Gandhinagar, March 16 India is investing in next-generation technologies that are reshaping how defence solutions are designed and developed, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has said. Speaking virtually at a two-day roundtable conference for defence attaches at Rashtriya Raksha University in Gandhinagar on Monday, Mr Singh said India had emerged over the past decade as a […]
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The North News New Delhi, March 16 India’s apex adoption body has directed all states and Union territories to strictly follow legal adoption procedures, preserve adoptee records and ensure children’s identities are protected. The Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) issued three office memorandums to State Adoption Resource Agencies (SARAs), asking them to strengthen compliance with […]
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New Delhi, March 16 Aiming to increase water supply to the capital, the Delhi government is in talks with its Haryana counterpart for a water exchange project, Delhi minister Parvesh Sahib Singh said on Monday. Currently, the city’s average water production ranges between 900-1,000 million gallons per day (MGD), while the average requirement is around […]
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New Delhi, March 15 The BJP on Monday released its first list of 144 candidates for next month’s Assembly elections in West Bengal, fielding Suvendu Adhikari from Bhabanipur in Kolkata, a seat held by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. According to the list, Dilip Ghosh has been fielded from Kharagpur Sadar, Biman Mahto from Salboni, both […]
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New Delhi, March 16 As many as 176 planes operated by non-scheduled and general aviation operators do not have flight data or cockpit voice recorders, the government told the Rajya Sabha on Monday. Under the norms, aircraft that have a take-off weight of less than 5,700 kilograms are required to mandatorily have CVRs only if […]
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New Delhi, March 16 City gas distribution companies have rolled out incentives to encourage consumers to shift from LPG to piped cooking gas (PNG) as part of the government plan to ease pressure on LPG supplies, a senior petroleum ministry official said on Monday. Indraprastha Gas Ltd (IGL) – the CNG and piped cooking gas […]
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Yog Raj Sharma The North News Shimla, March 16 The Himachal Pradesh government has signed three agreements with the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) to expand the state’s dairy sector, in a move it says will strengthen the rural economy and create jobs closer to home. The memorandums of understanding were signed in Shimla on […]
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Hathras, March 16 The hearing in a defamation case against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, with links to the 2020 Hathras gangrape, could not be held in an MP-MLA court in this Uttar Pradesh district on Monday as the judge was on leave, a lawyer said. The hearing in the case has now been fixed for […]
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New Delhi, March 16 Notices seeking a motion for the removal of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar flag issues ranging from the appointment process to his public attack on Rahul Gandhi and instances of alleged manipulation of votes in recent elections, an opposition leader said on Monday. The notices, submitted in both Houses of […]
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Dubai, March 16 India on Monday asked its citizens currently in Iran not to approach or attempt to cross any land border for onward travel without prior and explicit coordination with the Indian Embassy in Tehran. In an advisory, the Indian Embassy further said that Indian nationals who attempt to leave Iran via land borders […]
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