Lowering cut-off marks for NEET-BDS: SC seeks Centres specific reply for new academic session
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought the Centre’s reply on a plea preferred by NEET-UG aspirants challenging the Centre’s decision refusing to lower the percentile for qualification of NEET-BDS courses for the academic session 2021-22. A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud, Sanjiv Khanna, and Surya Kant issued notice to the Centre and sought […]
Santoor maestro Shiv Kumar Sharma dies at 83
Mumbai: Santoor virtuoso Pt Shiv Kumar Sharma, who took the stringed instrument to the global stage and successfully straddled the worlds of classical and film music, died here on Tuesday following a heart attack. He was 83. Sharma, one of India’s most well known classical musicians, died between 8 and 8.30 am at his Pali […]
Notifying minorities- Decision after discussion with states, stakeholders: Centre to SC
New Delhi: The Centre informed the Supreme Court Monday that the power to notify minorities is vested with the Union government and any decision in this regard will be taken after discussion with states and other stakeholders. The apex court had earlier granted four weeks to the Centre to respond to a plea, which has […]
BSF shoots down drone carrying heroin along border in Punjab
Chandigarh: The Border Security Force (BSF) has shot down a drone coming from Pakistan, which was carrying heroin, in Punjab’s Amritsar, said the force on Monday. The BSF said it recovered nine packets of heroin from the drone, thwarting a smuggling bid from across the border. Frontier #BSF troops foiled another smuggling attempt through Pak […]
Ensure faster infrastructure development in border areas: Rajnath to BRO
New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday asked the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) to develop infrastructure at a faster pace through the use of technology, citing how the Chinese side has increased its presence in the Northern sector by carrying out construction activities in mountainous areas. Singh also said that the development of border […]
Huge chunk of young adults getting married before reaching legal age: NFHS-5
New Delhi: About 25 per cent of women aged 18-29 and 15 per cent of men aged 21-29 got married before reaching the minimum legal age of marriage, according to the latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS) conducted between 2019-21. In India, the legal age of marriage for women is 18 and 21 for men. […]
WHO estimates 14.9 million excess COVID associated deaths in 2020, 2021
Geneva: New estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO) show that the full death toll associated directly or indirectly with the COVID-19 pandemic between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2021 was approximately 14.9 million (range 13.3 million to 16.6 million). “These sobering data not only point to the impact of the pandemic but also […]
Pandemic: India’s Covid positivity rate past 1 per cent again
New Delhi: India’s Covid case positivity rate went past one per cent again after over two months as the country witnessed a single-day rise of 3,157 infections and 26 fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The rise reported on Monday pushed the overall Covid tally of the country to 4,30,82,345 […]
Germany pledges 10 billion euros for India’s climate action targets
Berlin: Germany on Monday committed an additional 10 billion euros assistance to India to help achieve climate action targets set for 2030 which include sourcing 50 per cent energy requirement from renewables and installing 500 GW of non-fossil fuel electricity capacity. “Germany intends to strengthen its financial and technical cooperation and other assistance to India […]
Home Minister Amit Shah reviews power situation amid outages
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday chaired a meeting of the top brass of coal, power and railway ministries amid electricity outages in various parts of the country due to shortage of coal at thermal plants, according to sources. The meeting was attended by Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi, Power Minister R K […]
