EC uses social media to nudge electors to vote in LS polls
The Election Commission has launched a variety of campaigns across social media platforms to nudge young and urban voters to cast their ballot in the Lok Sabha elections. The poll watchdog has also initiated a campaign urging people to first verify then amplify what they get on social media related to...
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Ministry of Ayush announces oragnisation of World Homeopathy Day Symposium 2024
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Navy Chief on farewell visit to Southern Naval Command
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Share feedback on manifesto through social: Rahul to people
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Modi upset by our guarantees: Congress
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Navy chief awards INS Sharda for anti piracy operations
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CDS Chauhan to chair maiden tri services integration conference
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EC Suvidha portal receives 73,379 requests in 20 days
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CPI releases manifesto for LS polls
The Communist Party of India (CPI) released its manifesto for the Lok Sabha elections on Saturday here, promising to scrap the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, remove the 50 per cent cap on reservations for SCs, STs and OBCs, and enhance the daily wage under MGNREGA to Rs 700. The Left party called...
BJP India’s preferred party: Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the BJP has become India’s preferred party and expressed confidence that people will elect it for another term at the Centre, allowing it to build on the “ground covered in the last decade.” He made these remarks on the occasion of the 44th...
Alarming levels of plastic garbage accumulating on ocean floor: Study
Ranging from discarded nets and cups to plastic bags and other debris, indeed, the ocean floor has tragically become a garbage bin for a vast array of plastic pollution. The accumulation of such waste has reached alarming levels, with estimates suggesting that between 3 to 11 million tonnes of plastic...
NCERT drops references to Babri Masjid, Gujarat riots, Manipur from textbooks
The Education Ministry text book and research arm, National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has revised the class 11 and 12th Political Science books by dropping references to the demolition of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, the killing of Muslims in Gujarat riots and Hindutva and has tweaked the...
SC stays HC order scrapping UP Board of Madarsa Education Act
In a breather to about 17 lakh madarsa students, the Supreme Court on Friday stayed an order of the Allahabad High Court that scrapped the Uttar Pradesh Board of Madarsa Education Act, 2004 calling it “unconstitutional” and violative of the principle of secularism. Observing that the issues raised in the petitions...
NIA identifies key accused, co conspirator in Bengaluru blast
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has identified Mussavir Hussain Shazib as the key accused who carried out the blast at a cafe in Bengaluru on March 1 and Abdul Matheen Taahaa as the co-conspirator. As part of the efforts to locate and arrest the absconding accused persons, the NIA has conducted...
Congress promises Rajasthan model of cashless insurance
The Congress on Friday promised that if it comes to power, it will adopt the previous Ashok Gehlot Government’s ‘Rajasthan model’ of cashless insurance of up to Rs 25 lakh for universal healthcare. In its manifesto for the Lok Sabha polls, the Congress promised that healthcare will be universal and free...
