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The trend of dipping voter count continues in the 2024 LS polls, with the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections held on Tuesday also reporting lesser voters compared to last elections. The voter turnout covering 93 constituencies across 11 states and Union Territories was 64.4 per cent, according to the figures available at 11.40 […]
Scientists of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India’s largest civilian network of research laboratories, are coming to work on Mondays in wrinkled clothes in an effort to support climate change. CSIR has introduced the ‘Wrinkles Achhe Hain (WAH) campaign where employees can wear un-ironed clothes on Mondays. The council and its constituent […]
Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Tuesday seems unfazed amid a potential crisis in the BJP government after three independent MLAs announced that they have withdrawn support to the government. The three MLAs – Sombir Sangwan, Randhir Gollen and Dharampal Gonder – claimed the Haryana government is in a minority now and the state […]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday deferred its order on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s interim bail plea in a money laundering case stemming from the alleged Delhi excise policy scam. The court is likely to hear the case on Thursday or next week. Earlier in the day, a Bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar […]
According to senior Congress leader Pawan Khera, Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister Diya Kumari of the BJP says for a developed India there is need to change the Constitution. She is heard saying that just like her party abrogated Article 370, other changes too would be made. For this, we need to have a majority, she […]
India’s households’ net financial savings plunged to a five-year low of Rs 14.2 trillion in FY23, sharply down from Rs 17.1 trillion in FY22, primarily owing to a sharp rise in short-term credit, data released by the statistics ministry showed on Monday. The fall could be attributed to “a lot more leveraged consumption and spending” […]
With both Meta and Google offering tailor-made tools to target specific audiences in the digital space, proving to be a potent medium for political parties in the election season, the former is doing a lot more micro-targeting, a granular analysis of data released by the two platforms shows. Two of the biggest national parties in […]
The Google Doodle on Saturday honoured Hamida Banu, a pioneering Indian woman wrestler who fought all odds to enter the male-dominated world of wrestling in the 1940s and 1950s. The doodle is paying tribute to her achievements. Hamida Banu is popularly known as India’s first professional female wrestler and her journey to prominence was remarkable. […]
India’s foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar rejected US President Joe Biden’s recent comment that “xenophobia” was hobbling the South Asian nation’s economic growth. Jaishankar said at an event on Friday that India’s economy “is not faltering” and that it has historically been a society that is very open. “That’s why we have the CAA (Citizenship Amendment […]
Canadian police have arrested three Indians they suspect were part of the alleged hit squad that had killed Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar last year. Nijjar’s killing had become the epicentre of a diplomatic row between India and Canada last year after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau alleged the role of “Indian agents” in the murder. […]
In his fresh salvo against the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called the party ‘coward’ as its government used to weep on global platforms after terrorist attacks. Addressing a rally in Jharkhand’s Palamu on Saturday, PM Modi said the situation had changed under the BJP regime and Pakistan was now “weeping and screaming” for help. […]
As the Surat Lok Sabha seat was won uncontested by the BJP, with the Congress candidate’s nomination declared invalid and subsequently eight candidates withdrawing, the Congress’s Indore candidate too dropped out on the last day of withdrawal of nominations, leaving the party without a nominee in the seat. Nilesh Kumbhani, the candidate disqualified in Surat […]
The Congress finally announced on Friday that Rahul Gandhi would be its Lok Sabha candidate from Raebareli. The party’s decision came on the last day for nomination filing by candidates for the prestigious seat. The party has fielded Kishori Lal Sharma from Amethi. In a last-minute decision, the Congress fielded Sharma against Union Minister Smriti […]
After allegations of sexual abuse, put Janata Dal (Secular) MP Prajwal Revanna in a tight spot, the politician fled to Germany on a diplomatic passport. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday said that no visa note was issued to Revanna – but to travel to Germany, he did not need one. Unlike normal […]
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s decision to field Karan Bhushan Singh, the son of controversial former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Singh, from UP’s Kaiserganj constituency has been slammed by wrestlers. Wrestlers protested against the ex-WFI president in Delhi last year over the alleged sexual harassment of female wrestlers. A case was registered […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the ongoing Lok Sabha elections were not for satisfying his personal ambitions, but for fulfilling his “mission.” A strong and stable government was important not only for the country but also for the world, he said, speaking at a poll rally in Junagadh in Gujarat. “These elections are […]
The founding principal of The Somaiya School in Mumbai’s Vidyavihar (Ghatkopar), Parveen Shaikh, said she has been asked to resign after ‘liking’ a series of posts. On April 24, a Hindutva portal carried an article claiming to expose Shaikh’s “disturbing social media behaviour”. It accused her of being a “Hamas-sympathiser”, “anti-Hindu” and a supporter of […]
The youth are called the backbone of any nation. The youngsters decide the future of the country, they are the agents of change. In a country like India, with over 50 per cent of its population below the age of 25, and over 65 per cent below the age of 35, the demographic dividend is […]
Anxious Indians who started inspecting their vaccination certificates to check whether they had been given Covishield, discovered that the photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi was missing from the digital certificates. Nearly 1.7 billion doses of Covishield have been administered according to the government’s CoWin data. The news of Covishield vaccine’s potential link to a […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday targeted the Congress and INDIA bloc for making false statements that reservation will be scrapped if NDA wins 400 seats saying it’s completely a fabricated lie adding, this time they will be limited to fewer seats than last time. Cornering the ‘Grand Old Party’, PM Modi said the intention […]
