Three dark clouds still loom over the Indian economy: Jairam Ramesh
Asserting that the last 10 years have seen “highly detrimental economic trends”, the Congress on Sunday said the monsoon has receded but at least “three dark clouds” of languishing private sector investment, stagnating manufacturing and decline in real wages and productivity for labourers, still loom over the Indian economy. Congress general...
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Rajnath Singh to inaugurate DefConnect 4.0 to showcase India’s defence innovation
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CBI warns against ‘digital arrest’ scams
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Maldivian President visits India for bilateral talks amid strained ties
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Ukraine downs Russian warplane
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Army deployed in Islamabad, Lahore amid PTI protests
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Ramachandran, Malayalam radio's icon breaths his last
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Verbal spat intensifies before UP by-elections
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Lt General Srivastava assumes charge of Srinagar based Chinar Corps
Lieutenant General Prashant Srivastava Saturday assumed command of the strategic Srinagar-based Chinar Corps. Lt Gen Srivastava took charge from Lt Gen Rajiv Ghai, who assumed command as the director general of military operations at the Army headquarters, a defence spokesperson said. On assumption of command, Lt-Gen Srivastava paid obeisance at the Chinar...
USD 55 million needed to implement WHO strategic preparedness, response plan
A whopping USD 55 million will be needed to implement the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Strategic Preparedness, Readiness, and Response Plan (SPRP) over the next year to combat the rising threat of dengue and other Aedes-borne arboviruses, now affecting at least 130 countries. This plan aims to reduce the...
Setting up Justice K Hema Committee unconstitutional: Kerala HC Lawyer
The setting up of the Justice K Hema Committee by the Kerala Government to study the sexual harassment faced by women artists in Malayalam film industry was an unconstitutional act, according to a highly respected lawyer in Kerala High Court. K Ramkumar, senior advocate, who has fought many landmark cases including...
Removing 50 per cent cap on resrvation necessary to protect Constitution: Rahul Gandhi
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said removing the existing 50 per cent cap on reservation is necessary to protect the Constitution, and asserted that the INDIA bloc will ensure the passage of laws to this effect in Parliament. The Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha also attacked the BJP-led...
Congress is being run by gang of urban Naxals: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday alleged that the Congress is being run by a "gang of urban Naxals", and asked people to unite to defeat the "dangerous agenda" of that party. He also accused the Congress of looting the poor and not improving their condition for its selfish politics. "They...
Supreme Court dismisses electoral bonds review pleas
The Supreme Court has dismissed a batch of pleas seeking review of its February 15 verdict, which had scrapped the Modi government’s electoral bonds scheme of anonymous political funding. A bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices Sanjiv Khanna, B R Gavai, J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra said...
Antarctica’s greening signals alarming climate change effects
The coldest, windiest, and most inhospitable ice-clad Antarctica Peninsula, a vast territory belonging to no one nation is witnessing a dramatic greening! Viewing this trend as a stark warning rather than a hopeful sign, climate change experts have raised alarms. Not without reasons. Vegetation, particularly moss and algae, has surged by...
