NEW DELHI: Govt on Monday approved 17 projects under Electronics Component Manufacturing Scheme (ECMS), entailing an investment of Rs 7,172 crore. Govt wants greater involvement of domestic companies in electronics supply chain, especially in view of changing geopolitical situation, electronics and IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Monday. These projects are expected to create 11,800…
Lucknow: Residents can expect better roads, brighter streets and improved stray dog management, as the allocation of funds for these sectors will increase from the proposed Rs 70 crore to Rs 85 crore. The Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) is set to revise its 2025-26 budget. The revised budget, which is about Rs 4,300 crore and…
NEW DELHI: Amid rising prices, Indian consumers were shunning the purchase of gold, resulting in lower import of the yellow metal – both in value and quantity terms – during first half of the financial year.But, they seem to have come back with a vengeance in Oct, coinciding with GST rate reduction, making up for…
Lucknow: A dentist was attacked allegedly for asking about the assembly seats the BJP won in the Bihar elections after a medical store owner found it provocative, in Chinhat late Sunday.The victim — Dr Shravan Kumar Tiwari who runs a dental clinic in the Nizampur Malhaur area — has filed a complaint at the Chinhat…
MUMBAI: The capital market and the payments industry have sparred on the future of stablecoins – an instrument over which government and Reserve Bank of India have articulated a cautious yet evolving policy.At the CII Financing Summit here, where senior financial sector leaders spoke in the presence of senior finance ministry and Sebi officials ahead…
Lucknow: A team of doctors at King George’s Medical University (KGMU) saved the life of a 17-year-old student after 8 days of intensive treatment on a ventilator.The student was admitted to the Trauma Centre after a basketball pole accidentally fell on his head while he was playing at a private school on Kanpur Road. He…
Pakistan’s Salman Ali Agha, left, chats with Sri Lanka’s Charith Asalanka as they wait for coin toss before the start of the second one day international cricket match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Friday, Nov 14, 2025. (AP Photo) The Sri Lanka cricket board on Monday said that two players will return…
NEW DELHI: India’s trade deficit hit a record $41 billion in Oct as exports saw the steepest monthly decline in over a year, and imports rose to an all-time high, driven by a surge in gold and silver shipments into the country. The 11.8% fall in goods exports to $34.4 billion in Oct – which…
Lucknow: Folk and Tribal paintings are garnering massive interest at the 6-day Janjatiya Bhagidari Utsav organised by the culture and social welfare departments to celebrate the birth anniversary of freedom fighter Birsa Munda at Indira Gandhi Pratishthan on Monday.On the fifth day, people were seen buying folk and tribal paintings and artworks like ‘Gond’ from…
Anthony Grafton (image credit: The Daily Princetonian) Anthony Thomas Grafton, the Henry Putnam University Professor of History, Emeritus, at Princeton University, has been awarded the 2025 Barry Prize for Distinguished Intellectual Achievement by the American Academy of Sciences and Letters (AASL). As shared by Princeton University via princeton.edu, Grafton is one of 10 recipients of…
