NEW DELHI, May 25: India has become the fourth largest economy in the world, overtaking Japan, NITI Aayog CEO BVR Subrahmanyam has said.
Subrahmanyam said the overall geopolitical and economic environment is favourable to India. “We are the fourth largest economy as I speak. We are a USD 4 trillion economy as I speak,” he said.
Citing IMF data, Subrahmanyam said India today is larger than Japan. Till 2024, India was the fifth-largest economy in the world.
“It is only the US, China and Germany w...
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Ladakhi Mountaineer Scales Kangchenjunga Under ‘Har Shikhar Tiranga’
Leh, Ladakh —
Bringing immense pride to Ladakh union territory ,Nb Subedar Tsewang Chosgail has successfully summited Mt. Kangchenjunga (8,586 m), the highest mountain of India and world’s 3rd highest mountain, as a member of team of the National Institute of Mountaineering and Adventure Sports (NIMAS). The expedition was led by renowned mountaineer Col Ranveer Singh Jamwal.
Chosgail, A seasoned mountaineer with over 15 years of high-altitude climbing experience and 35 mountaineering exped...
Ladakh U20 Impresses at Nationals, Seeks More Support
Leh, May 22, 2025: The Ladakh U20 Football Team has returned after a commendable performance at the Swami Vivekananda U20 Men’s National Football Championship 2025 held in Chhattisgarh.
The team met with Secretary, Department of Youth Services and Sports, UT Ladakh, Vikram Singh Malik and briefed him on their tournament journey, experiences, and key achievements.
The players also highlighted the areas where additional infrastructural and logistical support is needed to further improve ...
Montessori Cambridge School Excels in CBSE Class X Results
Montessori Cambridge School, Pathankot, has once again raised the bar of academic excellence with the phenomenal performance of its Class X students in the CBSE Board Examinations for the session 2024–25. The results are a testament to the school’s unwavering dedication to high-quality education, the persistent efforts of its students, and the steadfast support of its devoted faculty.
A remarkable 60 students secured over 90%, with 30 surpassing the 95% mark—an impressive achievement that...
ECI begins training programme for BLO Supervisors from Jharkhand
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India Shri Gyanesh Kumar inaugurated a two-day capacity-building programme for frontline election functionaries from Jharkhand at the India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management (IIIDEM), New Delhi today.
The participants, numbering 402, include DEOs, EROs, BLOs and BLO Supervisors. Over the past three months, ECI has trained over 3000 such participants from across the country at IIIDEM.
In his inaugural address, CEC Gyanesh Kumar...
Indian Woman Reportedly Crosses LoC into Pakistan, Raising Security Concerns
Kargil, May 17, 2025 – According to media reports, a 43-year-old woman from Nagpur, Maharashtra, identified as Sunita, has allegedly crossed the Line of Control (LoC) and entered Pakistan, leaving security agencies stunned. Sources indicate that Sunita entered Pakistan from the last border village of Hunderman in Kargil on Wednesday, triggering serious concerns among sensitive agencies and border security authorities.
Sunita, a former nurse at a hospital in Nagpur’s northern region, reportedl...
20-year-old legacy issue of similar EPIC numbers resolved
In its effort to sanitize the electoral rolls and keep them updated, ECI has resolved a nearly 20-year-old legacy issue of similar EPIC numbers which got erroneously issued to genuine electors just because similar series were used by different EROs in such cases since 2005.
To resolve this long pending problem, the entire electoral database of over 99-crore electors was searched by CEOs of all the 36 States/UTs and EROs of all the 4123 Assembly constituencies across India in all the 10.50...
ECI Highlights Accuracy in Electoral Rolls with Just 90 appeals for change
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has successfully completed the Special Summary Revision (SSR) of Electoral Rolls across the country, with the final rolls published on January 6th and 7th, 2025. This comprehensive exercise covered nearly 10.5 lakh polling booths spread across 4,123 Assembly Constituencies. It saw the active participation of over 13.87 lakh Booth Level Agents (BLAs) appointed by political parties, reflecting a high level of stakeholder engagement.
The SSR also incorporat...
MeT predicts moderate to heavy rainfall in J&K from April 18
Srinagar, April 15 (KINS): The Meteorological Centre Srinagar on Tuesday issued a weather alert forecasting moderate to heavy rainfall across Jammu and Kashmir from April 18 to 20, following a brief period of dry weather.
According to the department, weather conditions will remain “generally dry” from April 15 to 17. However, a significant shift is expected from the evening of April 18, with light to moderate rain and snowfall likely over higher reaches, accompanied by thunder and gusty w...
Registrations begin for Shri Amarnath Yatra 2025
Srinagar, April 15 (KINS): Registrations for the annual 52-day-long Shri Amarnath Yatra officially commenced, marking the beginning of preparations for one of the most significant spiritual pilgrimages in India. Devotees can register online through the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board’s official website jksasb.nic.in or offline at over 540 designated bank branches and facilitation centers across the country, including Panchayat Bhawan, Vaishnavi Dham, and Mahajan Hall.
Registration is mandato...