Melbourne Indian energy giant Adani won a key approval from the Queensland state government of Australia on Friday to protect the endangered black-throated finch bird population as part of its crucial environmental plan at the site of its proposed billion dollar mine project. The victory for the Adani Group’s long-delayedRead More

New Delhi Giant killer Smriti Irani was on Friday named Women and Child Development Minister and gets to retain textiles in signals of Prime Minister Narendra Modi rewarding her for defeating Congress president Rahul Gandhi in Amethi. Irani started off as HRD Minister in the first tenure of the NDARead More

New Delhi Marking a shift in the top four ministries, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday chose close aide Amit Shah as the Home Minister. Rajnath Singh has been given the defence and Nirmala Sitharaman the finance portfolios. Former foreign affairs secretary S Jaishankar is the new External Affairs Minister.Read More

New Delhi Narendra Modi took over as the country’s Prime Minister for a second term on Thursday after he was sworn in along with Union ministers, including BJP president Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari and former foreign secretary S Jaishankar, a surprise pick. Modi, 68, was administered the oathRead More

London A British Sikh group lobbying for Sikhism to be added as a separate ethnicity tick box in the next UK census in 2021 is considering taking legal action against the UK government over its rejection of such a categorisation. Sikh Federation UK claims to have the support of overRead More

Mumbai Three doctors who were arrested for allegedly driving their colleague to suicide earlier this month have been remanded in three-day police custody. According to the police, Additional Sessions Judge RM Sadrani today sent doctors Bhakti Mehere, Hema Ahuja and Anikita Khandelwal to police custody till May 31 shortly afterRead More

New Delhi Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa on Wednesday received the baton of Chairman of Chiefs of Staff Committee from outgoing Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba, who retires on Friday. The Chiefs of Staff Committee comprises chiefs of the Army, the Navy and the Air Force and the senior-most memberRead More

Washington The US on Tuesday removed India from its currency monitoring list of major trading partners, citing steps being taken by New Delhi which addressed some of the Trump administration’s major concerns. For the first time, the US placed India in its currency monitoring list of countries in May 2018Read More

New Delhi A day before the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, suspense prevailed over the composition of his new Cabinet, with the only certainty being that senior leader Arun Jaitley will not be its part for now. Citing poor health, former Finance Minister Jaitley said he had decidedRead More

Bhubaneswar Naveen Patnaik, who led his Biju Janata Dal to a landslide victory in the Assembly elections, took oath as the Chief Minister of Odisha for a record fifth consecutive term today. Patnaik was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor Ganeshi Lal here. Twenty newly elected BJDRead More