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New Delhi: Union minister Jitendra Singh on Wednesday said that there was adequate insurance cover offered for nuclear incidents in the country. In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, the minister said, India has enacted Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage (CLND) Act 2010 to provide for civil liability for nuclear damage and prompt compensation to the victims of a nuclear incident through a no-fault liability regime channelling liability to the operator.

in Delhi on July 29, August 15, September 7 and September 28. “Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal approved a proposal of excise department for a ban on liquor sale on Muharram, July 29, Independence Day, August 15, Janmashtami, September 7, and Eid-e-Milad on September 28," said a Delhi government statement.

Manipur, which has left more than 160 people dead, will be tabled in the West Bengal assembly on January 31, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Sovandeb Chattopadhyay said. The decision to table a motion in the assembly was made earlier this week at an «all-party meeting» which the opposition BJP chose to boycott. On Wednesday, during the Business Advisory (BA) committee meeting, it was decided that the motion will be tabled on July 31. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who has blamed the «divisive» policies of the BJP-led governments at the Centre and Manipur for the ethnic strife in the northeastern state, will be one of the speakers on the motion. «The motion will be tabled in the assembly on Monday. We will discuss the situation in Manipur and the humanitarian crisis the northeastern state is facing,» he told reporters. Speaking on the proposal, Chattopadhyay said the entire country is terrified and upset with the torture and violence the women and children in Manipur are facing.

According to a recent report India's retail sector... moreAccording to a recent report India's retail sector is going to expand to $1.3 trillion fuelled by the middle class.

MILAN (Reuters) — Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares said a production target of one million vehicles in Italy it is discussing with Rome was well within reach but it could not be a one-sided commitment and the government must support it.

New Delhi: The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs has urged the Centre to consider establishing economic ties with Pakistan, despite the diplomatic deep-freeze in bilateral relations. “Despite the lack of progress on the diplomatic front, the Committee urges the government to consider the establishment of economic ties with Pakistan if they come forward and work towards broader people-to-people contacts in view of the cultural commonalities and civilizational linkages between our two countries and no feeling of enmity amongst citizens of both the countries," the standing committee said in its report, tabled on Tuesday, on India’s “Neighbourhood First" Policy.

Air India has placed orders for wide-body aircraft of 34 A350-1000, six A350-900, 20 Boeing 787 Dreamliner, and 10 Boeing 777X wide-body aircraft, thus bolstering India’s cargo ecosystem, the airline announced on Wednesday. “At Air India, we see a huge potential in the air cargo industry, which the Indian Government plans to grow to 10 million tonnes by 2030.

Fidelity International opens its global capability centre in Bengaluru and will hire around 800 employees over the next two years. The new office will complement its current Gurugram and Mumbai offices which already host around 4,500 employees. The investment and retirement savings firm will tap into the local talent pool available in city and leverage their expertise to seize international market opportunities.

British billionaire Joe Lewis, the owner of the Tottenham Hotspur soccer club in London, has been charged with insider trading in the US. 

Ola S1 Air. The company has teased a neon green colour variant of the electric scooter via a post on microblogging site Twitter. To recall, Ola S1 Air was launched last year with a starting price of ₹1,09,999 (ex-showroom) for the base variant.

Imran Khan, Pakistan's Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the ousted prime minister's plea to stay the criminal proceedings against him in the Toshakhana corruption case. The case pertains to the allegations that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party chief had “deliberately concealed” details of the gifts he retained from the Toshakhana — a repository where presents handed to government officials from foreign officials are kept — during his time as the prime minister and proceeds from their reported sales.

SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazilian lender Santander Brasil on Wednesday reported higher second-quarter net profit on a sequential basis but saw its results weigh on group performance as they remained well below last year's levels.

The pan-Arab news network Al Jazeera has condemned a recent decision by Egyptian authorities to brand some of its journalists as terrorists

Narendra Modi government. Speaker Birla has said that he will inform the members about the date for a discussion on the matter as per rules after discussing the same with leaders of all parties. The move comes amid an ongoing outcry about the violence in north eastern state of Manipur between Meitei and Kuki Zo community that broke out on 3 May this year.

Public health measures, including avoiding the feeding of raw poultry to cats and promptly reporting any unusual animal illnesses, remain crucial to prevent and control such outbreaks in the future. Apart from Poland, strain of bird flu in two cats in a feline shelter in South Korea.

Rajeev Chandrasekhar, minister of state for electronics and information technology, told FT that despite India's crackdown on Chinese manufacturers and mobile applications, New Delhi is " Open to investment from China". Chandrasekar told The Financial Times that, " We are open to doing business with any company anywhere as long as they are investing and conducting their business lawfully and are in compliance with the Indian laws".

alliance is aware of its numbers in the Lok Sabha but this is not just about numbers. This is about Manipur's fight for justice.

New Delhi: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday reaffirmed his government’s stance of maintaining peace at borders, but warned that India will not shy away from retaliating if provoked. Singh was speaking at the occasion of the 24th Kargil Vijay Diwas. Earlier, he laid a wreath at the War Memorial in Drass, Ladakh, to pay tributes to the soldiers who sacrificed their lives during the 1999 Kargil war.

Lawmakers intent on reducing China’s influence on the U.S. economy are seeking to push the Treasury Department to reduce the scale of Beijing’s influence at the Inter-American Development Bank, which supports economic and social development in Latin Am...

South Korean prosecutors and financial authorities have launched an interagency crypto crime division to crack down on crypto-related illegal activities.