Over 40 petitions questioning EVM rejected by SC, various HCs: Govt in LS
New Delhi: Nearly 42 petitions have been filed in the Supreme Court and various high courts questioning the electronic voting machines (EVMs), with the higher judiciary repeatedly holding that the machines are credible, reliable and tamper-proof, the government said in LokSabha on Friday. Responding to a question on safeguards to prevent tampering or hacking of […]
38.9% children under 5 years of age in anganwadis found stunted: WCD Ministry Data
New Delhi: Over a third of children under five years of age enrolled in anganwadis across India are stunted, the government has told the RajyaSabha. In response to a question in RajyaSabha, Women and Child Development Minister of State Savitri Thakur said 7.54 crore children up to five years of age are enrolled in anganwadis […]
Study traces 60 pc PM2.5 pollution in India to residential cooking, power generation, industries
New Delhi: Emissions from residential cooking and heating, power generation, and industries together contribute up to 60 per cent of India’s PM2.5 pollution, with about 80 per cent of this coming from fossil fuel combustion, a new study has found. The peer-reviewed study, published in MDPI’s “Air” journal, suggests dividing India into 15 airsheds based […]
SC asks Centre, states to expedite steps to fill vacancies in CIC, SICs
New Delhi: Taking serious note of vacancies in the Central Information Commission (CIC) and state information commissions (SICs), the Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre and the state governments to apprise it about the steps taken to fill up the posts. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and UjjalBhuyan said the states that have […]
AIIMS Awantipora to miss January 2025 deadline
70% of work completed, new target set for June 2025: Officials Srinagar: The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Awantipora is likely to miss its January 2025 deadline, as approximately 30% of the project remains incomplete. According to details the Union government approved two AIIMS projects for Jammu and Kashmir in 2019. While […]
Defaced currency notes in JK: SC grants last opportunity to Centre to file response
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday granted a last opportunity to the Centre to file its response on a PIL seeking CBI probe into the RBI exchanging defaced currency notes worth Rs 30 crore allegedly belonging to a Kashmiri separatist group. While noting enough time had been given to the Union of India to […]
Air quality crisis: Medical experts call for reinstatement of respiratory medicine
New Delhi: The Indian Chest Society on Thursday called upon the National Medical Commission to reinstate the department of respiratory medicine in the MBBS curriculum. The move would ensure that future medical graduates are well-equipped to address the respiratory health challenges facing India, the group, representing more than 6,000 respiratory medicine specialists across the country, […]
Hajj 2025: Massive drop in application numbers as 711 pilgrims opt out
Srinagar: The number of Hajj pilgrims seems to be further dwindling as over 700 pilgrims who applied for the pilgrimage have opted out of Hajj 2025, reducing the number to only 3,602. According to details out of 4,313 applications received for the Hajj 2025, 711 pilgrims were unable to pay fees. According to the JK […]
Eastern Ladakh row: India, China discuss next steps in ties following disengagement process
NEW DELHI/RIO DE JANEIRO: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi deliberated on the next steps in India-China ties, in the first high-level engagement weeks after militaries of the two sides disengaged from friction points of Demchok and Depsang in eastern Ladakh. Jaishankar and Wang held delegation-level talks on the sidelines […]
COP29: India asks rich nations to remove tech transfer restrictions
Baku (Azerbaijan): India on Monday called on developed countries to become net-zero by 2030, remove barriers to technology transfer, increase public climate finance, and avoid unfair trade measures disguised as climate action. The appeal came during a high-level ministerial roundtable on pre-2030 ambition at the UN climate talks in Baku. India’s environment secretary LeenaNandan said […]
