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Soon, you might just be relieved from the headache of carrying multiple chargers at all times, especially when travelling – a laptop charger, a smart watch charger, a bluetooth charger, a mobile phone charger, and what-have-you. The government of India is mulling the adoption of one-charger policy – a common charger for all electronic devices […]
Amid rising number of cases for allegedly using ‘fake-and-anti-India’ content and propagating false information across the country, the central government on Thursday, August 18th, 2022 ordered blocking of at least eight YouTube channels including one from the neighbouring Pakistan. According to sources, the channels were blocked as per the guidelines specified under the newly-revised Information […]
As the trade gap elevates to a record high, the central government on Thursday, August 18th, 2022 amplified the newly-introduced windfall tax on diesel export to ₹ 7 per litre from ₹ 5 per litre earlier in its third round of revision. Along the same line and length, the government increased the tax on export […]
In a bid to dismantle the terror-attempt made by the neighbouring country Pakistan after it had dropped over a bulk of arms and ammunitions with the help of drones in India’s northern state of Jammu & Kashmir, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted raids on Thursday, August 18, 2022 at multiple locations along the border. […]
A 16-metre-long abandoned yacht named ‘My Lady Han’ carrying three AK-74 rifles and ammunition on Thursday, August 18, 2022 was found adrift off Raigad coast in Maharashtra. Meanwhile, the security officials have ruled out any terror angle linked to the weapons and were found to be legal. The incident happened near Harihareshwar beach in Raigad […]
Janmashtami or Gokulashtami is an annual Hindu festival that celebrates the birth of Krishna, the eighth avatar of Vishnu. According to the Hindu lunisolar calendar, it is observed on the eighth tithi (Ashtami) of the Krishna Paksha (dark fortnight) in Bhadrapada Masa. This overlaps with mid-August to early September of the Gregorian calendar. It is […]
In a bid to ensure a high-profit margin, a pharmaceutical company manufacturing popular DOLO tablets, containing 650 milligrams of paracetamol, distributed freebies worth ₹ 1,000 crores to medical practitioners, affirmed the Supreme Court of India. DOLO-650 is an antipyretic (fever reducing) and analgesic (pain reducing) drug that contains 650 mg of paracetamol and is prescribed […]
CBI officers have started conducting raids at Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia’s residence. The investigative agency conducting raids at 21 places across Delhi-NCR linked to a liquor policy scam were recommended by Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena. He recommended the CBI probe after the Delhi Chief Secretary filed a report in July which showed violations of various […]
A recent study conducted by the Reserve Bank of India(RBI) asserted that public sector banks (PSBs) must be privatised through a gradual approach rather than a big bang-approach for smoother functioning and to retain the socialist goals. Backing the government’s idea in privatising two of the PSBs (likely the Central Bank of India & the […]
The Civic Chandran case and particularly his bail by the Kozhikode district sessions court is amplifying day by day with one controversy or another. Many news outlets have reported the court saying that it is highly unbelievable he will touch the victim knowing she is a member of Scheduled Caste. In fact, the court made […]
Anurag Thakur, a Union minister, stated on Wednesday that the Cabinet has decided to grant a 1.5% annual interest subsidy on short-term loans for agriculture up to Rs. 3 lakh. According to Union Minister Anurag Thakur, the choice has been made to maintain enough credit flow in the agricultural sector. For the financial years, 2022-23 […]
In its recent decision, the Central government decided to license out the splendid 5-star hotel, ‘The Ashok’ – spreading across 11-acres, situated in the heart of India’s national capital through the operate-maintain-develop (OMD) mode for a time period of at least 60 years. According to the sources, the Centre will monetise its spare land of […]
Shahnawaz Hussain, a leader of the BJP, has appealed to the Supreme Court a Delhi High Court decision ordering the filing of a First Information Report (FIR) in a rape charge made against him (Syed Shahnawaz Hussain v. The State). On Thursday morning, the appeal was heard by a bench consisting of Chief Justice of […]
Aiming to enhance operational preparedness and boost India’s defence sector, Union Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday, August 16, 2022, handed over the much-awaited Made-in-India defence systems- the F-INSAS (The Future Infantry Soldier as a System), the Nipun mines and the Landing Craft Assault (LCA) to the Indian Army. Army Chief General Manoj Pande and Lieutenant […]
On Monday, August 15, the Gujarat government released 11 convicts who had been sentenced to life imprisonment in the Bilkis Bano gangrape and murder case during the 2002 Gujarat communal riots. The convicts walked out of the Godhra sub-jail after the Gujarat government approved their application for remission. Following their conviction on January 21, 2008 by a […]
The increase in COVID-19 cases and deaths in Delhi has also resulted in a nearly two-fold increase in hospitals in just a fortnight. Officials claim that people with comorbidities are admitted. The Delhi government estimates that at least 90% of those hospitalized patients did not receive booster doses. Most of the admissions occurred on Tuesday […]
At long last, the BJP reset its central parliamentary board as well as the central election committee, indicating Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intent to straighten out the creases in certain poll-bound states as well as do the balancing act in some others. The 11-member parliamentary board is the BJP’s apex-decision panel on political and organisational […]
India’s largest energy conglomerate, the National Thermal Power Corporation Private Limited (NTPC) called for a request for proposals (RFP) from banks and financial institutions to raise ₹5,000 crore through term loan by August 31, 2022. In its RFP, the company highlighted about the capital expenditure for all the undergoing projects- takeover projects, renewable energy projects, […]
As Kozhikode Sessions Court granted bail to the author and social activist Civic Chandran, the bench observed that the offence under Section 354A of the Indian Penal Code is not prima facie if the woman was wearing ‘sexually provocative clothes.’ The court also expressed disbelief that a 74-year-old could forcefully put the defacto complainant in […]
The Covid-19 pandemic has created chaos throughout the world. Two years already into it, the pandemic is still affecting people to a large extent. However, vaccines have been curated to handle the virus and they have emerged as a great tool to manage it. As we are on the topic of vaccines, it is important […]
