India continues to maintain its streak of world-beating economic growth after GDP for the March quarter beat all expectations with a 6.1 per cent expansion that helped push the annual growth rate to 7.2 per cent. After this, the Indian economy is now USD 3.3 trillion in size. Asia’s third-largest economy beat all estimates to grow at 6.1 per cent in January-March, the last quarter of the 2022-23 fiscal, up from...

-SentinelAssam.com This step will be very helpful for weavers of the state who were adversely affected by counterfeit products in the market. GUWAHATI: A long-awaited demand of the people of Assam has been fulfilled as the traditional Gamocha finally gets a GI tag.  Gamocha is an essential part of the Assamese lifestyle and identity. But in recent times, it was noticed that machine-made products from different parts of the country were flooding the...

-The Telegraph The farmer groups and activists campaigning against GM crops also said government scientists had violated the Centre’s undertaking to the court by planting GM mustard in Bharatpur, Kanpur, Jhansi, Ludhiana, Sriganganagar, and Varanasi earlier this month New Delhi: Sections of farmers, activists, and scientists on Monday accused the Centre of misleading the Supreme Court by claiming that genetically-modified mustard is not herbicide-tolerant and that it will help reduce the country’s...

-ThePrint.in A common sentiment that is prevalent in smaller towns at large is, "80 per cent of this is coming from women." Hapur/ Mathura: As she waited for the judge to call her case file, Rinki stared at two advocates in the Mathura courtroom in disbelief and disdain as they argued over the sordid details of another woman’s married life. This wasn’t the first time she had come to the court for...

-PTI/NDTV.com The schools will be "technologically driven" and will be developed into Green schools, incorporating environment-friendly tools like solar panels, LED lights, nutrition gardens with natural farming, waste management. New Delhi: The 14,000 schools to be developed as PM-SHRI schools will be selected through a three-stage challenge where they will compete for support to become "exemplary" schools, according to Ministry of Education officials. The schools will be geo-tagged for the selection and monitoring,...