NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu, Tripura and Delhi have emerged as top performers in tackling the challenge of adult literacy and education. The 2024-25 Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Assessment Test (FLNAT), conducted under ULLAS – Nav Bharat Saaksharta Karyakram, has thrown up encouraging results among states that submitted the certification data in time.Data compiled by the…
Mumbai: Senior Congress neta and former revenue minister Balasaheb Thorat on Monday asked chief minister Devendra Fadnavis to grant an urgent relief package of Rs 50,000 per hectare to farmers in thestate. “Instead of waiting for the formalities, such as on-the-spot survey and panchanamas, the revenue department should release a financial assistance of Rs 50,000…
New Delhi: Tesla is not interested in manufacturing cars in India, but is keen to have showrooms to sell its vehicles, heavy industry minister H D Kumaraswamy said on Monday.Officials said the EV giant’s plans is focused on importing cars into the country, amid indications that Tesla is eyeing concessions under the India-US bilateral trade…
NEW DELHI: In what can further stir the already roiled Bihar political waters, Union minister Chirag Paswan has said that he was open to contesting the forthcoming assembly elections if that helps his party and improves its “strike rate”.“BJP has tried this strategy many times by fielding MPs in state polls and have got its…
NEW DELHI: Brazilian aerospace major Embraer says it will increase sourcing from India and even have a final assembly line here if it gets a firm order for 200 aircraft from Indian customers.As of now, only India’s biggest regional airline, Star Air, has Embraer aircraft in its fleet. However, the firm is talking to multiple…
Mumbai: A 38-year-old transwoman has lodged a police complaint against her uncle for assaulting her with a knife and issuing rape threats. Goregaon Police have registered an FIR and are probing further. The complainant lives in Goregaon East with three other transwomen. Her 55-year-old unclde lives at Goregaon West. According to her complaint, the house…
NEW DELHI: Mizoram (98.2%), Lakshadweep (97.3%), Kerala (95.3%), Tripura (93.7%) and Goa (93.6%) are the top five States/ UTs registering the highest overall literacy rates in India for persons aged seven years and above, according to the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) 2023-24.The report, released by the National Sample Survey Office under the ministry of…
India’s real GDP growth is projected to slow to 6.2 per cent in FY26, down from 6.5 per cent in FY25, according to a report released on Monday by Japanese brokerage firm Nomura.Nomura’s research report, quoted by PTI, highlighted a growing “divergence” between Goods and Services Tax (GST) collection growth and other high-frequency indicators such…
Union commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal (Image credit: ANI) Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal held a bilateral meeting with Nigeria’s minister for trade, industry and investment, Jumoke Oduwole Oon, and discussed strengthening trade relations between the two countries.The productive half-hour meeting took place on the sidelines of international trade discussions in Paris.Following the…
Mumbai: Five days ahead of Bakr Eid, CM Devendra Fadnavis held a meeting on Monday to review preparations. The need for modernisation of the BMC-run Deonar abattoir, including building permanent sheds, was discussed.“We reiterated our demand to modernise the abattoir. Given the services the abattoir renders and the huge amount govt earns from it, it…
