Search operation launched after bomb threat (ANI image) NEW DELHI: Security agencies on Thursday launched an extensive search operation in Rajasthan’s Ajmer after the district administration received a bomb threat email. The email claimed that RDX-based explosives had been planted at the Ajmer Sharif dargah, the district collectorate and the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in…
Something concrete and unarguable has emerged from the diplomatic turbulence generated by Donald Trump’s attempts to end the war in Ukraine. The war in Ukraine has become Europe’s war – in fact, it is unlikely to be America’s problem for long. The Trump administration’s 20-something-point peace plan, as shepherded by envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared…
A review into the rising demand for mental health, ADHD and autism services has been launched by the health secretary. The independent review will look at rates of diagnosis, and the support offered to people. Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the issue needs to be looked at through a “strictly clinical lens” after he claimed…
The Seamless Tube Manufacturers’ Association of India (STMAI) on Thursday urged the government to introduce a production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme covering at least 10 per cent of exports of their products, ahead of the Union Budget. STMAI President Shiv Kumar Singhal also urged stricter measures to curb illegal imports of seamless pipes, which are affecting…
The rupee pulled back from its weakest-ever level on Thursday, ending the day at 89.96 against the US dollar, a gain of 19 paise, as a softer dollar index and reports of the Reserve Bank of India’s intervention helped steady the currency. Traders said the US dollar lost ground after ADP non-farm payroll numbers came…
Emery Makumeno,BBC Africa, Kinshasaand Samba Cyuzuzo,BBC Great Lakes Reuters / BBC The presidents of DR Congo (left) and Rwanda are to sign the deal in Washington The leaders of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda are set to sign a peace deal aimed at ending the long-running conflict in the region at a summit…
A MAJOR probe has been launched into mental health diagnoses as disability benefit claims soar. Wes Streeting today ordered an inquiry into the rise of autism, ADHD and conditions such as depression, now the most common reasons for claiming handouts. Sign up for the Politics newsletter Thank you! Health Secretary Wes Streeting has launched a…
