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Officials from the Special Intelligence Unit of the Mundra Customs Department have seized banned tablets and four containers filled with prohibited drugs worth approximately Rs 110 crore. According to details made available on Monday, in late July, seven containers were exported to South Africa by a Rajkot-based merchant. However, three containers containing prohibited tablets worth […]
The newly formed ‘Anusandhan National Research Foundation’ – the first meeting of which was chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday (September 11) – aims “to promote research and development and foster a culture of research and innovation throughout India’s universities, colleges, research institutions and R&D laboratories” While the government envisages spending Rs 50,000 […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that the Centre has identified 17 cities across the nation to be developed as solar cities. He was inaugurating the 4th Global Re-Invest Renewable Energy Investors Meet at Mahatma Gandhi Mandir in Gandhinagar. The three-day meet is witnessing participation from across the country and abroad. Modi said that […]
AAP leader Manish Sisodia is likely to meet party supremo CM Arvind Kejriwal today to discuss the possible name of the next Delhi Chief Minister. This will be the first meeting between the two leaders following Kejriwal’s announcement on Sunday that he will resign from the chief ministerial post. The meeting will take place at […]
India’s largest renewable energy company, will sign a long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) under the Letter of Intent (LOI), for supply of 5 GW (5000 MW) solar power from the world’s largest renewable energy park being developed at Khavda in Kutch District of Gujarat, to Maharashtra state, […]
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said he would resign after two days and would demand early polls in Delhi as he vowed not to sit in CM’s chair till people give him a “certificate of honesty”. Kejriwal, who was released on bail from Tihar on Friday in the excise policy corruption case, said, […]
Kirit Somaiya of Maharashtra BJP, who has often hogged the limelight for his apparent crusade against corruption, has taken a muted stance off late following a spate of graft charges against his own party leaders and subsequent lack of backing from the party he needed to continue his crusade. A raft of Maharashtra leader like […]
While convicting 16 persons in a mass conversion case and 12 of them in prison, a local court in Uttar Pradesh referred to the atrocities suffered by Hindus during the recent political upheaval in Bangladesh and observed that this was an example of the consequences of “demographic imbalance” in the country due to fundamentalist Islam. […]
Although the Gautam Buddha Nagar DM’s comment did not name anyone, it is well understood that it refers to Rahul Gandhi, the leader of the Opposition, as over the years the Bharatiya Janata Party-led ecosystem have tried to politically infantilise him with the use of such terms. According to ‘The Wire’, Shrinate’s post had criticised […]
Even as the debate on the ambit of ‘terrorist act’ rages on, JNU former student Umar Khalid entered his fifth year in jail this week on terror charges. “A veteran of sedition, the investigation of this case has established how far accused Umar Khalid has travelled from 2016…,” the 40-page chargesheet of Delhi Police says […]
Eight persons were arrested in Ayodhya on the charge of alleged gang-rape of a 20-year-old college student, who is also a cleaning staff at the Ram Janmabhoomi temple. The victim has said in her complaint with the police that Vansh Chaudhary, a resident of Sahadatganj in Ayodhya district, had promised her that he would take […]
India wrestler Vinesh Phogat, who was disqualified from competing in the 53 kg freestyle wrestling final at the Paris 2024 Olympics due to a failed weigh-in, has accused the Indian Olympic Association President PT Usha for not providing enough support during her tragic journey at the Olympics. Phogat voiced her frustration over the perceived lack […]
West Bengal is in the news all over for the heart-wrenching RG Kar rape and murder incident. But in another shocker related to law and order, the state has one of the lowest participation of women workforce in state police. Ironically, the state’s Mamata Banerjee government last week outlined plans to establish Aparajita special task […]
With the Centre planning big to develop India’s blue economy by positioning the country as a shipbuilding hub, a new policy is likely to come up in 2026 after the Ship Building Financial Assistance Policy (SBFAP) lapses that year. The SBFAP, which lapses in 2026, is expected to be replaced by SBFAP 2.0 after 2026, […]
A man who recently returned from a country experiencing Mpox transmission has been isolated in a Delhi hospital and his samples are being tested to confirm the infection. The Centre has said that there is no cause for alarm. “The case is being managed in line with established protocols, and contact tracing is ongoing to […]
The government has ordered the immediate sacking of former trainee IAS officer Puja Khedkar, for misusing OBC and disability quota benefits in the civil service exams. As per the official order, Khedkar was discharged under Rule 12 of IAS (Probation) Rules, 1954. This rule provides for discharge on the grounds of a probationer having been […]
Highlighting an appreciable decrease in terror-related and stone-pelting incidents in the past 10 years in Jammu and Kashmir, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has asserted that Article 370 and 35-A have become “history” and will never make a comeback. He urged the people of Jammu and Kashmir not to fall prey to the “sugar coated […]
Putting to rest all the trolls panning Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan’s granddaughter Navya Naveli Nanda for her admission to IIMA, a professor of the coveted institute has clarified that she got entry on merit, after duly clearing the cut-off for the same. Soon after Navya shared the happy news with a special post on Instagram […]
The Expert Committee of the National Medical Commission (NMC) has made suggestions in the medicine curriculum for undergraduate medical students, reintroducing several controversial topics. The updated curriculum reintroduces ‘sodomy and lesbianism’ as unnatural sexual offenses and brings back discussions on the importance of the hymen and the definition of virginity. This change reverses modifications made […]
The World Bank has raised its India’s growth forecast for the current financial year to 7 per cent, from an earlier estimate to 6.6 per cent. The World Bank in the India Development Update report said that the growth was boosted by public infrastructure investment and an upswing in household investments in real estate. The […]
