A.P. plans 'perfection hubs to help local products gain global brand recognition

As part of its efforts to transform the products made in Andhra Pradesh into recognised global brands, the Andhra Pradesh government has initiated steps to develop Product Perfection Clusters (PPCs) in the Amaravati, Visakhapatnam and Tirupati economic regions and lined up a slew of enabling measures.

The Governor who forgot his job

The Governor's actions during Tamil Nadu's post-election process raise concerns about violations of established democratic norms and conventions.

Advancing India-South Korea defence innovation ties

Kind-x can help deepen bilateral defence research and development. co-production, and start-up collaboration.

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The Union Labour Ministry has announced that it will provide a free annual health check-up to workers aged 40 years or more, following an existing provision in the new Labour Codes. The programme will be implemented through the Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC).

Governor's role in govt. formation.

The Constitution allows the Governor to exercise discretion in appointing a Chief Minister in a hung Assembly, but differing interpretations and past instances have raised concerns over the impartial use of these discretionary powers.

The Supreme Court has held that the "floor of the House is the constitutionally ordained forum to test majority support, while the Justice Kurian Joseph Committee recommended codifying rules relating to the Governor's discretionary powers.

Manipur Naga bodies urge PM to rein in Kuki groups

Three Naga civil society organisations in Manipur have petitioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking his "personal and urgent intervention" to check a "sustained campaign of violence and territorial aggression" by Kuki groups against Naga villages in the hill districts of the northeastern State.

CII says private sector capex grew by 67% in September 2025

India's private sector capital expenditure grew 67% to 27.7 lakh crore in September 2025 in comparison to September 2024, according to data sourced by the industry body Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).

This comes at a time when officials in the Finance Ministry have publicly lamented that the private sector is not investing enough.

Eight MoUs inked during Jaishankar's Trinidad visit

India and Trinidad and Tobago have signed eight agreements in sectors including tourism, healthcare, infrastructure and Ayurveda during External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar's two-day visit to the Caribbean nation, according to an official statement.

Eight MoUs inked during Jaishankar's Trinidad visit

India and Trinidad and Tobago have signed eight agreements in sectors including tourism, healthcare, infrastructure and Ayurveda during External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar's two-day visit to the Caribbean nation, according to an official statement.

India-Trinidad pact to help diaspora trace ancestral roots: Jaishankar

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said here on Sunday that an archival cooperation agreement between India and Trinidad and Tobago would help members of the Indian diaspora trace their ancestral roots and reconnect with families, as he underlined New Delhi's efforts to preserve the legacy of the Girmitya community. 

Girmitya refers to Indian indentured labourers transported by the British to colonies in Fiji, South Africa, Mauritius, and the Caribbean between the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Maritime security is of primordial importance to Indian Ocean Region'

Navigating maritime security in the wake of the war in West Asia will be at the top of the agenda as India chairs the 23-nation Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA), with a leaders' summit expected next year, says the organisation's Secretary-General Sanjiv Ranjan.

Evacuation of hantavirus-hit vessel begins in Canary Islands

Occupants of a cruise ship struck by a deadly hantavirus outbreak that has sparked international alarm began flying home from Spain's Canary Islands on Sunday in a complex repatriation operation.

Study reveals how psychedelics dissolve the brain's hierarchy

While it is clear psychedelics cause intense shifts in vision and thought, scientists have struggled to pin down exactly what the brain is doing

A new multi-centric study published in Nature Medicine on April 6 has suggested the answer is not found in a single centre such as the thalamus or amygdala but that it arises from a total reorganisation of how different brain areas talk to one another

The analysis found that psychedelics essentially collapse the hierarchy in the brain and increase cross-talk, i.e. the thinking regions and the sensory regions begin exchanging information directly.