India’s top 5% cut down on calories in 2023-24, gap with bottom 5% narrows

India’s top 5% cut down on calories in 2023-24, gap with bottom 5% narrows

The difference in daily per capita calorie intake between India’s top and bottom 5 per cent of consumers narrowed in 2023-24, with the former eating fewer calories and the latter increasing their intake. In 2023-24, the top 5 per cent of Indians urban areas, as measured by their Monthly Per Capita Consumption Expenditure (MPCE), consumed … Read more

Analysis report of chemicals awaited, other emissions within prescribed limits: MP govt to HC

Analysis report of chemicals awaited, other emissions within prescribed limits: MP govt to HC

The Madhya Pradesh government has submitted to the Jabalpur bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court that while it has finished the incineration of 337 tonnes of the Union Carbide waste, the state pollution control board is awaiting final analysis of dioxins and furans — toxic chemicals emitted as a by-products of waste burning. The state … Read more

18-yr-old woman stabbed to death in Madhya Pradesh hospital

18-yr-old woman stabbed to death in Madhya Pradesh hospital

An 18-year-old woman was killed inside the Narsinghpur District Hospital on Friday afternoon after an unidentified man stabbed her multiple times, police said. The incident occurred around 3 pm, when the woman, reportedly a nursing student, was at the hospital for her training. According to an eyewitness, a man in a black shirt approached the … Read more

Plea in Uttarakhand HC challenges 2025 amendment to Doon Valley Notification: ‘Destroys very essence’

Plea in Uttarakhand HC challenges 2025 amendment to Doon Valley Notification: ‘Destroys very essence’

A petition in the Uttarakhand High Court challenges the 2025 amendment to the Doon Valley Notification, 1989. According to the petition, the amendment undermines its objective and ignores the ecological sensitivity of the valley by allowing industries in the red category to operate. A Division Bench of Chief Justice G Narender and Justice Alok Mahra … Read more

Devendra Fadnavis at Express Adda: ‘If the Opposition fights us, we will welcome it. But where are they?’

Devendra Fadnavis at Express Adda: ‘If the Opposition fights us, we will welcome it. But where are they?’

Today, I am a more confident CM because I have already delivered. In 2014, when I started, (I was) delivering but I was not confident. Today, I know what my shortcomings were between 2014-19, so I’m a more confident person. I’d say that vote is a by-product if you are a good administrator and if … Read more

Modi calls for human-centric AI approach, cooperation on critical minerals

Modi calls for human-centric AI approach, cooperation on critical minerals

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday called for close cooperation on minerals in the age of AI, saying that no country should use them for its own interests. He also said that the intensive energy demands of AI can only be met through renewable sources. “Ensuring affordable, reliable, and sustainable energy is a top priority … Read more

India pitches for free and fair polls in Bangladesh

India pitches for free and fair polls in Bangladesh

India Thursday said it wants a positive and constructive relationship with Bangladesh and pitched for holding “inclusive, fair and free elections” in the country soon. New Delhi’s comments came amid fresh protests in Dhaka by government employees and demands by various parties to hold elections by the end of this year. There have been reports … Read more

Day after getting struck down, US court temporarily reinstates Trump tariffs

Day after getting struck down, US court temporarily reinstates Trump tariffs

An appeals court Thursday allowed US President Donald Trump’s April 2 tariffs on countries to remain in place for now, till the White House’s appeal against the US trade court ruling of Wednesday makes its way through the courts. The trade court blocked Trump’s global tariffs, saying the president had overstepped his authority and hence … Read more

Jal Jeevan scheme: MPs flag ‘irregularities’, call for probe

Jal Jeevan scheme: MPs flag ‘irregularities’, call for probe

A number of MPs on Thursday sought an investigation into the alleged irregularities in the implementation of the government’s flagship Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), The Indian Express has learnt. The demands were raised during an informal meeting, called by Jal Shakti Minister C R Patil, on the concerns raised by the MPs during a discussion … Read more

After Deuba’s warning, Oli appoints Nepali Congress nominee as Central Bank Governor

After Deuba’s warning, Oli appoints Nepali Congress nominee as Central Bank Governor

After delaying it for over a month, Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli finally appointed Bishwa Poudel, a nominee of the Nepali Congress which is the largest coalition partner in the government, as the Nepal Central Bank Governor. The appointment was announced on Tuesday 24 hours after Nepali Congress chairman and former PM Sher Bahadur Deuba … Read more