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A view of a Laser Weapon developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to shoot down aerial targets in Kurnool on April 13, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Sunday (April 13, 2025) announced the successful trial of a Mk-II(A) Laser- Directed Energy Weapon (DEW) system … Read more
INS Chennai arrives in Dar-es-Salaam for the inaugural edition of the large-scale multilateral exercise Africa India Key Maritime Engagement, AIKEYME. | Photo Credit: PTI The inaugural edition of the large-scale multilateral exercise Africa India Key Maritime Engagement (AIKEYME) began on Sunday (April 13, 2025) at Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. Coinciding with it, offshore patrol vessel INS Sunayna, designated … Read more
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Rural Development has recommended an independent survey to assess the effectiveness of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), and its shortcomings. | Photo Credit: M A SRIRAM The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Rural Development has recommended an independent survey to assess the effectiveness of the Mahatma Gandhi … Read more
Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Sunday (April 13. 2025) said that deletion of the provision in the RTI Act that recognises citizens’ right to information as being at par with that of legislators is “completely unwarranted”, and urged IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to pause, review, and repeal the amendment made to the original legislation … Read more
Watch: Politics behind AIADMK-BJP alliance ahead of T.N. assembly polls 2026 A full year ahead of the Tamil Nadu Assembly election, the AIADMK and BJP revived their electoral ties on Friday (April 11, 2025) with Union Home Minister Amit Shah declaring that a “coalition government” would be formed after the elections. Addressing a press conference, … Read more
The story so far The Supreme Court on April 8, 2025 delivered a significant verdict delineating the powers of the President and the Governors, on the issue of grant of assent to Bills passed by State legislatures, under Articles 201 and 200 respectively of the Constitution. The judgement has sparked a debate across the country … Read more
Boosting power infrastructure in the region, PM Modi will lay the foundation stone of an 800 MW modern thermal power unit of Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram Thermal Power Plant at Yamuna Nagar. File | Photo Credit: Narendra Modi Website via ANI Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch several development initiatives in Haryana on April 14 to … Read more
Congress leader Kanhaiya Kumar. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap The BJP on Sunday (April 13, 2025) filed a police complaint against Congress leader Kanhaiya Kumar in Patna, alleging that he used abusive language against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the RSS during a recent TV interview. A delegation led by the BJP’s media in-charge … Read more
Supreme Court Judge Justice B.V. Nagarathna during a southern zone regional conference on ‘Family: The Basis of Indian Society’, in Bengaluru, Karnataka, Saturday, April 12, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Supreme Court judge Justice B. V. Nagarathna on Saturday (April 12, 2025) said the institution of family in India today is undergoing rapid transformation and … Read more
Representative image | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The Supreme Court has refused to interfere with an order of the Allahabad High Court discarding the adoption deed of a man in a property dispute case, saying it was a calculated move to deny the daughters of their rightful inheritance of their father’s estate. The high court, … Read more