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Unemployment rate dips to 5.1% in July: Govt survey

India, Aug. 18 -- Overall unemployment rate among persons aged 15 years and above declined to 5.1 per cent in July 2026 from 5.5 per cent in the previous month, according to a Government survey. Acco... Read More


Optimus Pharma gets DCGI nod for psoriasis drug

India, Aug. 18 -- Optimus Pharma, an arm of PE firm PAG-backed Sekhmet Pharmaventures, on Monday said it has received approval from the Drugs Controller General of India to manufacture and market tapi... Read More


Trump cites India's voter cards to make case for SAVE America Act

India, Aug. 18 -- India's Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar recently asked the US administration how elections in America can be held without a valid photo identification card, President Donal... Read More


Deposit return systems move beyond pilots as states test new models

India, Aug. 18 -- India's efforts to improve packaging waste recovery are moving beyond policy, with Goa, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh testing different versions of Deposit Return Syst... Read More


CM Suvendu promises one lakh jobs in West Bengal

India, Aug. 18 -- Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday offered himself to be evaluated on the anniversary of his Government's coming to power in saying he was confident of scoring score 90... Read More


BJP protests in Jammu & Kashmir

India, Aug. 18 -- Facing the political heat in its strong bastion, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders, led by their State unit Chief and senior parliamentarians and Leader of the Opposition, on ... Read More


Pinarayi Vijayan slams Kerala Guv over summons to police chief

India, Aug. 18 -- Leader of Opposition in the Keralam Assembly Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday termed it "undemocratic" for Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar to reportedly summon the State police chief ... Read More


President assents to Bill renaming Kerala as Keralam

India, Aug. 18 -- President Droupadi Murmu has given assent to a bill to rename Kerala as Keralam, with the legislation now becoming a law. The Lok Sabha passed the Kerala (Alteration of Name) Bill, 2... Read More


Protesting farmers stopped at Haryana border

India, Aug. 18 -- Punjab farmers stayed put at the Khanauri border point on Monday, a day after Haryana Police stopped them from proceeding to Delhi as part of their 228-kilometre "Kisan Bachao Padyat... Read More


PM Modi congratulates BJP's newly appointed office-bearers

India, Aug. 18 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated the newly appointed national office-bearers of the BJP, saying the team brings together organisational experience, energy and gra... Read More