Burhanpur (Madhya Pradesh), Aug 10 (IANS) Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ongoing women empowerment initiative, rural women in Burhanpur district are scripting a new chapter of self-reliance. With the assistance from Ministry of Rural Development, a specialised beauty parlour training programme is being conducted for hundreds of housewives and young girls across the district at the RSETI (Rural Self Employment Training Institutes).The three-month training course has been designed specific…

Bengaluru, Aug 10 (IANS) Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar said on Sunday that the state’s contribution to Bengaluru’s Namma Metro was 80 per cent while that of the Centre was only 20 per cent. Speaking to reporters at his Sadashivanagar residence, he said, “I will appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to provide at least Rs 1 lakh crore for Bengaluru. The Centre was supposed to bear 50 per cent of the land acquisition cost for the Metro project but it hasn’t given. However, we co…

New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) Military diplomacy often draws strength from personal bonds forged in training halls and classrooms, with these shared experiences creating a reservoir of trust and mutual understanding that endures beyond political shifts. The visit of Australian Army chief, Lt General Simon Stuart, to India from August 10–14 is a case in point.Lt Gen Stuart and his Indian Army counterpart, General Upendra Dwivedi, trained together at the United States Army War College in 2015. Over t…

Chennai, Aug 10 (IANS) ISRO Chairman and Department of Space Secretary V. Narayanan announced on Sunday that marking a remarkable turnaround in India’s space journey, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch a 6,500-kg communication satellite built by the US within the next couple of months. Speaking at the 21st convocation of SRM Institute of Science and Technology in Kattankulathur near Chennai, Narayanan reflected on the humble beginnings of the Indian space programme, which …

New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) In a blistering attack on global trade hostility, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh made a veiled attack on the US President Donald Trump and his tariff tactics, accusing of making “deliberate attempts” to derail India’s economic rise by targeting Indian-made products through “manipulative hostile trade practices”. “There are people who feel threatened by India’s rapid economic growth,” Rajnath Singh said. “They see themselves as global overlords. Many are w…

Bengaluru, Aug 10 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that the Centre and the states will work together to make India a developed country. He said, “We are here for the betterment of the people of this country. We will take joint steps together, march together, and make India a developed nation.”Addressing a gathering at the IIIT Auditorium in Electronics City, Bengaluru, after laying the foundation stone for the Metro Phase 3 project, Prime Minister Modi underlined the importance…

Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh), Aug 10 (IANS) With Independence Day approaching, women from rural self-help groups (SHGs) in Jaunpur are making a significant contribution to the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign. Under the centrally sponsored National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM), 68 SHGs have taken up the task of making national flags, ahead of the government’s massive nationwide flag-hoisting initiative scheduled for August 13, 14, and 15.A target of preparing seven lakh (700,000) flags has been …

Shimla, Aug 10 (IANS) Three minor students of one of the oldest premier boys boarding schools for boys in Asia, the Bishop Cotton School in Shimla, founded in 1859, have gone missing under mysterious circumstances while on a weekly day out in the Himachal Pradesh capital, police said on Sunday. One of the students, who belongs to Mohali, is related to a minister in Punjab, while another is from a prominent business family of Karnal in Haryana, and the third one is from the state’s Kullu.The th…

New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) US President Donald Trump’s recent call for American tech giants to stop hiring foreign workers presents India with a rare opening to leap from the world’s outsourced back office to the commanding heights of global technology leadership.India’s government is already moving decisively. The IndiaAI Mission, launched in 2024, focuses specifically on homegrown solutions in agriculture, healthcare, and language models – sectors crucial to India’s unique context and mass…

Mumbai, Aug 10 (IANS) India is now the largest supplier of smartphones to the United States, Union Railways & IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Sunday.At the inauguration of Metro projects in Bengaluru, the minister said India’s electronics production has grown sixfold in the last 11 years, reaching a value of Rs 12 lakh crore. Electronic exports have increased eightfold to Rs 3 lakh crore during the same period, he added.“India has become the second-largest manufacturer of mobile pho…