Dec 6, 2024 04:20 IST First published: December 6, 2024 at 04:20 IST Share it Failure has many fathers. RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das projected a growth rate of 7 percent even though most of the current macroeconomic data for the second quarter of the financial year were available. The actual estimate came in at 5.4 … Read more
A day after three members of a family were murdered in south Delhi’s Deoli village, investigators recovered “the murder weapon, a knife” and a “blood-soaked shirt”. Early on Wednesday morning, 20-year-old state-level boxer Arjun Tanwar allegedly beheaded his family – father, ex-armyman Rajesh Kumar Tanwar (51), mother Komal (46) and sister Kavita (23). Arjun, who … Read more
Last month, the World Health Organization highlighted two important milestones in India’s fight against tuberculosis: an 18% reduction in cases over the past 10 years, more than double the global rate; and a 24% reduction in deaths over the same period, more than the global average of 23%. It frames the government’s 100-day intensive campaign … Read more
Odisha Food Supply and Consumer Welfare Minister KC Patra on Thursday accused the West Bengal government of creating an artificial shortage of potatoes to “tarnish the image” of the BJP government in the state. Odisha is facing high prices A staple meal for months. Recently, the government of Bengal, a major potato supplier to Odisha, … Read more
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on 2 December It has asked Delhi to send a UN peacekeeping force to maintain communal harmony in Bangladesh. His was the latest Indian statement to express concern about the state of Bangladeshi Hindus. Banerjee’s speech was particularly notable given that she, like the Indian Bengali media, has been relatively even-handed … Read more
India believes in the principle of non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries, which is in line with contemporary international law and resolutions of the United Nations General Assembly. However, this principle has been repeatedly violated in practice. The United Nations itself, despite Article 2(7) of its Charter, on human rights and minority issues … Read more
The Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur has responded by issuing a show-cause notice to 90 faculty members after allegations of “bias”, “retaliation in faculty selection” and failure to build a hospital on campus surfaced against its director. The rift between administration and teachers deepened. The institute has also issued an order to replace the three … Read more
December 6, 2024 04:30 IST First published: December 6, 2024 at 04:30 IST Share it The attempted murder Shiromani Akali Dal leader Sukhbir Singh Badal has been rekindled memories of the state’s dark days by an ex-terrorist who crossed into Pakistan during the height of unrest in Punjab. Ironically, the incident took place at the … Read more
Warning people against dismissing events in Bangladesh as distant or irrelevant, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said the “actions” of Mughal emperor Babur’s commanders in Ayodhya and Sambhal nearly 500 years ago and the events unfolding in the neighboring country now share a common underpinning. Nature and Intent”. Speaking at the inauguration … Read more
Days after a seven-month-old girl was raped in North Kolkata, police arrested the prime suspect from Gopiballabpur police station area in Jhargram district on Thursday morning. Based on the evidence obtained from the CCTV footage in the area, the police arrested one Rajiv Ghosh and took him to Kolkata. “During the investigation, we have collected … Read more