NEW DELHI: India and UAE are working on an agreement that will help in evacuation of lakhs of Indian workers through the port of Fujairah, and it is likely to be signed during the stopover added to PM Modi’s itinerary, signalling another crucial link to the already strong bilateral ties.The PM is due to leave…

NEW DELHI: Between NFHS-5 (2019-21) and NFHS-6 (2023-24), the share of Indian women who have ever used the internet almost doubled from 33.3% to 64.3%, preschool attendance among children aged two to four years rose from 40.1% to 47% and proportion of women with 10 or more years of schooling climbed from 41% to 46.4%.The…

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval NEW DELHI: NSA Ajit Doval chaired the 5th Meeting of Bimstec national security chiefs as the grouping that bridges South Asia and Southeast Asia discussed “practical and result-oriented” solutions to combat terrorism and organised crime, ensure security in the cyber, maritime and energy domains, enhance connectivity and tackle new and…

Amid the recurring debate over whether northern states could gain at the expense of the South in any future Lok Sabha expansion, the historical record tells a more complicated story. Between 1951 and 1977, when parliamentary seats were periodically reallocated after Census exercises, both the Hindi belt and the southern states saw their share of…