India 
A collapsed building is seen after a powerful earthquake in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on March 29, 2025 | Photo Credit: AP Intensifying its efforts for aiding relief and rescue work in earthquake-hit Myanmar under ‘Operation Brahma’, India has dispatched two naval ships to the neighbouring country while a field hospital is slated to be airlifted later … Read more
Supreme Court Judge Justice Vikram Nath and President Dropadi Murmu during the inaugural session of the two-day National Conference on ‘Environment – 2025’ organised by NGT, in New Delhi on March 29, 2025 | Photo Credit: ANI Supreme Court Judge Justice Vikram Nath on Saturday (March 29, 2025) laid stress on the need to regulate … Read more
India and the visiting U.S. officials have concluded a round of talks on Saturday (March 29, 2025) for the proposed bilateral trade agreement, government sources said. They said the negotiations are progressing well. A team of U.S. officials, headed by Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for South and Central Asia Brendan Lynch, was here for negotiations … Read more
Union Minister Pralhad Joshi. File | Photo Credit: PTI India’s solar PV module manufacturing capacity will increase to 125 gigawatt (GW) by 2030 from the current 80 GW, and its installed solar cell manufacturing capacity will soon touch 40 GW from 25 GW at present, Union Minister of New and Renewable Energy Pralhad Joshi said … Read more
An 80-member team of NDRF prepares to depart for earthquake-hit Myanmar to assist in rescue operations on March 29, 2025 | Photo Credit: X/@DrSJaishankar India is sending a contingent of 80 National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel for relief and rescue works in earthquake-hit Myanmar, officials in New Delhi said Saturday (March 29, 2025). The … Read more
Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi during the Budget session of Parliament, in New Delhi | Photo Credit: PTI Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Saturday (March 29, 2025) said the BJP government’s “cronyism” and “regulatory mismanagement” has pushed India’s banking sector into a crisis, which in turn hurts junior … Read more
River Ganga in Patna, Bihar. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Supreme Court has stayed the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order that imposed a cost of ₹50,000 on the Bihar government for non-compliance of its directives and not properly assisting it in a matter relating to the prevention and control of pollution of river … Read more
Union Home Minister Amit Shah at a summit in New Delhi on March 28, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Statehood in Jammu and Kashmir will be restored as promised before, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said, without giving any timeline. Mr. Shah said at a summit on Friday (March 28, 2025) night that Assembly … Read more
The government notifies the interest rates on small savings schemes every quarter. | Photo Credit: Getty/iStock images The government on Friday left interest rates unchanged on various small savings schemes, including PPF and NSC, for the fifth straight quarter beginning April 1, 2025. “The rates of interest on various Small Savings Schemes for the first … Read more
Former celebrity manager Disha Salian’s father, Satish Salian at the Mumbai Police Commissioner’s office to request police protection in Mumbai, Maharashtra, on March 27, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI “The Mumbai police’s closure report in the Disha Salian death case had termed it a suicide and asserted she was battling depression due to various reasons, … Read more