File photo: Employees Provident Fund Organisation- EPFO NEW DELHI: Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation is discussing a dedicated Rs 25,000-crore Interest Stabilisation Reserve, designed to insulate the annual interest payouts of its nearly 30 crore members from the turbulence caused by corporate bond defaults and forced-exit losses.Officials said EPFO and government want a stable regime for…
National Urban Enclave 2026 NEW DELHI: Even as the Centre moots directly elected mayors with a fixed five-year tenure and a mayor-in-council system, municipal heads from different cities at National Urban Conclave flagged that the move would serve little purpose without giving mayors adequate powers. Rajkot mayor Nehal Shukla also called for time-bound financial audits…
The Border Security Force (BSF) has apprehended four Pakistani fishermen who allegedly entered Indian waters for crab-catching activities and seized a fishing boat near the India-Pakistan border in Gujarat’s Kutch district.According to news agency PTI, the fishermen were apprehended from the Sir Creek area on Sunday following specific intelligence inputs, an official said. The fishermen…
Delhi Police have registered an FIR against opposition MPs who visited Jamia Millia Islamia University over alleged trespassing, following a complaint by the university authorities, amid ongoing student protests demanding the restoration of the students’ union.According to news agency ANI, the FIR was registered following the MPs’ visit to the campus to meet students protesting…
Women founders are building India’s social startups NEW DELHI: A survey of more than 145 organisations working in the social impact space shows that over 57% of non-profits have at least one female founder – more than three times the 18% share reported among Indian startups. Moreover, female representation in the nonprofit sector outpaces corporate…
J&K Congress distances itself from Farooq Abdullah’s Pakistan remarks; Kashmiri Pandit groups seek FIR NEW DELHI: The Jammu and Kashmir Congress has distanced itself from National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah’s remarks that Pakistan was helping Kashmiris by keeping the Kashmir issue alive at international fora.“The Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee has distanced itself…
Targeting PM Modi further, Kharge called the prime minister a “habitual liar” NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge triggered a controversy on Sunday with his remark, “Modi ka baap bhi jayega” (Modi’s father will also be defeated), at a programme in Patna.In a video shared by ANI, a person can be heard shouting, “Modi nahi…
NEW DELHI: Keralam BJP president and former Union minister Rajeev Chandrashekhar on Sunday said chief minister VD Satheesan should refrain from encouraging “Jinnah worship”, accusing him of indulging in “selective secularism.“His remarks came in response to a social media post by Satheesan after a YouTuber was booked for allegedly making communal remarks in a video….
The five-year initiative, established in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University, will support research, medical training, faculty exchanges and patient care at BJ Government Medical College.Indian American physician and philanthropist Dr. Navin C. Shah has committed $525,000 to establish an infectious disease program at his alma mater, BJ Government Medical College in Pune, Maharashtra, in collaboration…
Jaishankar said some countries continued to allow political calculations to take precedence despite lessons of history. NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Sunday said that the use of terrorism as an “instrument of statecraft” was unacceptable and could never be justified, warning that the threat persisted because some countries did not demonstrate “zero…
