A part of kerosene subsidy savings in India could be invested in helping the vulnerable section of society access clean lighting through off-grid solar lighting technologies, a new study has suggested.

Driven by the government's "Make in India" initiative, the mobile handset manufacturing eco-system in India has helped the country save a whopping Rs 3 lakh crore by replacing imports of completely-built units (CBU) with locally manufactured and assembled handsets during the past four years, said a new report on Wednesday.

The Congress on Tuesday cited a report of Parliament's Estimates Committee headed by BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi to attack the Modi government by claimed that it revealed "defence expenditure at 1.6 per cent of the GDP in 2017-18 was the lowest since 1962, when India-China war was fought".

Hathi Gaon (the village of elephants), near Jaipur, has 102 of them. It is from here the giant animal is sent to various tourist places for joy rides. One of these resident-elephants, Elephant Number 44, if you care, has been badly sick with serious infections in the foot. And it continues to carry tourists for joy rides.

Australia's long-term economic strategy for India is one of the three pillars on which the bilateral relationship should rest, the other two being geopolitical congruence and people to people contacts, former Australian High Commissioner to India Peter Varghese said on Monday.

Leasing activity in the logistics and warehousing sector across seven major cities in India rose by 45 per cent during January-June 2018, on a year-on-year basis to around 10 million square feet, a CBRE report said on Monday.

Share of imports in non-coking coal consumption is expected to fall to 13.4 per cent in the financial year (FY) 2023 from 19.6 per cent in 2017-18, said a report released on Monday.

Microsoft is developing the next version of its smart glasses, called Glabella, that can work as a cuff-less, wearable and unobtrusive blood pressure measuring device, according to a new report.

China's Defence Ministry said it has lodged a formal protest with Washington over a Pentagon report that claimed the Chinese military was training to carry out strikes against the US.

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 17 (IANS/Mongabay) Kerala has been facing unusually high rainfall since early August, which has led to statewide floods taking several lives and causing severe damage. According to the government, there hasnt been a flood of this scale in last 90 years. The death toll as of August 16, stands at 114.