The government proposes to launch the world’s longest luxury river cruise—from Varanasi to Dibrugarh via Bangladesh— next year in what it hopes will give a push to inland waterways development in India. The 50-day cruise will set sail from Varanasi on 10 January and cover 4,000...

An amount of USD 4.2 billion has been saved by India in fuel costs through solar power generation in the first half of 2022, and 19.4 million tonnes of coal which would have further stressed an already strained domestic supply, news agency PTI quoted a report released on Thursday. The...

Strong tremors lasting several seconds were felt in Delhi, Noida, Gurugram and neighbouring areas after a strong earthquake struck in Nepal. The magnitude of the earthquake was 6.3 and it occurred at 1.57 am, according to National Centre for Seismology. The depth of the earthquake was...

With Elon Musk taking charge of Twitter, there is much going on at the micro-blogging platform. From sacking employees to introducing verification fees, the company has seen many changes in the past few weeks. Amidst all this, Naina Redhu - India's first Twitter user recalls how the...

As the air quality in the city improved, the environment minister also announced lifting of restrictions on construction works related to highways, roads, flyovers etc. The Air Quality Index (AQI) in Delhi remained in the 'very poor' quality on Monday morning, better than the 'severe'...