India and Australia have reached an understanding on the ‘interim’ trade agreement and plan to finalise it in the next 30 days, India Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Friday. The India-Australia Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) is expected to be concluded in 12 months thereafter, he announced at a joint press conference […]
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed a penalty of Rs 50 crore on Sir Shadilal Distillery and Chemical Works in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar for flouting environmental norms by contaminating water through discharging of highly organic load in the water bodies of the area. A bench headed by Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel noted that the […]
India is among several countries including the US, the UK, Germany and Singapore, who issued an advisory for their nationals in Ukraine, amid tensions over the Russian military build-up on its borders. In an advisory issued on Tuesday, the Indian Embassy in Kyiv has asked Indian nationals in Ukraine, particularly students whose stay is not […]
Several supporters of Lok Janshakti Party (R) president Chirag Paswan on Tuesday were injured when police resorted to lathi charge during a protest march in Patna on Tuesday. The protest march led by Chirag Paswan, began from Gandhi Maidan. When it reached at Dak Bunglow intersection, Patna police tried to stop them. The protesters stormed […]
The Karnataka High Court was on Wednesday urged to direct the government to allow students wearing the hijab in classes as more students remained out in schools across the state, refusing to shun the head covering. Teachers have also turned out students who came to attend classes with skull caps. Many students chose to be […]
A special CBI court in Ranchi on Tuesday convicted Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad and ten others in the Rs 139.35 crore Doranda treasury scam, the fifth fodder scam case. The former Bihar chief minister has already been found guilty in four cases related to the Rs 950 crore fodder scam, and is […]
When Covid-19 testing is not available in a community, people may show significantly greater intentions to engage in risky behaviour, possibly leading to increased transmission of the virus, says a research survey. The study, published in the journal PLOS ONE, showed that testing availability appears to play an independent role in influencing behaviours facilitating Covid-19 […]
The Chairman of the Constitution Drafting Committee, and also regarded as the Father of the Indian Constitution, Dr B.R. Ambedkar was very critical of the Islamic veil. This is what Dr Ambedkar had written in a chapter of the book titled ‘Social Stagnation’, and is quoted here: “Indeed, the Muslims have all the social evils […]
The volatile situation in Karnataka is likely to continue as the state government has made it very clear that there will be no entry of students who do not shun hijab, or saffron shawls to schools. Considering the seriousness of the situation and to prevent the confrontation in the capital city, Bengaluru Police Commissioner Kamal […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said in the Rajya Sabha that India took a leadership role during the Covid pandemic. Replying to the Motion of Thanks to the President’s address in the Upper House, he said that Covid is a global pandemic and in the past 100 years, humanity never witnessed such a pandemic. […]