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Every year, Google comes out with its ‘Year in Search’ list, reflecting the top queries being asked in each country, and the 2021 list is as intriguing as ever. Interestingly, a tough math problem made it to India’s list: what is the factorial of 100? This was the second most searched query on Google for […]
The Joint Committee on Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 under the Chairmanship of the Pali, Rajasthan MP PP Chaudhary has proposed that personal and non-personal data both should be included in the ambit of the proposed law. The Committee, comprising of 20 members from the Lok Sabha and 10 from the Rajya Sabha had examination […]
While hearing a case, a Supreme Court bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and CT Ravikumar said that it is high time local governments wake up to the situation and take measures to prevent such encroachments. “Primary duty to see that there is no encroachment of public land is duty of local government. It is high time […]
Today, India marks 50 glorious years of victory against Pakistan in the 1971 war. The war fought in the midst of the Bangladesh Liberation period, had lasted for 13 days, ended up changing the international map of Southern-Asia forever. We also honour the valour of the 3,900 Indian soldiers who sacrificed their lives, while 9800 […]
Har Har Modi! As Kashi reverberated with the echoes of this mythical salutation for the Prime Minister all of Monday and Tuesday, Modi emerged a virtual Messiah sent down to salvage the earthlings of wrongs done in the past. He was in his Lok Sabha constituency to inaugurate the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor project, which connects […]
The Chief Justice of India NV Ramana has opined that the standards of investigative journalism are not what it used to be. He implored the media to introspect why there are no big exposes or serious investigative stories now. He was speaking at the book launch of Sudhakar Reddy Udumula’s book ‘Blood Sanders: The Great […]
After a long haul of over 20 months, the Delhi-Kathmandu DTC ‘Maitri Bus Sewa” service has finally resumed. The first bus to travel was carrying 12 passengers from Ambedkar Terminal in Delhi to Kathmandu (the capital of Nepal). The Delhi-Kathmandu bus service to connect the capital cities of India and Nepal was launched in November […]
Over 10,000 faculty positions are vacant in central universities, Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), Education minister, Mr Dharmendra Pradhan told the Parliament on Wednesday.Of the total 10,814 vacancies, 6,535 are in central universities including the Indira Gandhi National Open University, 403 in IIMs and 3,876 are in IITs, the minister […]
In a proud moment for India’s culture and heritage, The Intergovernmental Committee of UNESCO’s 2003 Convention on Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage has put ‘Durga Puja in Kolkata’ on the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. This remarkable moment happened during the 16th session of the Convention on Safeguarding of the Intangible […]
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology and Atomic Energy and Space Dr Jitendra Singh said that a total number of 27 satellite missions and 25 launch vehicle missions were successfully accomplished in the last five years from April 2016 to March 2021. In the Lok Sabha today, the Minister informed, “In […]
The Union Cabinet has signed a Treaty with Poland on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters. It has been approved to improve effectiveness and capability in investigation and prosecution in both countries. The treaty also includes crimes related to terrorism through mutual legal assistance. Its main objective is to ensure cooperation in criminal matters.“It will […]
India is ready to set up its first and one of the world’s largest Green Hydrogen Microgrid Projects at Simhadri, Andhra Pradesh. It will be built by NTPC Limited. India aims at becoming major produce of Green Hydrogen as it has already tapped into renewables. NTPC has awarded a project of Standalone Fuel-Cell based Micro-grid […]
Travelling is said to be one of the most looked-after leisure activities in every age group. People have a lot of preferences when it comes to travelling and holidays, few are inclined towards adventure sports while travelling, others love to spend their holidays at exotic luxury stays and a few prefer to tour around under […]
Following the tragic IAF chopper crash on December 8 – wherein India lost its first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika and other armed forces personnel, Group captain Varun Singh has also succumbed to injuries. Captain Singh, the sole survivor of the helicopter crash near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu, was […]
Renewable energy arm of the Adani Group which has diversified interests in many fields now has signed world’s largest green power purchase agreement (PPA) with the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) to supply 4,667 MW of green power. The firm Adani Green Energy Ltd (AGEL) is the worlds largest solar power developer. The agreement […]
After going through a tedious and horrendous year, this is the season to be jolly as Christmas is knocking on our doors to lift up our spirits. This season, we have curated a list of six exotic locations within our country where one can enjoy and celebrate this Christmas cheer. 1 Gulmarg One of the […]
One was crowned Miss Universe. The other chose to carve out the woman embodied in her manly self. How are they connected? Well, 21-year-old Harnaaz Sandhu won the Miss Universe title in a gown designed by transgender woman Saisha Shinde. No newcomer to fame, her sketches have been sashayed down the ramp by celebrities like […]
The killing of farmers in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpuri Kheri was not a case of death by negligence, but, was in fact a “planned conspiracy” – said the Special Investigation Team (SIT) in the case wherein Union Minister Ajay Mishra’s son Ashish Mishra is the primary accused. Read more: Lakhimpur Violence: Minister’s Son, Ashish Mishra Arrested […]
The Kerala high court, on Monday, dismissed RTI activist Peter Myaliparampi’s petition to do away with the Prime Minister’s photograph on vaccine certificates. The petitioner charged the ruling party with converting the national campaign against COVID-19 into a media campaign for the Prime Minister. In response, the judge hauled Mr Myaliparampi for wasting the court’s […]
Ever since the industrial revolution the 18th century, conflict between the machine and nature have only been increasing day by day. In a similar tussle between the need to protect ecology and present day need for the advancement of civilisation, The Government of India has pleaded to the Supreme Court to list for hearing a […]
