BHUBANESWAR:  Odisha government today launched a mobile science laboratory scheme for five backward blocks of southern Odisha to take applied science at the doorsteps of the students. “This initiative has been started by the state government in collaboration with TCS foundation and Tata Trusts,” Chief Secretary A P Padhi flagging ...

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath has blocked a statewide pension programme with more than five million beneficiaries pending an inquiry but ordered hikes in the payout under other schemes. At a midnight meeting with senior officials, the CM ordered the Samajwadi Pension Yojana — the ambitious pension scheme ...

For decades, political scientists, foreign policy experts have argued on growing India’s “softer approach” in diplomacy on the international arena, giving it credit for India’s rising economy, its military might and evolution in demography. With New Delhi’s increasing reliance on the “soft power” particularly the nation’s vivid culture and values, ...