India must prepare its workforce to meet global needs in emerging sectors influenced by artificial intelligence and automation and orthodox fields such as healthcare, and authorities should work with industry to anticipate future requirements, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said on Tuesday. Jaishankar made the remarks at the launch of the Human Resource Mobility Forum,...
Enumeration forms of over 7,600 voters were digitised on day one of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Delhi on Tuesday, with Chief Minister Rekha Gupta also filing her form and urging people to participate in the exercise to strengthen democracy. The month-long door-to-door verification drive began with over 13,000 booth-level officers...
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a district-level nowcast warning for Delhi, predicting light rain, thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds across several parts of the city. According to the IMD, very light rain or drizzle accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning is very likely over parts of South East Delhi, East Delhi, Central Delhi, South...
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday unveiled the Delegation of Financial Powers to DRDO (DFP-2026), a major reform aimed at enhancing efficiency, accountability and the timely execution of strategic research and development (R&D) projects. The revised financial framework is expected to facilitate faster production and induction of systems, platforms and technologies developed through the Defence...
The Delhi government approved the new EV policy on Monday (June 29, 2026) with a ₹15,000-crore budget. Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said that the new policy is likely to come into effect on July 1 and will remain effective till March 31, 2030. The ₹15000-crore budget will be invested over the next four years to promote...
Delhi’s electricity demand touched an all-time high of 8,748 MW on Monday afternoon as the national capital reeled intense summer heat, surpassing the record of 8,656 MW on June 19, 2024, officials said. Delhi power minister Ashish Sood said the record demand was met without any breakdowns or major infrastructure failures, attributing it to the...
Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said that 2014 marked thebeginning of a new era of welfare governance in India, asserting that under PrimeMinister Narendra Modi’s transparent administration. Speaking at the launch of the pilot implementation of the PM Family Care Tracker (PMFCT) and Health Passport in Gandhinagar, Shah said the year...
India has rejected Pakistan’s accusations about the involvement of an “Indian proxy” in the terrorist attack in Karachi. Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, a terrorist group often linked to Afghanistan-based Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), claimed responsibility for the attack on the provincial headquarters of the paramilitary Pakistan Rangers in Karachi last week, in which three Pakistani security personnel and three...
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a video message on Saturday, said that the government is going to formulate a law to regulate all the coaching centres in the Capital to avoid any untoward incidents. She also warned that coaching centres running in the Capital without complying with security and fire safety norms will be...
Delhi on Sunday recorded its warmest morning in two years with the minimum temperature settling at 31.1 degrees Celsius while the maximum climbed to 41.8 degrees Celsius. During the day, the national capital’s “feel like” temperature hit 51.3 degree Celsius, the highest this year. According to PTI, Delhi’s Safdarjung station recorded minimum temperature of 31.1...