With a view to widen the market and foster adequate protection from healthcare expenses, insurance regulator IRDAI has removed the age limit of 65 years for individuals buying health insurance policies.

Students with four-year undergraduate degrees can now directly appear for NET and pursue PhD, according to University Grants Commission (UGC) Chairman Jagadesh Kumar.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to address a public meeting in the western Odisha town of Sonepur under Bolangir Parliamentary constituency April 25.

The state government Sunday announced summer vacation for school students from April 25 in view of the prevailing intense heatwave conditions in the state. The government has also announced morning classes from 6.30am to 10.30am in schools for three days from April 22 to April 24.

Odisha continued to reel under blistering heat with Baripada emerging the hottest place in the state, Sunday after the northern city recorded a maximum temperature of 44.6 degrees Celsius. Nuapada came a close second at 44 degrees Celsius.

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) has asked all states and UTs to investigate any violations and take appropriate action, including suspension of registration, against hospitals performing illegal organ transplants, officials said Sunday.

DMK General Secretary and Tamil Nadu Water Resources Minister S Duraimurugan has said that the DMK-led alliance would sweep the Lok Sabha elections in Tamil Nadu.

 Senior Congress leader and Lok Sabha candidate Shashi Tharoor has been booked for allegedly carrying out a false campaign against Union minister and rival candidate Rajeev Chandrasekhar, police said here Sunday.

Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray Sunday said he has received a notice from the Election Commission of India (ECI) to remove the words ‘Jai Bhavani’ and ‘Hindu’ from his party's new anthem, but he won’t abide by it.

Days after filing a fresh case, the Enforcement Directorate Sunday arrested retired Chhattisgarh IAS officer Anil Tuteja in connection with a Rs 2,000 crore alleged liquor-scam linked money laundering case in the state, officials said.

The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court has annulled the marriage of a young couple that could not consummate it due to the man's 'relative impotency', noting their agony of frustration cannot be ignored.

India’s net direct tax collections surged by a massive 17.7 per cent year-on-year to `19.58 crore in the fiscal year ended March 2024, surpassing even revised estimates by a wide margin, the tax department said Sunday

 The combined market valuation of six of the top 10 valued firms eroded by `1,40,478.38 crore in a holidayshortened week, with IT majors Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Infosys taking the maximum hit.

Locking the Olympic quota would put Vinesh Phogat at ease for a few days but the feisty Indian wrestler said Sunday that maintaining weight having dropped to the lowest class of 50kg will be a huge challenge in the build-up to the Paris Games.

After Singapore, now Hong Kong has taken action by banning the sale of popular Indian spice brands MDH Pvt. and Everest Food Products Pvt. after the alleged detection of the carcinogenic pesticide ethylene oxide in several spice mixes..