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9:54 AM

Forest cover goes up by 6.95% in Telangana between 2015 to 2021: Report

Forest cover in Telangana increased by 6.85 per cent during 2015 to 2021 period, according to the Telangana Socio Economic Outlook 2023.

 

The India State of Forest Reports has stated that the forest cover in Telangana was 19,854 sq km in 2015, which subsequently increased to 20,582 sq km in 2019 and to 21,214 sq kms in 2021, registering a remarkable increase of 6.85 per cent in forest cover from 2015 to 2021, the survey brought out by the government mentioned.

9:34 AM

BJP MP's move against Rahul Gandhi for misleading remarks against PM

BJP MP Nishikant Dubey has called for action against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in parliament, over his links with billionaire Gautam Adani, saying the statements were "misleading, derogatory and indecent", reports NDTV

9:22 AM

G20: Union ministers Kishan Reddy, Rupala to address Tourism Working Group meet in Gujarat

Union ministers G Kishan Reddy and Parshottam Rupala and Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel will on Wednesday address the Tourism Working Group (TWG) meeting organised in Rann of Kutch as part of India's G20 presidency, officials said.

 

Working sessions will be held on five priority issues, namely green tourism, digitalisation, skills, tourism MSMEs and destination management, as per an official release.

9:15 AM

CBI arrests Hyderabad-based chartered accountant in Delhi excise policy case

The CBI has arrested a Hyderabad-based chartered accountant (CA), understood to be the auditor of BRS MLC K Kavitha, in connection with the Delhi excise policy case, officials said on Wednesday.

 

The Central Bureau of Investigation had called the CA, Butchibabu Gorantla, to Delhi for questioning in connection with the excise policy case. He was arrested on Tuesday evening as he was non-cooperative and his responses were found to be evasive, they said.

9:04 AM

No restrictions today in J-K for hoisting Tricolor, says Anurag Thakur

Asserting that there is no restriction in Kashmir to hoist the national flag after the abrogation of Article 370, Union Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on Tuesday said that he was once jailed for hoisting the Tricolor in the Union Territory.

 

"I was longest serving BJP Youth Wing President, from 2010 to 2017. I took a yatra from Kolkata to Kashmir to hoist the national flag. I was put in jail to hoist the national flag in Jammu and Kashmir. Today, I see Jammu and Kashmir is a different state with no such restrictions," Thakur said while speaking at the first Y20 meeting under G20 India at IIT Guwahati.

8:56 AM

Way forward in ties with India is Modi restoring Kashmir's status: Imran Khan

Pakistan's ousted prime minister Imran Khan has said that the only way forward in relations with India is that Prime Minister Narendra Modi restores the special status of Kashmir.

 

In 2019, Indian Parliament revoked Article 370 of the Constitution which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcated the state into two Union Territories -- Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh.

8:43 AM

UNFPA scales up emergency response to reach women, girls in Turkey, Syria

UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, has said that it is working with national and local authorities to scale up emergency response to reach women and girls impacted by two powerful earthquakes that struck south-eastern Turkey near the Syrian border on Monday.

8:43 AM

Venkaiah Naidu stresses importance of women in politics, decision-making

Former Vice President on M. Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday stressed the importance of women in politics and decision-making. He said that women should have equal representation and access to political positions in local governments, parliaments, and assemblies. He also underlined the value of equal inheritance shares for financial empowerment.

8:43 AM

Adani Ports considering to repay $605 mn of loans to calm investors

Gautam Adani’s ports unit is considering to repay about 50 billion rupees ($604.6 million) of loans, as the beleaguered Indian tycoon seeks to trim debt after a short seller attack put his empire’s financial health and corporate governance under scrutiny.