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US President Joe Biden stated on Monday that he wants Hollywood’s striking film and television writers to quickly receive a “fair deal” in contract negotiations. “I sincerely hope the writers’ strike in Hollywood gets resolved and writers are given the fair deal they deserve as soon as possible,” he said during a film screening at […]
A female Cheetah Daksha, brought from South Africa, has died in Kuno National Park. The MP Chief Conservator of Forest JS Chauhan stated, “This is the third death so far.” With the death of a six-year-old male feline that was translocated from South Africa in February, the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh lost its […]
LinkedIn, a business professionals-focused social media network owned by Microsoft Corp., announced on Monday that it would eliminate 716 jobs due to waning demand and close its China-specific job application. Although LinkedIn, which has 20,000 employees, has seen quarterly revenue growth over the past year, it has joined other major technology companies, including its parent, […]
Heart-related ailments among young Indians recently have become a concern for health experts. The issue is being debated why there has been a surge in heart attack cases in relatively younger age groups in India. From celebrities to common youngsters, most of them fit, heart ailments are claiming young lives. Recently, an 18-year-old engineering student […]
Union Minister Satya Pal Singh Baghel stirred up controversy by saying that “tolerant Muslims can be counted on fingers”, and it too “was a tactic to lead a public life wearing a mask” as it leads to vice-president, governor, or vice-chancellor posts. “But the real face of such “so-called intellectuals” from the community gets revealed […]
Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan was arrested by paramilitary Rangers on Tuesday outside the Islamabad High Court, his party said. When Khan, the chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), appeared in court on anti-graft charges, the Rangers took him into custody, according to his PTI lawyer Faisal Chaudhry. Fawad Chaudhry, a former minister of […]
A 12-year-old was killed allegedly by her brother, a 30-year-old security guard. According to a report, the guard suspected that since his sister had been menstruating, she must have got intimate with someone. A case of murder was registered under section 302 of Indian Penal Code. The girl, according to the report, lived with her […]
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi arrived today in Mount Abu, in Rajasthan’s Sirohi district, to participate in the Sarvodaya Sangam training camp. In Mount Abu, the former president of the Congress will train and interact with the party workers. A day before Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Rajasthan, Rahul Gandhi will be in […]
AAP leader Raghav Chadha and actor Parineeti Chopra are all set to get engaged, putting an end to rumours about their relationship. According to sources, the pair will exchange rings on May 13 in Delhi. The invitation list for the ceremony includes about 150 close friends and family members, the sources said. Many people from […]
A court in Delhi on Tuesday framed charges of murder and disappearance of evidence against Aaftab Amin Poonawala, who is accused of strangling his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar to death and chopping her body into pieces. The accused is charged with offences under IPC sections 201 (causing the disappearance of evidence of an offence) and […]
Rocked by recent allegations of accounting wrongdoings, operating shell companies in tax havens, inflating share values by giving a misleading picture of revenues, and round-tripping funds, the Adani Group was linked to case studies of corporate misgovernance. While the group vehemently contested the Hindenburg report, which detailed the charges, it emphasised commitment to openness and […]
A relative and an official of an expedition company said on Tuesday that the family of injured Indian mountaineer Anurag Maloo is preparing to fly him from Nepal to New Delhi for additional treatment as the infection is spreading throughout his body. Anurag, a 34-year-old resident of Kishangarh, Rajasthan, went missing in mid-April after he […]
After a tumultuous campaign, Karnataka voters are about to engage in a massive battle of the ballots on Wednesday as the state elects its representatives to the 224-member Legislative Assembly. The BJP, the Congress, and the JD(S), three major political parties in contention, as well as their candidates, have made a strong pitch in an […]
The centre has informed the Supreme Court that the chief of the Enforcement Directorate, Sanjay Mishra, will step down from his post in November. This announcement was made on Monday and comes as the international watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is carrying out an exercise to verify whether India has the necessary mechanisms in […]
The Election Commission issued a notice to the Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday requiring it to give “verifiable and traceable” data about their newspaper advertisement describing the Congress as “the most corrupt party in the world” by Tuesday evening. The Congress had approached the poll panel against the advertisement issued by the BJP’s Karnataka […]
In an interesting development, the Board of Management at CEPT has appointed eminent urban planner Barjor Mehta as the new president with effect from January 20, 2024. Barjor Mehta replaces Bimal Patel. Patel is heading the new Parliament and Central Vista project in New Delhi and will continue for the interim period. Mehta’s tenure will […]
The National Highspeed Rail Corporation Ltd (NHRCL) has announced that land acquisition for the Ahmedabad-Mumbai Bullet Train project is almost complete, with only 1.09% of land acquisition pending in Gujarat. According to NHRCL data, the land acquisition process for the project has been ongoing for five years, with 99.75% of land acquisition completed in Maharashtra […]
The Geological Survey of India (GSI) has made another significant discovery of lithium reserves in Rajasthan’s Degana (Nagaur), marking another milestone in India’s journey towards achieving net zero emissions. This discovery comes just three months after the GSI found 5.9 million tonnes of lithium reserves in Jammu and Kashmir. While the actual capacity of the […]
The top court on Monday agreed to examine the plea of a 72-year-old woman, on whom a male co-passenger urinated on board an Air India flight in November last year, seeking a direction to the Centre, aviation regulator DGCA and airlines to frame an SOP to deal with such incidents. A bench comprising Chief Justice […]
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a first information report (FIR) in the illegal immigration racket allegedly masterminded by a purported agent, Bobby Patel alias Bharat. Bobby is already in jail following his arrest by the Gujarat Police. Bobby is suspected to have conducted hawala transactions worth over Rs 1,000 crore. The police sources said […]
