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New Delhi: The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) Wednesday updated India’s export rules to allow the export of second-generation (2G) ethanol. 2G ethanol or ethyl alcohol is made from non-food materials like bagasse, wood waste, agricultural residues, grasses, algae, and other renewable resources. It...

Mumbai: Former BJP MLA Raj Purohit has said that the Congress governments did not give any awards to Hindi film superstar Shah Rukh Khan, but his party judges the actor purely on merit. The Opposition party, on the other hand, claimed that the government thought...

New Delhi/Srinagar: In a major breakthrough, the Jammu and Kashmir police have arrested one person accused of providing logistical support to the terrorists involved in the April 22 Pahalgam attack. The arrested individual has been identified as Mohammad Kataria. The arrest took place following a...

New Delhi: The Indian Railways will deploy one of the world's most luxurious trains, the Maharajas' Express, to carry President Droupadi Murmu from Safdarjung railway station in New Delhi to Vrindavan Road station near Mathura Thursday morning. The train is operated by the Indian Railway...

Patna: In the backdrop of the Trump administration's imposition of high tariffs on India and actions on H-1B visa, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Wednesday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said foreign policy is not conducted based on personal friendships, according to sources. Speaking during...

Chandigarh: The legendary Russian-origin MiG-21 fighter jets, which have been the backbone of Indian Air Force's combat fleet for over six decades, are finally set to retire from the IAF at a decommissioning event in Chandigarh, where the iconic aircraft was first inducted over six...

New Delhi: The Election Commission has rolled out an e-verification procedure to ensure that the provision to seek deletion of names from the voters' list is not misused. Those seeking the removal of names or claiming objection to the inclusion of names in the electoral...

Leh: Four protesters were killed and over 70 were injured in violent clashes between the security forces and unruly protesters in Leh town Wednesday as the District Magistrate (DM) imposed restrictions under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNS) Act, 2023. Chering Dorjay,...

Bengaluru: In a major development, the Karnataka High Court Wednesday delivered its verdict in the case of Elon Musk-led social media platform X Corp, formerly known as Twitter Inc, versus the Union of India, concerning freedom of speech and alleged unchecked censorship. The Bench emphasised...

New Delhi: The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on One Nation, One Election (ONOE), chaired by BJP MP P.P. Chaudhary, Thursday heard detailed presentations from economists Arvind Panagariya and Surjit Bhalla, both of whom strongly argued in favour of simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and...