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“Our ministry is doing a pilot project on ten routes for hydrogen trials,” Nitin Gadkari said. NEW DELHI: Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said hydrogen will play a defining role in the future of transportation, with the government already conducting pilot projects on 10 highway corridors to test hydrogen-powered mobility solutions.The ongoing trials are…
Almost 104 years after daily insulin shots were first introduced, Indian patients with diabetes now have access to a once-a-week alternative.Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk on Thursday introduced Awiqli (insulin icodec), the country’s first weekly basal insulin for adults with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. India is among the dozen countries where the product was…
NEW DELHI: You may faithfully hit the gym every morning, go for a brisk walk or complete your daily yoga session. But if your job keeps you glued to a chair for the next eight to 10 hours, that workout alone may not be enough.A study published in the peer-reviewed journal PLOS Medicine has found…
Narendra Modi and Anthony Albanese PM Narendra Modi Thursday praised the contribution of Indians living abroad as “sugar in milk”, saying they make their adopted land sweeter with their presence.Addressing a diaspora crowd at a community event in Melbourne in the presence of his Australian counterpart, Anthony Albanese, Modi said Indians had made the city…
NEW DELHI: In the latest Global Liveability Index, New Delhi ranked 120, followed by Mumbai (121), Chennai (123), and Bengaluru (127) while Copenhagen (Denmark) remains the world’s most liveable city, edging out Vienna (Austria) and Melbourne (Australia), which are in second and third place.The Economist Intelligence Unit Global Liveability Index 2026 released this week assessed…
NEW DELHI: Terming illegal immigration as the root cause of demographic changes in border districts, Union home minister Amit Shah Thursday reiterated Modi govt’s resolve to tackle and address such unnatural demographic shifts with a ruthless approach, while declaring that a robust mechanism will be put in place to make the country infiltration-free.Addressing the land…
NEW DELHI: ED has filed a chargesheet against former Punjab cabinet minister and AAP neta Sanjeev Arora, accusing him of being the kingpin of a fake iPhone export scam where consignments were falsely shown to have been sent to Dubai using bogus purchase bills and export documents to launder Rs 103 crore.Arora has been in…
Narendra Modi and Anthony Albanese Amid the fresh flare-up in West Asia, PM Narendra Modi and his counterpart Anthony Albanese expressed concern over renewed escalation of tensions and called upon all parties to exercise restraint, de-escalate, and ensure protection of civilians along with uninterrupted flow of energy. Both leaders also reinforced their commitment to peace…
Narendra Modi and Anthony Albanese In a major boost to India-Australia space collaboration, Australian PM Anthony Albanese Thursday, during a joint statement with PM Narendra Modi, announced establishment of a temporary space tracking infrastructure in Australia to actively support India’s maiden human spaceflight programme ‘Gaganyaan’.“As we expand our cooperation in space and technology, we have…
SRINAGAR/JAMMU: J&K govt and University of Kashmir have launched a comprehensive review of books, directing heads of departments and school principals to remove any material deemed “controversial” or “anti-national”.The move follows last week’s withdrawal and political row over a book for govt school libraries that described the region as “India-occupied Kashmir” and “Indian-held Kashmir”, and…
