The Modi government Wednesday constituted various Cabinet Committees, including the country’s highest decision making bodies on security, economic and political affairs.

Poverty in India is estimated to have declined to 8.5 per cent in 2022-24 from 21.2 per cent in 2011-12, despite the challenges posed by the pandemic, according to a research paper by the economic think tank NCAER.

Nearly 33,000 deaths in 10 cities in India every year can be attributed to air pollution levels that are below India's national clean air threshold. The report has been published in Lancet Planetary Health.

 Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Soren resigned from his post, following which JMM leader Hemant Soren called on Governor CP Radhakrishnan and staked claim to form the government.

The state government has decided to add 400 ebuses to the fleet of ‘Mo Bus’ under PM e-Bus Sewa, Housing and Urban Development Minister Krushna Chandra Mahapatra said .

Justice Bidyut Ranjan Sarangi was appointed as the Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court, the Law ministry said. Justice Sarangi is at present a judge of the Orissa High Court.

Two unaligned and key regional parties charted separate political paths in Parliament’s first session in the Modi government’s third term as the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) joined the Opposition in targeting the treasury benches, while the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) kept away from such protests and remained sympathetic to Centre.

Forest department will plant mangroves in a coastal village of Ganjam district to mitigate cyclone impacts and curb soil erosion, officials said Wednesday.

Social media platform Koo, which had pitched itself as a rival and viable alternate to X, is shutting down.

A total of 10 bridges have collapsed in the last 15 days in Bihar.

Holding that the right to a speedy trial cannot depend on the severity of the alleged crime, the Supreme Court Wednesday rebuked the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for its delay in prosecuting a counterfeit currency case that resulted in the accused being lodged in jail for four years without trial.

Lord Jagannath’s blessing and an indomitable passion to do something different with 21 types of seeds have catapulted a Steel City girl into the India Book of Records (IBR).

Andhra Pradesh Mines, Geology and Excise Minister K Ravindra Wednesday said the government will supply sand free to everybody in the state by adopting a free sand policy in three months' time to prop up construction works.

A sovereign rating upgrade for India in the next 24 months is possible if the central government is able to prudently manage its finances and bring down fiscal deficit to 4 per cent of GDP, an S&P Global Ratings official said Wednesday.

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday acquitted a person who was arrested on the charge of criticising a state minister on social media.