The tri-weekly Delhi-Amritsar-Birmingham Air India flight would resume services on August 15, said Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Wednesday after Pakistan opened its airspace for civilian planes. Pakistan had shut its airspace in February after the Balakot strike by the Indian Air Force, resulting in a significant rise of Air India’s operating costs on flights connecting Delhi to ...

Central Government has taken steps to spread awareness about cyber crimes, issue of alerts/advisories, capacity building/training of law enforcement personnel/ prosecutors/ judicial officers, improving cyber forensics facilities etc. to prevent such crimes and to speed up investigation. The Government has launched the online cybercrime reporting portal, www.cybercrime.gov.in to enable complainants to report complaints pertaining to Child Pornography/Child Sexual Abuse Material, ...

The heavy rainfall created flood like situation and threw normal life out of gear in various parts of the Country. NDRF teams are relentlessly continuing rescue operations in the flood affected areas of Assam & Bihar NDRF rescuers are ferrying the people in Inflatable Rubber Boats (IRBs) to safer places and distributing the essential supplies like food packets, drinking water ...

Over 5700 students have taken admission in the Delhi University after the fourth cut-off list was announced on Saturday, officials said. According to the DU, the total number of admissions till Monday stands at 58,558 after 1577 withdrawals. After the third cut-off list, 52,813 admissions had taken place in the varsity. The two-day strike called by the Delhi University Teachers’ ...

Pakistan opened its airspace for all civilian traffic on Tuesday morning, sources said, effectively removing the ban on Indian flights that were not allowed to use majority of its airspace since the Balakot air strikes in February The move is expected to give a major relief to Air India, which suffered a huge financial loss of around Rs 491 crore ...

The Ministry has developed the National Strategic Plan (NSP) for Tuberculosis (2017-2025) with the goal of ending TB by 2025. The key focus areas are: • Early diagnosis of all the TB patients, prompt treatment with quality assured drugs and treatment regimens along with suitable patient support systems to promote adherence. • Engaging with the patients seeking care in the ...

The government has plans to set up 4,200 Ayush wellness centres in the country in FY 2019-20 in several states, Ayush Minister Shripad Yesso Naik informed Rajya Sabha on Monday. Moreover, 2,500 new centres are planned to be opened within the first four months of the present government, the minister for Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) ...

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan is set to receive an honorary doctorate degree from Melbourne-based La Trobe University for his contributions and efforts towards underprivileged children, women’s empowerment through Meer Foundation and his achievements in the Indian entertainment industry. Khan, who will be visiting Australia to attend the 10th edition of Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) next month as ...

Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday informed Rajya Sabha that fuel conforming to stringent BS-VI emission norms has been introduced in the national capital to reduce air pollution. The Minister also informed the Upper House that sale of BS-VI compliant vehicles would begin in the country from next year. “BS-VI compliant fuel is now available in Delhi and from next ...

India’s exports declined by 9.71 per cent to USD 25.01 billion in June 2019 compared to USD 27.7 billion in the same month last year due to a fall in shipments of gems and jewellery, engineering goods and petroleum products, official data released Monday showed. Imports too declined by 9 per cent to USD 40.29 billion in June 2019 against ...