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Congress leaders Udit Raj (L). File | Photo Credit: PTI Congress leader Udit Raj on Thursday (March 6, 2025) claimed that Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati sacked her nephew Akash Anand under pressure from the Bharatiya Janata Party since he had called for an alliance of the BSP with the Congress and Samajwadi Party … Read more
Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said while announcing the AI Kosha platform that 14,000 GPUs had been commissioned for shared access, compared to around 10,000 when announced earlier this year. File | Photo Credit: ANI The Union government on Thursday (March 6, 2025) launched AI Kosha, a platform with datasets, that is being touted as … Read more
President Droupadi Murmu. File | Photo Credit: Reuters President Droupadi Murmu will inaugurate a National Conference on ‘women-led development for a developed India’ on the occasion of International Women’s Day on March 8. The “Nari Shakti Se Viksit Bharat” conference will witness the participation of women officers from the armed forces, para-military forces and Delhi … Read more
Supreme Court recommended the appointment of Calcutta High Court judge Justice Joymalya Bagchi as a judge of the Supreme Court | Photo Credit: Special arrangement The Supreme Court on Thursday (March 6, 2025) recommended the appointment of Calcutta High Court judge Justice Joymalya Bagchi as a judge of the Supreme Court. The five-member Collegium, headed … Read more
First announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the interim Budget in February 2024, the government apportioned a part of the fund to the Department of Science and Technology (DST). File | Photo Credit: ANI The government is close to finalising an ambitious ₹1 lakh crore fund to stimulate private sector investment in core research … Read more
A Supreme Court lawyer on Thursday (March 6, 2025) moved the top court to direct the Tamil Nadu, Kerala and West Bengal governments to implement the National Education Policy (NEP), amid a raging debate spearheaded by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, who has accused the Centre of imposition of Hindi on the State. Advocate … Read more
Rajya Sabha MP Ranjan Gogoi has called by Joint Parliamentary Committee as one of the witnesses for reviewing the legislation on simultaneous elections. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Joint Parliamentary Committee reviewing the legislation on simultaneous elections, in its next meeting scheduled for March 11, has called former Chief Justice of India and … Read more
Bharatmala project’s first phase, which had received Cabinet approval in October 2017, is aimed at developing 34,800 km of roads across 550 districts in 31 States and Union Territories | Photo Credit: VEDHAN M Members of the Public Accounts Committee headed by senior Congress leader and Lok Sabha MP K.C. Venugopal on Thursday (March … Read more
Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan with Commander of Australian Defence College Rear Admiral James Lybrand during his visit to the Australian Defence College on March 5, 2025 | Photo Credit: PTI Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan’s visit to Australia has advanced cooperation on “shared priorities and interoperability, including in maritime domain … Read more
Shahzadi Khan’s father Shabbir Khan has alleged that his daughter was not given proper representation in the court, which led to her execution. File | Photo Credit: X/@PTI_News Burial of Shahzadi Khan, an Indian national, was conducted on Thursday (March 6, 2025) in Abu Dhabi as per regulations of UAE authorities. Khan from Uttar Pradesh … Read more