Showing posts from February, 2023

'El Nino' fears raise food inflation worry

The monsoon may still be about three months away, but there are already concerns that an El Nino effect bringing drought-like conditions would raise food inflation. Several research reports…

BJP slams Sonia, says comments reek of desperation

BJP on Saturday said termed Congress leader Sonia Gandhi’s allegations that the government has captured every institution an assault on the “autonomy and institutional respect” of these bod…

State stand on criminals in polls, SC tells govt, EC

The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Union government and Election Commission to file their much awaited responses to a PIL seeking debarment of candidates against whom charges are framed …

Reform multilateral development banks, says PM to G20

PM Modi on Friday called for focusing on the most vulnerable sections and reforming multilateral development banks, such as the World Bank, while seeking to position UPI as a payment solut…

No clean chit to Monu Manesar, insist Rajasthan cops

Rajasthan Police said on Friday it has 12 more suspects, besides the eight names it released earlier in the week, in the investigation into the killing of two men from Bharatpur whose charr…

Cong’s Khera deplaned, arrested at IGI, gets bail

High drama unfolded at IGI Airport on Thursday after Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera was deplaned from a Raipur-bound flight moments before take-off and arrested by Assam cops over his re…

SC refuses to stay EC order on Shiv Sena name, symbol

In a blow to the Uddhav Thackeray faction, the Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to stay the Election Commission’s decision to allot the Shiv Sena party name and the bow and arrow symbol t…

MHA nod to CBI to register case against Sisodia

The Union home ministry has given its go-ahead to CBI to register a regular case against Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia and probe his alleged role in creating a ‘feedback unit’ …

Popular Malayalam anchor-actor Subi Suresh dead

It is with great sadness that we report the passing of popular Malayalam film actor and television anchor Subi Suresh on January 28, 2022. She was 41 years old. According to hospital autho…

India, Singapore link digital payment systems

India and Singapore on Tuesday linked the Unified Payment Interface (UPI) network with Singapore’s PayNow, enabling instant fund transfers between users in both countries, at a much lower c…

Can't legislate on women's marriage age: SC

A bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, and Justices P S Narasimha and J B Pardiwala, while dealing with Ashwini Upadhyay's petition which was transferred to SC from the Delhi HC, ask…

Vigilantes took youths to Hry cops: Raj SHO video

While Rajasthan Police claimed the authenticity of the video featuring the SHO would be forensically investigated, Nuh ASP Usha Kundu remained tight-lipped on the line of the Haryana Police…

SIT: Half of Morbi cables may have broken before tragedy

The SIT said Morbi municipality’s chief officer Sandipsinh Zala should not have signed the maintenance agreement with Oreva Group -- maker of Ajanta wall clocks -- without obtaining prior a…

Weekly Horoscope, 19 to 25 February 2023

Are you ready to discover the mysteries of the stars? Your weekly horoscope is here to provide you with the guidance and insight you need to navigate the week ahead. Posted from: this blog …

Shinde-Uddhav tussle set to begin for Sena shakhas

While a skirmish broke out in Dapoli in Ratnagiri on Saturday over control of a local shakha, functionaries with the Uddhav Thackeray faction said the shakha network was still with them and…

‘Don’t want Big Tech to control digital economy’

Chandrasekhar said, among the newer technologies, artificial intelligence (AI) will be a “kinetic enabler” of the digital economy and the government will introduce accountability and scruti…

‘Recession fears won’t dent India investments’

McKinsey Asia chairman Gautam Kumra said India is one of the fastest growing markets when it comes to private equity and venture capital investments. “About $40-50 billion was invested in I…

AICTE launches new courses in semiconductor design

Announcing the launch, electronics and information technology minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said, “These two programmes will help us create throughout the engineering ecosystem a very good semi…

Italian PM Meloni chief guest at Raisina Dialogue

Meloni, who formed Italy’s most far-right government since the days of Mussolini after her victory in elections last year, is also Italy’s first female prime minister. She is expected to in…

Focus on China, India & Japan set for Army drill

The two contingents will engage in a variety of missions, ranging from joint planning, tactical drills, basics of establishing integrated surveillance grids, including employment of aerial …

7-judge bench for Rebia review? SC decides today

The Thackeray faction had initially filed petitions with the deputy speaker, who was officiating as the speaker in the absence of a regular one, seeking disqualification of 16 MLAs, includi…

Bihar woman takes matric exam hours after childbirth

When her labour pains began, Rukmani informed her family and the authorities about her decision to take the science exam the next day. She was in labour when she walked into the centre. As …

U’khand cabinet nod to Joshimath compensation

The Uttarakhand cabinet on Wednesday gave approval to the Joshimath rehabilitation policy to provide compensation to the residents of the hill town who have been affected by land subsidence…

India lost 24 tigers between January 1 & February 8

In a worrying statistic, India has lost 24 tigers in a short span of just over a month this year - between January 1 and February 8. This makes it the highest number of big cat fatalities a…

World Bank chief David Malpass to step down early

World Bank chief David Malpass announced Wednesday he would step down nearly a year early from his position heading the development lender, amid questions over his climate stance. The veter…

Man strangles live-in partner, dumps body in fridge

A 24-year old man allegedly strangled his live-in partner with a mobile phone cable and dumped her body in a refrigerator at a dhaba on the outskirts of Mitraon village in west Delhi, befor…

Fully cooperating with tax officials, says BBC

A BBC spokesperson had confirmed that the income-tax authorities were at the BBC offices in New Delhi and Mumbai and that “we hope to have this situation resolved as soon as possible”. Late…

ChatGPT among prohibited items in CBSE exams

According to instructions issued by the Board ahead of exams commencing on Wednesday, "Mobile, ChatGPT and other electronic items will not be allowed in examination hall." The boa…

Hindenburg-Adani: Centre agrees to SC-picked panel

Confident that the Adani meltdown will have negligible impact on Indian securities markets, the Centre on Monday accepted the Supreme Court's suggestion for a retired judge-led committe…

Mumbai 2nd-most polluted in weekly world ranking

With temperature rising over the past two days, Mumbaikars may be breathing better, but as per Swiss air tracking index IQAir (a real-time international air quality monitor), within a week …

Non-BJP states lead Ayushman Bharat hospitalisations

In 2022-23 (as on February 2), the data shows that 1.08 crore people were admitted across all states and Union territories (excluding West Bengal, Odisha and NCT of Delhi, which are not par…

PM Modi opens first stretch of Delhi-Mumbai Expressway

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated the 246-km Sohna-Dausa-Lalsot stretch of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, which will cut down the travel time between Delhi and Jaipur from 5-…

Warplane shot down object over northern Canada: Trudeau

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Saturday that on his order a US warplane shot down an unidentified object that was flying high over northern Canada, acting a day after US planes took sim…

Criminalising homosexuality one of many injustices: CJI

Chief Justice of India Dhananjay Chandrachud said on Saturday that criminalisation of homosexuality, which was decriminalised after over seven decades, was one of the many stories of injust…

11L a/cs opened in 2 days for girls savings scheme

Post offices across the country have opened close to 11 lakh Sukanya Samriddhi accounts in the last two days as part of a special drive to provide social security under the government’s sma…

Desi advanced surveillance drone to come out next week

India’s first indigenous advanced unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for strategic reconnaissance and surveillance will make its public debut next week, while another home-grown weaponised drone…

Lies can’t breach shield of 140 crore Indians: PM Modi

Faced with allegations of favouring the Adani Group, PM Narendra Modi struck a combative note, asserting that the campaign of “abuses, falsehood and lowgrade lies” cannot breach the armour …

GVK refutes Rahul's claim on pressure to sell Mum airport

Mumbai airport was not “hijacked” by the Modi government from the GVK Group to be handed over to Gautam Adani. GVK vice-chairman G V Sanjay Reddy has refuted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s …

Past political link no bar for becoming judge: SC

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed petitions challenging the President’s order appointing advocate L Victoria Gowri as a judge of the Madras HC on the recommendations of the SC Collegi…

Budget benefits all, spread the word, PM tells BJP MPs

Stressing that interests of the poor have been at the heart of policy-making of his government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asked BJP MPs to reach out to people in their respec…

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