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File picture of Gyanesh Kumar assuming charge as an Election Commissioner at the Election Commission of India, in New Delhi, on March 15, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar was appointed as the next chief election commissioner on Monday (February 17, 2025), the Law Ministry said. He is the first CEC to … Read more
Nepal Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli said Nepal’s embassy in New Delhi has sent two officials to counsel Nepalese students at a private university in Odisha. File photo | Photo Credit: David Dee Delgado Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli on Monday said Nepal’s embassy in New Delhi has sent two officials to counsel … Read more
Sample of an electoral bond. Photo: Special arrangement Experts are intrigued by the new Income Tax Bill, 2025 retaining provisions related to electoral bonds, which were rendered unconstitutional by the Supreme Court last year, saying it could be because of legislative oversight or the government’s intention to bring it back in some other form. Electoral … Read more
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankarmeets Former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, in New Delhi on Monday. | Photo Credit: ANI External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday met Italy’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Maria Tripodi here and discussed the strategic partnership between the two countries and the ongoing efforts to further build on them. In a separate post … Read more
High levels of faecal coliform (microbes from human and animal excreta) were found in river water in which people took holy dip during Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj. File photo | Photo Credit: ANI High levels of faecal coliform (microbes from human and animal excreta) were found in river water in which people took holy dip … Read more
Engine maker Rolls Royce, which is in talks with India for co-development of a fighter jet engine, says what they are offering is quite “unlike” others, and are “offering to co-develop and co-design, allowing India to own the Intellectual Property (IP) in India, for India for use in current as well as future programmes,” according … Read more
A Border Security Force (BSF) personnel stands guard at the India-Bangladesh border checkpost, at Fulbari near Siliguri. File. | Photo Credit: PTI A high-level delegation of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) reached New Delhi on Monday (February 17, 2025) for the bi-annual Director General level talks with the Border Security Force (BSF). The talks will … Read more
Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi leaves South Block after attending a meeting to select the next Chief Election Commissioner on February 17, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI A three-member committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi met on Monday (February 17, 2025) to pick the new Chief Election Commissioner of … Read more
Trucks to carry toxic waste from Union Carbide factory in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Supreme Court on Monday (February 17, 2025) decided to examine a plea challenging a Madhya Pradesh High Court decision to transport and dispose of 337 metric tonnes of “hazardous” chemical waste from the Bhopal gas … Read more
Union Minister of Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw during a press conference. File | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Railways is mulling the possibility of taking down publicity ads and promotional material on railway stations, especially at the New Delhi Railway Station (NDLS), that may attract passengers to travel to the Kumbh Mela. Two days after the tragic … Read more