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Doctors conducting a door-to-door survey to identify cases of various cancers at Bhalabadrapuram village of Bikkavolu Mandal in East Godavari district. (File) | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Supreme Court on Wednesday (April 2, 2025) remarked hygiene, education and healthcare were the three most important paths towards a robust rural India. A Bench headed by … Read more
Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw speaks in the Lok Sabha during the Budget session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Wednesday, April 2, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday said more trains will have local cuisines depending on the region they are passing through and that an important experiment in this regard … Read more
President Donald Trump. File. | Photo Credit: AP With hours to go for the U.S. announcement on “reciprocal tariffs” that have been touted by U.S. President Donald Trump since he came to office as a way to “tax them as they tax us” — referring to countries that impose tariffs on U.S. goods imports — the … Read more
Union Minister of Minority Affairs Kiren Rijiju speaks in the Lok Sabha during the Budget session of Parliament in New Delhi, Wednesday, April 2, 2025. | Photo Credit: Sansad TV Union Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday (April 2, 2025) tabled the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025, as proposed by a Joint Parliamentary Committee, in … Read more
Maulana Khalid Rashid Farangi Mahli and other Muslim religious leaders view the moon of Eid from Aishbagh Eidgah for the festival of Eid in Lucknow on March 30, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has expressed strong opposition to the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, stating that it would be … Read more
The charred body of a 38-year-old Andaman journalist missing since March 29 was found in a field in the North Andaman district, police said on Wednesday (April 2, 2025). “The body of Shahdeb Dey, the owner of a local news channel known as Republic Andaman, was found in a field from Deshbandu Nagar in Diglipur … Read more
Goods from sectors, including agriculture, precious stones, chemicals, pharma, medical devices, electricals, and machinery may get impacted if the U.S. will go ahead with imposing reciprocal tariffs on Indian products, according to experts. They said that these sectors could face additional customs duties from the Trump administration because of the high tariff differential or gap, … Read more
Ireland Supreme Court judge Justice Gerard Hogan visited the apex court premises here on Wednesday (April 2, 2025) and was welcomed by Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna. “I have the pleasure to announce that a judge of the Supreme Court of Ireland, Justice Gerard Hogan, is with us. Earlier, he was with the Court of … Read more
Indian Navy‘s warship ‘INS Tarkash’ successfully interdicted and seized over 2,500 kg of narcotics in the the Western Indian Ocean. Photo: X/@indiannavy The Indian Navy’s frigate INS Tarkash has intercepted and seized over 2,500 kg of narcotics in the Western Indian Ocean, the Navy said on Wednesday (April 2, 2025). “On March 31, 2025, while … Read more
Image for representation | Photo Credit: The Hindu The government suffered a loss of ₹1,757.56 crore as state-owned telecom firm BSNL failed to bill Reliance Jio for 10 years since May 2014 as per their agreement on passive infrastructure sharing, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India said on Tuesday (April 1, 2025). The … Read more