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Take action against hospitals involved in illegal transplant: Centre to States

New Delhi, Apr 21 : The Union health ministry has asked all states and UTs to investigate any violations and take appropriate action, including suspension of registration, against hospitals performing illegal organ transplants, officials said on Sunday.In..

60 pc turnout logged till 7 pm

NEW DELHI, Apr 19 : India saw its first phase of voting for the mammoth Lok Sabha Elections 2024 on Friday, April 19. While few areas in West Bengal and Manipur saw violence and firing incident, the first phase of polling was "largely peaceful across 21 S..

Son of civic sweeper cracks civil services exam

Thane, Apr 18 : For 32-year-old Prashant Suresh Bhojane, whose mother works as a civic sweeper in Maharashtra's Thane city, cracking the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) exam was always his dream, and he persevered against all odds to finally fulfil..

"India role model for aspiring space Nations"

New Delhi, Mar 24 : The excitement around space in India is attracting talent from around the world and inspiring them to start businesses and contribute to the growth of the sector, a senior World Economic Forum (WEF) official said.The Centre for Fourth ..

Congress has multiple bank accounts, just 3-4 of them attached: BJP

New Delhi, Mar 23 : The Congress has multiple bank accounts and just three-four of them have been attached, "not frozen", for non-payment of tax dues, the BJP said Saturday, accusing the opposition party of making misleading statements on the issue sensin..

High Court rejects Congress's petitions against tax reassessment proceedings

New Delhi, Mar 22 : The Delhi High Court today dismissed Congress party's pleas challenging the reassessment proceedings initiated against it by the Income Tax Department.A bench of Justices Yashwant Varma and Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav, while pronouncing ..

Earliest building blocks of Milky Way galaxy named Shakti, Shiva

New Delhi, Mar 22 : Earliest "building blocks" of our Milky Way galaxy have been identified from 12-13 billion years ago, which is very close in time to when the universe's first galaxies started to form, according to a new research.Naming these groups of..

JNU presidential debate : Student outfits battle it out on Manipur violence, CAA, electoral bonds

New Delhi, Mar 21 : Amid chants of 'Jai Bhim,' 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai,' and 'Lal Salam’, candidates vying for president's post in the upcoming JNU students' union elections, delivered passionate speeches on Wednesday night.A large crowd of students gat..

Poll notification for 1st phase issued

New Delhi, Mar 20 The nomination process for 102 Parliamentary Constituencies spread across 21 States and Union Territories, where polling would be held in the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections on April 19, began on Wednesday with the issuance of a n..

Remove unauthorised political ads: Poll body to States

New Delhi, Mar 20 : Cracking the whip, the Election Commission on Wednesday asked state governments to take down all unauthorised political advertisements from government, public and private properties and send a compliance report in the next 24 hours.In ..

Centre notifies PIB as official fact checker for online content

New Delhi, Mar 20 : The Centre on Wednesday notified the fact check unit under the Press Information Bureau (PIB) to monitor online content pertaining to the government for accuracy.The fact check unit has been notified under IT Rules of 2021 by the Minis..

Pol parties turn to WhatsApp, influencers as poll campaign begins

New Delhi, Mar 17 : As the country gears up for the world's biggest electoral exercise, messaging platforms like WhatsApp and social media influencers have emerged as the go to mediums for political parties to influence voter psychology, ad gurus and poli..

Vote-from-home option for folks above 85

New Delhi, Mar 16 For the first time in Lok Sabha elections, people above 85 years of age and those with more than 40 per cent disability will be able to cast their votes from home, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar announced on Saturday."We are rea..

Model Code of Conduct in brief

NEW DELHI, Mar 16 The announcement of elections by the Election Commission of India is followed by the enforcement of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC), a set of guidelines for candidates and political parties during the elections. The MCC, aimed at ensurin..

Lok Sabha election: Polling to be held in 7 phases, counting on June 4

NEW DELHI, Mar 16 :  Voting for the Lok Sabha elections will be held in seven phases from April 19 and the counting will take place on June 4,  Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said on Saturday.Kumar said byelections to 26 assembly consti..

LS election dates to be announced today

New Delhi, Mar 15 Dates for the 2024 Lok Sabha election will be announced at 3 pm Saturday, the Election Commission of India said this afternoon. The ECI posted a brief statement on X (formerly Twitter) that said dates for four Assembly polls-scheduled to..

Farmers resolve to intensify protest, continue it during Lok Sabha polls

New Delhi, Mar 15 : Thousands of farmers on Thursday participated in the 'Kisan Mazdoor Mahapanchayat' at Delhi's Ramlila Maidan where a resolution was passed to intensify the protest against the Centre's policies regarding the farming sector and to conti..

"Development work for us is a mission to build Nation, not to win elections:" PM

Ahmedabad, Mar 12 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said his government undertakes developmental works as a part of its mission to build the nation and not to win elections as perceived by some people.The PM launched Rs 1,06,000 crore development ..

SC seeks report from State, CBI, NIA on status of probe

New Delhi, Mar 11The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Manipur Government, CBI and the NIA to file reports elaborating on the status of probe and the charge sheets filed in cases of ethnic-violence to help it take a decision on whether the trials can c..

Poll dates may be announced on Thursday or Friday: Sources

New Delhi, Mar 9 The Election Commission of India will visit Jammu and Kashmir from Monday to Wednesday to assess when polls can be held in the Union Territory and the dates for the Lok Sabha elections are likely to be revealed immediately after that, sou..

FB, Insta face global outage

New Delhi, Mar 5 Meta-owned platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, are currently facing technical issues, rendering them inaccessible for many users on Tuesday. The outage has impacted functionalities across these social media platforms.Lo..

Modi to fight again from Varanasi; BJP announces list of 195 candidates

New Delhi, Mar 2The ruling BJP on Saturday announced Prime Minister Narendra Modi will fight again from Varanasi in the upcoming Lok Sabha elec-tions as it named 34 Union Ministers including Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and Smriti Irani in the first list of 1..

Over 1 billion people around the world are obese: Study

New Delhi, Mar 2The total number of children, adolescents and adults worldwide living with obesity has surpassed one billion, according to a global analysis published in The Lancet journal.These trends, together with the declining prevalence of people who..

LS poll schedule likely on Mar 13-14

New Delhi, Feb 23In all likelihood, the Election Commission of India (ECI) is expected to announce the schedule for the upcoming Parliamentary elections on March 13-14.As such, the model code of conduct (MCC) will come into effect after the ECI makes the ..

BJP amends its constitution to empower Parliamentary Board to take decision on its president

New Delhi, Feb 18The BJP's national convention on Sunday amended the party's constitution, allowing its apex organisational body -- the Parliamentary Board -- to take a decision related to its president, including his or her term and its extension, in "em..

Mushroom sprouting from frog's side in Western Ghats baffles scientists

NEW DELHI, Feb 18In an intriguing discovery, researchers have stumbled upon a frog in the foothills of the Western Ghats sporting an extraordinary feature -- a mushroom sprouting from its side. The finding, described in the journal Reptiles and Amphibians..

Electoral Bonds scheme unconstitutional, rules SC

New Delhi, Feb 15A five-Judge bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai, JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra delivered a unanimous verdict on Thursday, striking down the Electoral Bonds scheme as unconstitutionalThe bench w..

Scrapping FMR : Securing the North East

NEW DELHI, Feb 12 The recent decision by the Government to scrap the India-Myanmar Free Movement Regime (FMR) and initiate comprehensive measures to fortify the border is a crucial step towards safeguarding the internal security and demographic integrity ..

Govt examines FDI flow from China in Paytm Payments Services

New Delhi, Feb 11 : The government is examining foreign direct investment from China in Paytm Payments Services Ltd (PPSL), the payment aggregator subsidiary of One97 Communications Ltd, sources said.In November 2020, PPSL had applied for licence with the..

Siddaramaiah challenges Amit Shah to public debate on guarantee schemes

Bengaluru, Feb 11: Asserting that he could prove that the state's treasury is not empty because of the guarantee schemes, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday challenged Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who is in the state, to participate in a pu..

India suspends FMR with Myanmar

NEW DELHI, Jan 8Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on February 8 that the Government has decided to scrap the Free Movement Regime (FMR) along Myanmar border to ensure the internal security of the country and to maintain the demographic structure of India..

No tax change, "developed India by 2047" mantra in last Budget before pollsFull Union Budget likely in July

New Delhi, Feb 1There will be no change to income tax slabs, which have been reduced and rationalised, in the 2024 interim Budget, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Thursday morning, as she read out a statement of the country's finances in a ..

Myanmar’s neighbours grapple with new options as balance of power shifts in the country

BANGKOK/ NEW DELHI, Jan 30 For the first time since Myanmar’s 2021 military coup, the junta has sent a senior official to take part in an Asean Foreign Ministers’ meeting. Instead of sitting out the Asean Foreign Ministers’ Retreat on Ja..

Nitish Kumar ditches INDIA bloc, goes back to BJP

PATNA, Jan 28 Nitish Kumar took oath today as the Chief Minister of Bihar for a record ninth time, at the head of a fresh Government formed in partnership with the BJP.Mr Kumar is replacing his Ministers from the Rash-triya Janata Dal with those from the ..

R-Day tableau to bear Ima Keithel, Lotus Silk

Imphal/N Delhi, Jan 25A unique market in Manipur where the traders are only women will be shown at the Republic Day parade tableau of the North East State on Friday.Ima Keithel, or Mother's Market, in the State capital Imphal is an important example of na..

Microsoft Translator now features Manipuri

New Delhi, Jan 25 Microsoft India on Thursday announced the addition of two new Indian languages, Chhattisgarhi and Manipuri, to the Microsoft Translator.  "We are proud to announce the addition of Manipuri and Chhattisgarhi languages in Microsoft Tr..

'Extraordinary moment' says PM as...Ram Lalla consecrated at Ayodhya Temple

Ayodhya, Jan 22The new Ram Lalla idol was consecrated at the Ayodhya Temple on Monday, an event led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and watched by lakhs of people on television at their homes and in Temples across the country.Army helicopters showered flo..

Centre to fence Myanmar border soon: Amit Shah

New Delhi, Jan 20 Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said that the Centre will soon fence the India-Myanmar border just like it has barricaded the border along Bangladesh to restrict free movement into the country.With this announcement, the Free M..

416 Myanmarese military personnel entered India Border area a matter of concern : COAS

NEW DELHI, Jan 11 About 416 Myanmarese soldiers crossed over to India in view of the situation arising out of the fighting between Myanmar's armed ethnic groups and the Government forces, said Army Chief General Manoj Pande on Thursday, adding the Indian ..

Forest land five times Delhi's geographical area under encroachment : Data 22.13 Sq Kms of forest land encroached in Manipur

New Delhi, Jan 5 A total 7,506 square kilometres of recorded forest area-- five times the geographical area of Delhi--is currently under encroachment in the country, according to Govern- ment data.Assam alone accounts for 3,407.48 square kilometres (12.69..

India to scrap Free Movement Regime on India-Myanmar border: Report ‘Border fencing to be completed in next 4.5 years’

New Delhi, Jan 3The Free Movement Regime (FMR), which allows people residing close to the India-Myanmar border to venture 16 km into each other's territory without visa, will be ended soon, a senior Government functionary said on Tuesday.The 1,643-km-long..

India's solar mission "destined to look at the Sun forever"; 1 week to go

Mumbai, Dec 31Aditya L1, the Indian Space Research Organisation's solar mission, will reach the Lagrange point 1 (L1) of the Sun-Earth system on January 6, which will enable the spacecraft to view the sun without any eclipses, ISRO chief S Somanath said t..

Pro-talk ULFA signs peace accord with Centre, Assam Govt Outfit has agreed to disband organisation : Shah

New Delhi, Dec 29In a shot in the arm for the ruling BJP, the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA)’s pro-talks faction on Friday signed a tripartite Memorandum of Settlement with the Centre and the Assam Government in the presence of Union Home M..

Tharoor advocates opportunities for youth in elections; hints at 2024 being his last contest

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, Dec 29 : Congress Working Committee member and Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor spoke about providing opportunities for younger people to contest polls, indicating that his upcoming fight from Thiruvananthapuram in the general elections may..

UGC directive to stop admission to MPhil will not be implemented in Bengal: Minister

KOLKATA, Dec 29 : West Bengal Education Minister Bratya Basu has said the state government will not abide by the decision of the University Grants Commission (UGC) to universities to stop admission to MPhil programmes for the 2023-24 academic year.UGC Sec..

'Electronic soil' that enhances crop growth by 50% developed by scientists This soilless cultivation method, known as hydroponics, uses a root system that is stimulated electrically through a new cultivation substrate

New Delhi, Dec 27Scientists have developed an electrically conductive "soil" which they say can lead to 50 per cent more growth of barley seedlings on average in 15 days.This soilless cultivation method, known as hydroponics, uses a root system that is st..

Tribals plan Delhi protest on delisting converts from ST list

Ranchi, Dec 26 Come February and thou-sands of tribals from across India will converge in New Delhi, demanding converted tribals be removed from the ST list in what is turning out to be a nationwide campaign backed by the RSS and other Hindu groups.On Chr..

Sekar Viswanathan elected as vice president of EPSI

BENGALURU, Dec 24At the 11th general body meeting of the Education Promotion Society for India (EPSI) in Bangalore on December 22, Dr Sekar Viswanathan was elected as the vice president of EPSI.Over 350 participants, including chancellors, vice-chancellor..

Indigenously-built guided missile destroyer INS Imphal to be commissioned on Tuesday

New Delhi, Dec 24INS Imphal, the indigenously-built stealth guided missile destroyer equipped with BrahMos surface-to-surface missiles, will be commissioned into the Indian Navy on Tuesday in a boost to its maritime capability amid China’s increasin..

The new JN.1 wave – An explainer

New Delhi, Dec 23 JN.1, from the lineage of Omicron variant of Covid, is rapidly driving a large share of the current winter wave of Covid-19 infections across the globe.First detected in Luxembourg in August, it is currently present in about 41 countries..