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Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Manoj Kumar Jha speaks in the Rajya Sabha during the Budget Session, in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: ANI Senior RJD leader Manoj Kumar Jha on Wednesday (March 12, 2025) expressed concern over duplicate voter ID card numbers and demanded that the Election Commission of India (ECI) should immediately take … Read more
File picture of Rajya Sabha MP Sudha Murty | Photo Credit: MURALI KUMAR K Rajya Sabha MP Sudha Murthy voiced her support for the three-language policy in the National Education Policy (NEP), which encourages students to learn multiple languages. Reflecting on her own experience with languages, she stated, “I have always believed that one can … Read more
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. File | Photo Credit: PTI Amid the Sambhal mosque controversy, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Wednesday (March 12, 2025) that forcibly seizing someone’s faith and trampling over their beliefs is “unacceptable”, especially “when we know the truth about Sambhal” which predates Islam, with the Vishnu temple … Read more
Jagdeep Dhankhar. File | Photo Credit: PTI “Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankar was discharged from AIIMS-Delhi on Wednesday (March 12, 2025) after making a satisfactory recovery,” the hospital said. Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar ‘stable’ at AIIMS after chest pain; PM Modi visits him “He was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on March 9, … Read more
Image used for representative purpose only | Photo Credit: Reuters The Ministry of Law and Justice took action under the Hague convention last month to serve Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani in a U.S. lawsuit, the Union government confirmed to The Hindu. The Department of Legal Affairs (DLA) under the law ministry forwarded a summons … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Mauritius Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam during a banquet dinner hosted by the latter, in Mauritius. | Photo Credit: PMO via PTI Terming Mauritius as a bridge between India and the Global South, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday (March 11, 2025) said that the island nation is part of India’s … Read more
Photograph used for representational purposes only | Photo Credit: Getty Images The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has said that a study conducted in 2024 and published in the Indian Academy of Sciences on human health risk assessments revealed that people residing near river drains are highly prone to developing cancer, with hazard quotients observed … Read more
U.S. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt holds up a chart that shows high tariffs from other nations, including India, as she speaks with reporters on March 11, 2025, in Washington | Photo Credit: AP The U.S. again raised the issue of tariffs that India imposes on its goods, citing high tariffs on American alcohol … Read more
U.S. Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance, with their children. File | Photo Credit: AP U.S. Vice President J. D. Vance is likely to travel to India later this month, according to a media report. “Vance will travel to India later this month alongside Second Lady Usha Vance,” a report in Politico … Read more
States with successful family planning record will be ‘penalised’ in delimitation exercise: Congress Delimitation could “penalise” the States that adhered to familiy planning goals and reduced total fertility rates, the Congress warned on Tuesday (March 11, 2025). Amid the delimitation row spearheaded by the southern States, Congress communications chief Jairam Ramesh, in a long X … Read more