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Representative image | Photo Credit: AFP India became the world’s third-largest producer of electricity from wind and solar energy in 2024, overtaking Germany, to according to a new report published on Tuesday (April 8, 2025). The sixth edition of global energy think tank Ember’s Global Electricity Review said wind and solar together generated 15% of … Read more
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin addresses the Joint Action Committee meeting for Fair Delimitation, in Chennai on March 22. | Photo Credit: ANI The issue of readjustment of Lok Sabha seats in the context of the new Census is being hotly debated in the country. In fact, it is being wrongly referred to as … Read more
Representative image | Photo Credit: mammuth India’s electricity demand during the severe heatwave months of April to June 2024 rose by 10.4% compared to the corresponding period the year before, with increased use of air conditioning contributing to nearly a third of the rise, according to a new report released on Tuesday (April 8, 2025). … Read more
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray. File | Photo Credit: ANI A petition was filed in the Supreme Court on Monday (April 7, 2025) accusing Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) president Raj Thackeray of hate speech and inciting violence against the north Indian community in India. The plea filed by Sunil Shukla, who introduced himself … Read more
CBI has arrested three accused persons, including a Senior Divisional Electrical Engineer (Senior DEE) and a Senior Section Engineer (SSE), on graft charge. | Photo Credit: S. Subramanium The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested three accused persons, including a Senior Divisional Electrical Engineer (Senior DEE) and a Senior Section Engineer (SSE), on graft … Read more
Jaishankar and Marco Rubio spoke over the telephone, the first such high-level conversation since U.S. President Donald Trump announced what he called “reciprocal tariffs” on dozens of countries, slapping 26% rates on all Indian imports, last week. File | Photo Credit: PTI Amidst turbulence across global markets including in India over the tariffs announced by the … Read more
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said on Monday (April 7, 2025) that foreign funds obtained through the prior permission route would be valid only for four years, unlike the earlier policy where the spending window remained open and valid till the entire fund was utilised. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The Ministry of Home … Read more
The Supreme Courts of India and Nepal on Monday (April 7, 2025) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for judicial cooperation, an occasion which Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna termed as the lighting of a new torch in the relationship between the two countries’ judiciaries. Chief Justice Khanna, who spoke in the presence of … Read more
India is working on a “military space doctrine” that is likely to be brought out in two to three months, Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan said on Monday (April 7, 2025). | Photo Credit: – India is working on a “military space doctrine” that is likely to be brought out in two to … Read more
Riaz Hamidullah is the High Commissioner of Bangladesh in New Delhi. Days after the meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladesh Chief Adviser Mohammed Yunus on the sidelines of the BIMSTEC summit in Bangkok, Dhaka has sent its new High Commissioner to India. Riaz Hamidullah, a 1995 batch officer of the Bangladesh Foreign Service, … Read more