scheduled to be operational in Aug 2027. The railway ministry informed a parliamentary panel that the national transporter has decided to…
NEW DELHI: India is supplying diesel to Bangladesh on a commercial basis as part of its existing trade agreement, officials said on Tuesday, amid reports that India had begun supplying 5,000 tonnes of fuel to the neighbouring country due to the energy crisis created by the conflict in West Asia.Officials said New Delhi had been…
NEW DELHI: Govt on Tuesday said fertiliser plants had been placed under ‘priority sector-2’ for natural gas supply, thereby guaranteeing the industry at least 70% of its average natural gas consumption, reports Dipak Dash.In a notification, the ministry of petroleum and natural gas said the average would be calculated on the basis of the previous…
NEW DELHI: Facing a severe LNG (liquefied natural gas) crunch, govt on Monday invoked the Essential Commodities Act, 1955, to reallocate gas supply and slashed allocation for fertiliser and other industries, while seeking to ensure full availability for priority sectors such as domestic piped natural gas (PNG) for kitchens, compressed natural gas (CNG) for transport…
PC: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) Scientists are working tirelessly to read and know about other planets. They are looking for chances to find life on all other planets. One of the studies suggests that three autonomous Robots were sent to a volcanic lava tunnel in Lanzarote. This was accelerated to explore…
The Reserve Bank of India has capped the maximum dividend payout by banks at 75% of profit after tax (PAT), with the new prudential norms set to take effect from the financial year 2026-27.The central bank on Tuesday issued the Reserve Bank of India (Commercial Banks – Prudential Norms on Declaration of Dividend and Remittances…
US appeals court orders end to SAVE student loan repayment plan affecting millions of borrowers nationwide. (Getty Images) A federal appeals court in the US has ordered the end of the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) plan, a repayment programme introduced during the Biden administration that was used by millions of student loan borrowers….
The Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) application deadline for the Odisha Civil Services (OCS) examination 2026 is tomorrow, March 12, 2026. Candidates who have not yet applied can now submit their forms until through the official OPSC website.Earlier, the Commission gave aspirants additional time to complete the online registration and upload required documents. The OCS…
AI image (Picture credit: Google Gemini) For decades, the idea of alien life has lived somewhere between science and science fiction. From Hollywood & Bollywood films to grainy UFO footage on the internet, the possibility that humanity is not alone in the universe has fascinated people across the world. But in recent years, the conversation…
NCERT pulls Class 8 textbook after judiciary chapter row. Image: Social Media NCERT’s textbook wars are hardly new. They have become a recurring feature of India’s curriculum politics. In recent years, controversies have followed the ‘rationalisation’ of Mughal-era material, the deletion of references to the 2002 Gujarat riots, and later tweaks that added the abrogation…
