Transport Minister KB Ganesh Kumar file photo Photo Credit: The Hindu In view of the recent fatal accidents in Kerala, the state transport department has decided to cancel the permits of private buses involved in fatal accidents for six months. Speaking to the media after a high-level meeting of Motor Vehicle Department (MVD) officials here … Read more
The Punjab and Haryana High Court dismissed the widow’s plea against the family court’s order allowing the mother-in-law to receive Rs 10,000 on an interim basis. The law of getting a job on the basis of compassion after the death of her husband. The petitioner submitted that her husband was a constable in the Railway … Read more
A DIGI-Exam System To control impersonation, multi-stage and multi-session testing, examination center allocation policy, setting up secure examination centers in every district and mobile examination centers in rural and remote areas are the recommendations made by the Centre’s high-level panel on examination reforms. . The report of the seven-member panel headed by former Indian Space … Read more
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched a scathing attack on the opposition Congress in the Rajya Sabha, saying the party has treated the Constitution as a family’s “private fiefdom” and “cheated” Parliament. Shah also accused the Gandhi-Nehru family of undermining the integrity of the Constitution. Concluding the two-day debate on “75 years of … Read more
AICC General Secretary KC Venugopal said in Belagavi on Tuesday (December 17, 2024), One Nation One Election is BJP’s attempt to build a nation without elections. “It is clear that One Nation One Election is an attempt to change the country without elections. This is the main agenda of BJP. They do not believe in … Read more
Cutting across party lines, former Haryana MLAs have sought loans for cars and houses from the Assembly Secretariat at 4 per cent interest rates provided by Himachal Pradesh. In a representation handed over to Haryana Chief Minister Naib Singh Saini and Speaker Harvinder Kalyan on Tuesday, they sought land for a housing society for them … Read more
“What do you want to be when you grow up?” While volunteering with Teach for India earlier this year, I posed this question to a class of 13-year-old boys at a public school in Chhatarpur, Delhi. The next hour was filled with the sound of 15 pens putting ideas to ink. It was only later, … Read more
New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday alleged that Home Minister Amit Shah’s comments during the Constitution debate in the Rajya Sabha showed BJP and RSS leaders “deep hatred” towards BR Ambedkar and demanded an apology from him. Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi said that those who believed in Manusmriti would definitely be at odds with … Read more
EVMs and VVPATs are kept in a storage room ahead of the counting of votes for the Maharashtra Assembly elections, at a vote counting center in Akola on November 23. Photo Credit: ANI AAfter the Maharashtra assembly elections, echoes of alleged Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) manipulation have reverberated across political spaces, especially from the Congress … Read more
Lawyers for Arm and Qualcomm grilled a former Apple executive on Tuesday about a key question for the future of the chip industry: Who owns the intellectual property built on top of Arm’s computing architecture? Qualcomm’s fortunes in pushing into its laptop business are under way this week in a US federal court case in … Read more
“91.8% of India’s schools now have electricity”: Union Education Minister Pradhan New Delhi: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan A high-level committee formed to suggest improvements to the National Testing Agency (NTA) submitted its report on Tuesday and submitted it to the Supreme Court.Addressing the press conference, Pradhan said that 91.8 percent of schools in India … Read more
Hyderabad: A webinar organized by the Federation of Asian Biotech Associations-US Chapter highlighted the socio-economic and emotional toll on the 70 million Indians affected by rare diseases (RDs). It sought lessons from global practices, particularly the US. The session titled ‘Global Burden of Rare Diseases: Issues and Challenges’ was addressed by Prof. Ramaiah Muthyala, Founder, … Read more
THe should remove the debate on minority rights from the current communalism versus secularism structure and place it in the theoretical area of democracy and objective equality. Recognizing the importance of minority rights, the United Nations General Assembly on December 18, 1992 adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National, or Ethnic, … Read more
Reiterating his intention to impose reciprocal taxes, US President-elect Donald Trump accused India of charging “exorbitant taxes” and warned of similar tariffs imposed by New Delhi. Speaking to reporters at Mar-a-Lago on Monday, Trump criticized India’s tariffs, highlighting the 100% tariff on certain US products. “The word reciprocal is important because if someone charges us, … Read more
India’s services exports will overtake merchandise exports for the first time in November 2024, according to commerce ministry trade statistics. After sustained growth starting from February 2024, services exports stood at $37.6 billion and merchandise exports at $32.1 billion in November 2024. India is known to export more services than it buys from other countries, … Read more
Vakkam Maulvi Memorial Lecture and Vakkam Maulvi Memorial Award 2024 will be held on December 21 at Thiruvananthapuram Press Club. Organized by the Wakkom Maulvi Memorial and Research Centre, the event marks the conclusion of the centenary celebrations of the 1924 Aluva All-Faith Conference, where Wakkom Maulvi participated along with Sri Narayan Guru. The Vakkam … Read more
Australian spinner Nathan Lyon said he and his fellow Australians were surprised by the reaction from the Indian dressing room after avoiding the follow-on on the fourth day of the third Test at the Gabba. A 47-run partnership for the 10th wicket between Jasprit Bumrah and Akash Deep helped India avoid a follow-on in the … Read more
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that the Israeli military will occupy the buffer zone inside Syria for the foreseeable future. Critics have accused Israel of violating a 1974 ceasefire and possibly exploiting the chaos in Syria to seize territory. Netanyahu entered the buffer zone on Tuesday, becoming the first Israeli leader to set … Read more
The Indian Navy’s state-of-the-art hydrographic survey ship, INS Director, will be commissioned at the Naval Dockyard today. Union Minister of State for Defense Sanjay Seth will be the chief guest at the event held at the Naval Dockyard. According to an official release from the Eastern Naval Command here on Tuesday, the INS director will … Read more
A 70-year-old cancer patient who entered his 22nd day on Tuesday”Death fast“, the farmers’ movement for legal MSP is slowly stirring into life again. Jagjit Singh Dallewal sleeps on a makeshift bed under a thick blanket in a thermocol-lined tent to ward off the cold in Khanuri, on Punjab’s border with Haryana. To reach him, … Read more
New Delhi: “Missing Ladies”, India’s official entry in the Best International Feature category at the 97th Academy Awards, has dropped out of the Oscar race. The Hindi film, directed by Kiran Rao, is not part of the shortlist of 15 features vying for a spot in the final five, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts … Read more
As Hyderabad gears up for New Year celebrations, state Excise and Prohibition officials have launched raids and searches targeting gangs that import and store large quantities of drugs in the city. In the raid conducted by the State Task Force and Excise Department officials, 21 kg of ganja has been recovered till Tuesday (December 17) … Read more
Mango leaves, often shaded by the fruit itself, are a powerhouse of health benefits. Packed with antioxidants, vitamins and anti-inflammatory properties, they have been part of traditional medicine for centuries. Many people turn to natural remedies for better health, Guava leaves are identified for their therapeutic potential. But what makes them so effective, and how … Read more
Washington: Two American astronauts stranded on the International Space Station for months will remain there until at least the end of March, NASA said Tuesday, announcing another delay in the mission to bring them home. Veteran astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams arrived at the ISS in June aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft and will spend … Read more
Minister of State Arjun Ram Meghwal speaking in the Lok Sabha during the winter session of Parliament, New Delhi, Tuesday, December 17, 2024. Photo credit: PTI As Lok Sabha debate continued on Tuesday (December 17, 2024) on a bill to increase representation of Scheduled Tribes (STs) in the Goa Assembly, several opposition MPs stressed the … Read more
Aries Horoscope Prediction Today, 18-December-2024: Ganesha warns that controlling your emotions may be a challenge today. Generally safe, you may reveal more of yourself than you’d like. Protect your weaknesses, because the world may not always be kind. This emotional upheaval can leave you feeling unsettled. Avoid discussions about fixed assets and keep an eye … Read more