Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is gearing up to launch its third Lunar exploration mission Chandrayaan-3. The mission will be launched in August 2022. India’s Minister of State for Science and Technology told this to the Indian Parliament in a written reply. He was responding to a question about the status of the mission. He…Continue Reading

Indias Oct-Jan sugar output jumps 5.64%: Indian Sugar Mills Association

The country’s sugar production is estimated to have increased by 5.64 per cent to 18.70 million tonnes during the October-January period of the ongoing marketing year 2021-22 from over the year-ago period, industry body ISMA said on Thursday. Sugar mills had manufactured 17.70 million tonnes of sugar in the corresponding period of the previous 2020-21…Continue Reading

Two Indias created, one for rich and one for poor; gap widening: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi

India’s opposition Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday attacked the government alleging that two Indias, one for the rich and one for the poor, have been created and the gap between them was widening, even as he claimed that the country was at risk both internally and externally. Speaking first from the Opposition side in…Continue Reading

India’s message to Russia will make impact, says Ukraine foreign minister

Ukrainian foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba has said Ukraine saw space for Indian role to diffuse the ongoing crisis in Eastern Europe. He said that “it will make an impact”. India has close relationship with Russia and US and both countries have kept New Delhi in loop amid the unfolding situation in Eastern Europe. At a…Continue Reading

India’s external sector resilient to taper tantrums, says Economic Survey

NEW DELHI: Strong exports, capital inflows, low current account deficit and high forex reserves makes India better prepared to face external shocks, the Economic Survey said on Monday. In recent months, scaling back of pandemic-related stimulus programme amidst persistent inflationary pressures in advanced economies, particularly the US, have reignited some fears of taper tantrum. However,…Continue Reading

India’s Green Energy Capacity Growing Fastest Among Large Economies: Economic Survey

India has witnessed the fastest rate of growth in renewable energy capacity among all large economies, the Economic Survey, tabled in the Parliament on Monday, said the Economic Survey.During the last seven and a half years, the country’s renewable energy capacity grew by 2.9 times and solar energy expanded by over 18 times, it said.As…Continue Reading

India’s Assembly Election: How RPN Singh’s move made small city in UP a battle to watch out for

Just a few days before India’s much-awaited Assembly elections in India’s northern state Uttar Pradesh (UP), a politician switched camps and caused a massive stir.  Once a star campaigner of India’s opposition party Indian National Congress in UP, Ratanjit Pratap Narain Singh recently joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) – the ruling party in the state…Continue Reading

India’s Q3 manufacturing outlook improves, cost of doing business remains cause for concern: FICCI

SynopsisThis assessment is also reflective in order books as 61 per cent of the respondents in October-December 2021-22 had a higher number of orders as against July-September 2021-22, the survey found.Getty ImagesThe outlook for India’s manufacturing sector seems to have improved in the October-December 2021 quarter even as the cost of doing business remains a…Continue Reading