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| Photo Credit: MURALI KUMAR K In a significant move to boost the cooperative sector, Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday announced the government’s plans to launch a new app-based taxi service, ‘Sahkar’, on the lines of Ola and Uber. The announcement was made in Parliament while the House was discussing the … Read more

Farmer leaders Sarwan Singh Pandher, Abhimanyu Kohar and Kaka Singh Kotra, detained in a recent police crackdown following a meeting with a central delegation, were released on Friday, March 28, 2025 | Photo Credit: Reuters Farmer leaders Sarwan Singh Pandher, Abhimanyu Kohar and Kaka Singh Kotra, detained in a recent police crackdown following a meeting … Read more

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during a visit to the University of Oxford on March 27, 2025. | Photo Credit: @MamataOfficial/PTI West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee address at an Oxford Institution was disrupted on Thursday (March 27, 2025) as protesters raised questions on the rape and murder of a doctor at Kolkata’s R … Read more

The Supreme Court on Friday, March 28, 2025, quashed a hate speech case registered by the Gujarat Police against Congress MP Imran Pratapgarhi for his poem about “suffering injustice with love”. | Photo Credit: Sansad TV The Supreme Court on Friday (March 28, 2025) held that the fundamental right of persons to freely express themselves … Read more

Prime Minister Modi will visit Bangkok from April 3 to 4 to participate in the sixth BIMSTEC Summit being hosted by Thailand. File photo | Photo Credit: AFP Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) summit in Bangkok during 3-4 April, the Ministry of External Affairs … Read more

AIMPLB urges Muslims to wear black armband to ‘last Friday of Ramzan’ prayers to protest Waqf Bill The All India Muslim Personal Law Board has urged Muslims to wear a black armband on their right hand when they go for Juma prayers on the last Friday of Ramzan as a mark of their protest against … Read more

Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal, is set to introduce ‘The Indian Ports Bill, 2025’ in the Lok Sabha on Friday, according to the list of the business. The bill aims to consolidate the law relating to ports, promote integrated port development, facilitate ease of doing business and ensure the optimum utilization … Read more

Security personnel during an anti-terrorist operation in a remote forested area, in Kathua district, Jammu and Kashmir, Friday, March 28, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Security forces on Friday (March 28, 2025) resumed an anti-terrorist operation in a remote forested area in the Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, a day after three terrorists and … Read more

Evidence-based policymaking relies on data, research, and statistical analysis — not ideology, untested assumptions or political convenience. It ensures that policies address real needs, maximise effectiveness, and avoid unnecessary burdens. By this standard, the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020’s push for a third language in schools fails to meet the mark. What do surveys say? … Read more