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Due to a cap on the number of green cards given to people from a specific country and a low annual quota, more than a million Indians are presently stuck in a long queue for green cards, according to US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) data.The data shows that many highly skilled professionals from India, […]
Wholesale inflation in the country rose marginally to 0.53% in March compared to 0.20% in the preceding month due to increase in prices of vegetables, potato, onion and crude oil. The Wholesale Price Index (WPI)-based inflation was in the negative zone from April to October and had turned positive in November at 0.26%. The inflation […]
Minutes after the Supreme Court refused an early hearing of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s plea challenging his arrest, the Delhi Rouse Avenue court on Monday sent him to judicial custody till April 23. Kejriwal had moved the top court on April 10 challenging a Delhi High Court judgment that dismissed his plea on April […]
In a gesture of benevolence on Eid in Bengal’s Raiganj, a TMC functionary retired teacher Rafique Alam took many by surprise by donating money to the joint candidate of the Congress and Left Front, Imran Ali Ramz aka Victor. Giving a donation to the candidate of a rival party is beyond any political custom, particularly […]
Several high court and supreme court judges have written a letter addressed to the Chief Justice of India (CJI) flagging the ‘escalating attempts by certain factions to undermine the judiciary through calculated pressure, misinformation, and public disparagement.’“It has come to our notice that these elements, motivated by narrow political interests and personal gains, are striving […]
Under pressure in China where local players have outsmarted him, facing tech disruptions in the industry, and a general demand slowdown in its key markets, for Tesla’s Elon Musk, the India story is as important as the EV story is for India.New Delhi hopes the entry of the marquee EV flagbearer, just like it was […]
Away from the spite and vituperative of PM Modi that mark his election rallies, the BJP’s poll manifesto, released on Sunday, mounts the development plank as the only deliverable and Narendra Modi as the best “man who delivers”.Betting big on Modi’s credibility, while dodging the temptation to match promises made by its opponents, the ‘Sankalp […]
The Lok Sabha Elections 2024 are round the corner and in less than a week, the first phase of voting will begin. Ahead of the upcoming polls, the political leaders of different parties have been campaigning for the upcoming elections and have been releasing their lists of candidates for different constituencies alongside. In a latest […]
A live-in couple allegedly died by suicide jumping from the seventh floor of a high-rise apartment in Haryana’s Bahadurgarh, about 20 kilometres from New Delhi. The couple has been identified as Garvit Singh, 25, and Nandini Kashyap, 22. Both were content creators, running their own channel and creating short films for platforms like YouTube and […]
Firing was reported outside the house of Salman Khan’s posh Galaxy Apartments in Bandra (Mumbai) in the wee hours of Sunday. Two unidentified bike-borne men reportedly fired in the air outside the actor’s house, though nobody was injured in the incident. The incident occurred around 4:51 am when two men fired three rounds and another […]
Following the implementation of the Uniform Code for Pharmaceutical Marketing Practices (UCPMP) 2024 by the Centre, foreign drugmakers have asked the government to clarify more specifically if doctors can attend medical conferences outside India on the invitation of companies headquartered abroad. The new UCPMP, which replaced the earlier 2015 code, seeks to draw a line […]
Tesla chief Elon Musk is likely to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi shortly in India, and the billionaire entrepreneur is expected to make an announcement on investment and a factory in the country. “Looking forward to meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in India!”, he said in a post on X after Reuters first reported […]
The State Bank of India (SBI) refused to disclose the details of the electoral bonds furnished to the Election Commission (EC) to an RTI applicant, claiming it was personal information held in a fiduciary capacity, even though the records are in the public domain on the poll panel’s website. Holding that the electoral bonds scheme […]
On one hand, we celebrate 25 more Indians making it to the Forbes list of world billionaires, taking the number from 169 to 200 in 2024, while on the other hand, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, a well-known industrialist, long before he turned to politics, has declared ‘social service’ as his occupation with relatively modest assets to go […]
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Praful Patel claimed that party founder Sharad Pawar could have been the prime minister of India in 1996 but he missed a chance due to his own folly. Patel cited Sharad Pawar’s “last-minute hesitancy” that cost him his chance to become the prime minister of the country. “I have been […]
Maharashtra Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) announced its seat-sharing formula for the state’s 48 Lok Sabha seats, with the Congress ceding the pole position to the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT).While the Shiv Sena (UBT) gets the major chunk of 21 seats, the Congress will contest 17 and 10 seats go to the Sharad Pawar-led […]
The Supreme Court set aside a ₹2,800 crore arbitral award in favour of the Anil Ambani firm, Delhi Airport Metro Express Pvt Ltd (DAMEPL) against the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) in a dispute over Delhi Airport Express Line. A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud with Justices BR Gavai and Surya Kant […]
Arvind Kejriwal will have to stay in jail as Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to give him any relief in his March 21 arrest in the alleged liquor policy scam. The Delhi CM’s Aam Aadmi Party responded swiftly, confirming, within the hour, that it will appeal to the Supreme Court.The court noted the Enforcement […]
Faced with a brewing rebellion over ticket distribution in Karnataka, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has a stern message for the state’s BJP cadre — rally behind Prime Minister Narendra Modi or face consequences. According to party sources, with dissent brewing in seats such as Chitradurga, Davanagere, Tumkur, and Chikkaballapur, Shah, who travelled to Bengaluru […]
The Supreme Court on Monday quashed the Madras High Court’s decision to cancel bail granted to a YouTuber, ‘Sattai’ Durai Murugan, who was accused of making derogatory remarks against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin. “If before elections, we start putting behind bars everyone who makes allegations on YouTube, imagine how many will be jailed,” […]
