Now, a technique to extract gold from e-waste

Scientists from University of Saskatchewan in Canada have discovered a novel technique to extract gold from e-waste.

India producing 100 million phones

Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad announced that India's mobile phone production has increased to 100 million mobile sets per year in 2015 from 68 million in 2014.

Shops, banks, restaurants will soon function 24x7

The Central government has drafted a new Model Shops and Establishments (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Services) law which will enable shops, restaurants, cinemas, etc. to remain open 24x7.

3 get death, 3 life-imprisonment in Kamduni gang-rape case

Three people were given death sentence and 3 life-imprisonment by a Kolkata court for gang-raping and killing a woman in 2013 at Kamduni village in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district.

India pays homage to Gandhi on Martyrs' Day

India paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi on his 68th death anniversary to mark Martyrs' Day, an event attended by the President, Prime Minister, Defence Minister and three Service Chiefs.

Charges against army officers to be verified by CBI

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has come on board to verify a complaint by the Defence Ministry which sought a probe into accusations that 2 Major-Generals had assets superfluous to their existing sources of income.