India has logged 5,335 fresh coronavirus cases, the highest in 195 days, while the active cases have increased to 25,587, according to Union health ministry data updated on Thursday.On September 23 last year, 5,383 cases were recorded in a single day. The death toll has increased to 5,30,929 with 13 deaths — two each reported […]
In a significant victory, India was overwhelmingly elected to the UN Statistical Commission, returning to the world organisation’s highest statistical body after a gap of two decades in a “competitive” election.In the election, South Korea won over China for the other seat in the Asia Pacific States category through a draw of lots after inconclusive […]
YouTuber Manish Kashyap, arrested for spreading fake videos on Bihar migrant workers being attacked in Tamil Nadu, has been booked under the National Security Act (NSA) on Thursday, police said.Madurai Crime Branch police registered a case against Kashyap and a special police team arrested him from Bihar. According to Madurai Superintendent of Police Shiva Prasad, […]
Lok Sabha’s Budget session ended as scheduled on Thursday after Speaker Om Birla announced that the House had been adjourned sine die (for indefinite period).As soon as the House met for the day, opposition members came to the well raising slogans and demanding a JPC probe into the Adani issue. They were also carrying placards […]
Amid sticky inflation, the Reserve Bank of India decided to keep the policy repo rate unchanged at 6.5% with ‘readiness to act should the situation so warrant’, RBI governor Shaktikanta Das announced on Thursday after the monetary policy committee meeting. “We are witnessing unprecedented uncertainties in geopolitics and economy,” said governor Das while adding that […]
The Delhi high court on Thursday denied bail to Aam Aadmi Party leader and former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain in the money laundering case in which he had been in custody since May 30, 2022. The bail of co-accused Vaibhav Jain and Ankush Jain was also denied. The court said that all of the three […]
The Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) has approached the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, for approval of twin-engine advanced medium combat aircraft (AMCA) after the design of the fifth-generation stealth fighter has been frozen by the Aeronautical Development Authority. The first prototype of GE-414 powered AMCA is expected […]
Amid the raging controversy over the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) allegedly removing certain portions on Mughal courts from class 12 history textbooks, Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Wednesday took a swipe at the BJP government. Taking to Twitter, Sibal remarked that the decision was in sync with Prime Minister Narendra […]
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Wednesday issued an advisory to all the states and Union territories ahead of Hanuman Jayanti. The MHA has issued an advisory to all states in preparation for Hanuman Jayanti. The governments are encouraged to ensure the maintenance of law and order, peaceful observance of the festival, and monitoring […]
Ahead of the release of his memoir ‘Azaad’, former J&K chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has again opened up about his differences with the Congress which prompted him to leave the party after decades of association. In an interview, the former Congress leader said he has no difference with the Congress ideology and does not […]