India-Canada diplomatic row: Canada updates travel advisory; asks its citizens in India to ‘stay vigilant’
Toronto: Canada has updated travel advisory for its citizens in India asking them to “stay vigilant and exercise caution” in the context of recent developments as there are calls for protests and some “negative sentiment” towards Canada on social media. Tensions flared between India and Canada following Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s explosive allegations of […]
Speed and scale of infrastructure development matching aspirations of 140 crore Indians: PM Modi
New Delhi/Udaipur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the speed and scale of infrastructure development matched the aspirations of 140 crore Indians as he flagged off nine Vande Bharat Express trains connecting religious and tourist destinations across 11 states. Flagging off the Vande Bharat Express trains via video conferencing, Modi also slammed the previous […]
Co-operative sector is not irrelevant, was hurt by political interference: Amit Shah
Mumbai: Union minister Amit Shah on Saturday said the co-operative sector was “not irrelevant”, but it was hurt by political interference in the past. The Narendra Modi government’s decision to de-link it from the agriculture ministry gave the sector a tremendous boost, he said. Shah, who also handles the co-operation portfolio alongside the home ministry, […]
SC dismisses PIL seeking independent audit of source code of EVMs
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a PIL seeking an independent audit of source code of the electronic voting machines (EVMs) used by the Election Commission, saying no “actionable material” was placed to indicate that the poll panel was in breach of its “constitutional mandate”. Observing that it will not venture […]
PM Narendra Modi to inaugurate BCI’s ‘International Lawyers Conference 2023’
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the two-day International Lawyers Conference 2023′ organised by the Bar Council of India (BCI) on September 23 here at Vigyan Bhavan. During the inauguration ceremony on Saturday, Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud will be the chief guest while Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal and […]
Can conduct CLAT in regional languages, NTA tells Delhi HC
New Delhi: The National Testing Agency (NTA) has told the Delhi High Court that it can conduct Common Law Admission Test (CLAT), which is currently held by the Consortium of National Law Universities in English, in regional languages such as Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada and others. The NTA conveyed its stand in an affidavit […]
We need to get over syndrome that ‘West is the bad guy’: Jaishankar
Thiruvananthapuram: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday said the West was not the “bad guy” as it was not flooding Asian and African markets with goods on a massive scale and that there was a need to get over the “syndrome” of seeing it in a negative way. Jaishankar, in an interview to Malayalam […]
Govt not planning to levy any tax on diesel vehicles: Union Minister
New Delhi: Seeking to clarify his remarks on taxation of diesel vehicles, Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said that he wanted to convey to automobile manufacturers to take steps to reduce pollution, and also added that there is no proposal to levy tax on such vehicles. Earlier this week, the road, transport and highway […]
NASA releases UFO report
Says more science and less stigma are needed to understand them
Cape Canaveral: NASA said on Thursday that the study of UFOs will require new scientific techniques, including advanced satellites as well as a shift in how unidentified flying objects are perceived. The space agency released the findings after a yearlong study into UFOs. In its 33-page report, an independent team commissioned by NASA cautioned that […]
Press Council sets up panel to study retrenchment of journalists during pandemic
New Delhi: The Press Council of India on Wednesday said it has set up a panel to study the retrenchment of journalists by various media groups during the COVID-19 pandemic. The sub-committee comprises PCI members Gurbir Singh, L C Bhartiya, Prajnananda Chaudhuri, J S Rajput, and senior journalists P Sainath and Snehasis Sur. The panel […]
