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By the end of June, the Center is anticipated to release an RFP for the recently discovered lithium reserves in Jammu, said an official. The action may grant India access to the strategic mineral, which is used, among other things, in electric vehicles (EVs) and mobile devices. The report stated that the discoveries are divided […]
RSCPL (IFSC) Private Limited, a 100% subsidiary of RBB Ship Chartering Pte Ltd, Singapore, has been granted a provisional licence to operate from Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City), India’s first IFSC, in a significant step towards expanding ship leasing services in the country, said an official release on Wednesday. RSCPL obtained its maiden provisional […]
Zomato, an online platform for food delivery, announced on Wednesday that it would provide fresh, inexpensive meals made by actual home chefs. Only a few sections of Gurugram presently offer Zomato Daily, which offers fresh meals for as cheap as Rs 89. Zomato had stated in its Q3 FY23 results that it was striving to […]
Supreme Court refuses to stay Election Commission’s order recognising the Eknath Shinde faction as the real Shiv Sena. The top court says, “We cannot stay an order at this stage”. The top court clarifies that the Uddhav Thackeray camp can pursue other remedies of law if any action is taken which is not based on […]
A group of girl students from Karnataka approached the top court for an urgent hearing on their petitions, seeking permission to sit for exams while wearing hijab. On March 9 Pre-university exams in Karnataka are expected to begin. The Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud assured the student petitioners that he would look into […]
Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) officials declared on Wednesday that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)’s candidate, Shelly Oberoi, defeated Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s candidate Rekha Gupta by a margin of 34 votes to win the office of mayor of Delhi. Of the 266 votes cast, Oberoi received 150 votes, while Gupta received 116. The Civic […]
The Gujarat High Court ordered Oreva Group Managing Director Jaysukh Patel to pay a compensation amount of Rs 10 lakh to the families of each of the 135 victims, who died in the Morbi suspension bridge collapse case on October 30. The court had initiated suo motu proceedings in the bridge collapse case in which […]
After the Income-Tax (IT) department’s three-day last week survey operations on the United Kingdom-based media corporation’s New Delhi and Mumbai offices, the British government has vehemently defended the BBC and its editorial freedom in Parliament. In response to an urgent question from the House of Commons on Tuesday, a junior minister from the Foreign, Commonwealth […]
The most recent and prevalent offence in the state is DJ music being played loudly through enormous speakers. Particularly, during the current wedding season, the rowdy decibel levels have compelled residents to call the police for assistance and flooded the control room with complaints of blaring music. In the 18 months, since January 2021, 10,277 […]
Tuesday’s defeat in the women’s doubles first round of the Dubai Open, marked the end of Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza’s illustrious tennis career. Sania Mirza and Madison Keys were defeated 6-4, 6-0 by Liudmila Samsonova and Veronika Kudermetova of Russia. Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna competed in the mixed doubles tournament at the Australian […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the aviation industry for bringing people together and advancing national growth, with additional airports and improved connectivity. The domestic flight traffic reached a new post-COVID high of about 4.45 lakh on February 19, according to a tweet from Jyotiraditya Scindia, the Minister of civil aviation, which the Prime minister retweeted. […]
Gambling on engagement day turned out to be more than this prospective match had asked for. Based on a tip-off by irate residents, Ellisbridge police raided apartments 402 and 602 in Lakshminiwas Flats, on Tuesday. In what is being billed as the biggest gambling haul from a residential area, the to-be-betrothed man and 88 guests […]
A salesman in Rochester, New York, Brett Schickler never imagined he could be a published author, though he did dream about it. But after learning about the ChatGPT artificial intelligence program, Schickler figured an opportunity had landed in his lap. “It finally seemed possible,” shared Schickler. Using the AI software, which can generate blocks of […]
Wipro’s move to cut salary offers to freshers awaiting onboarding by almost 50 per cent under one programme has been termed “unjust” and “unacceptable” by employees’ union NITES, which demanded that the IT company should reconsider its decision. NITES (Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate) said it strongly condemns Wipro’s “unethical” move to reduce the salaries […]
The extent to which parental aspirations can drive Indian children to achieving professional targets, is well known of. However, this 24-year-old woman’s wish had more to do with fulfilling her father’s last wish of seeing her become a police officer. Despite a promising road opening up in the legal sphere, she sent back home, fake […]
In his affidavit to the Gujarat High Court, the Kheda superintendent of police Rajeshkumar Gadhiya has justified the actions of police officials who publicly flogged Muslim men in Undhela village in October 2022. “…it is only with a view to maintain peace and harmony that the suspects were cornered,” stated the SP’s affidavit. The flogging […]
Residents objected when the civic body recently gave them notice that an 80-foot road between the village of Naranpura and the Naranpura railway crossing will be widened to 100 feet. They discovered that there is no standard policy for the same and that the road line was extended under the revised-development plan (re-DP) without any […]
Air India Newark (US)-Delhi flight (AI106), with around 300 passengers, experienced a technical problem and had to make an emergency landing in Stockholm, Sweden. Every passenger is secure. As the plane made an emergency landing, there were numerous fire engines stationed at the airport. A senior Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) official said an […]
Seattle becomes the first United States city to forbid caste discrimination after its local council passed a resolution, moved by an Indian-American politician and economist, to add caste to its non-discrimination policy. The resolution passed by Kshama Sawant was approved by the Seattle City Council by six to one vote. The results of the vote […]
The Gujarat HC asked the Oreva Group to increase its ex-gratia amount after the company proposed, Tuesday, that it would pay Rs 3.5 lakh as ad hoc compensation for each of the 135 people who died when the British-era structure collapsed on October 30, 2022. It offered to pay Rs 1 lakh to each of […]
