India, U.S. tri-service HADR exercise Tiger Triumph concludes on Eastern seaboard

Crew of the U.S. ship boarding after completing their local tour as part of the exercise Tiger Triumph 2025. April 4, 2025. | Photo Credit: V Raju The 4th edition of the India-U.S. tri-service amphibious Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) exercise, Tiger Triumph, concluded on Friday (April 11, 2025) following the completion of operations … Read more

First test flight of Saras Mk2 plane expected in December 2027: official

The Saras Mk2, an updated version of an India-designed civilian aircraft, is set to test-fly in December 2027. | Photo Credit: CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories The Saras Mk2, an updated version of an India-designed civilian aircraft, is set to test-fly in December 2027, Abhay Pashilkar, Director, CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories (CSIR-NAL) told The Hindu. Only after several … Read more

Waqf Act a complex legislation, result of dialogue and democratic process: Jayant Chaudhary

Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) National President Jayant Chaudhary and Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) – Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Jayant Chaudhary addresses a press conference, in New Delhi on Saturday. | Photo Credit: ANI Responding to the ferment in the Muslim community after the Waqf Bill became law, Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) … Read more

A marble mirage of snow and ice in Rajasthan

Marble stones at Kishangarh, Rajasthan. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The marble slurry dumping yard at Kishangarh, Rajasthan, where bulldozers clear parts of it to send to Morbi in Gujarat.  | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Amit Parmar, 35, his wife, and five-year-old daughter are travelling from Mumbai in Maharashtra to Bhiwani, their home town in … Read more

India votes in favour of first global carbon tax on shipping

Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: PTI India and 62 other countries voted in favour of the world’s first-ever global carbon tax imposed on the shipping industry by the United Nations’ shipping agency. The decision, taken at the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) headquarters in London on Friday (April 11, 2025) after a … Read more

YouTuber Jaspreet Singh appears before Assam Police over case for ‘promoting obscenity’

Stand-up comedian and Youtuber Jaspreet Singh YouTuber and stand-up comedian Jaspreet Singh on Saturday (April 12, 2025) appeared before the Assam Police in connection with a case filed against him and four others for allegedly promoting obscenity on a publicly accessible online show, an officer said. Mr. Singh appeared before the investigating officer (IO) of … Read more

Top news of the day: April 12, 2025

The Enforcement Directorate said on Saturday, April 12, 2025, that it has issued notices to take possession of immovable assets worth ₹661 crore that it had attached in the probe into the money laundering case against Congress-controlled Associated Journals Limited (AJL). | Photo Credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA National Herald case: ED issues notice to take … Read more

Electronic Voting Machines safe, tamper-proof: Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar

Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. File | Photo Credit: PTI Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Saturday (April 12, 2025) said the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) are “safe” and “tamper-proof.” He said EVMs used in India cannot be connected to internet, bluetooth or infrared and it is not possible anyway to tamper with it. … Read more