Several places in Bihar were jolted by a 5.5-magnitude earthquake that struck Nepal early on Friday (February 28, 2025), with tremors felt in Muzaffarpur, Samastipur and other bordering districts, officials said. Speaking to PTI, Umesh Kumar Singh, meteorologist at the disaster management department (DMD), Bihar government, said, “The 5.5-magnitude quake was recorded around 2:35 am, … Read more
Image for representation only | Photo Credit: Getty Images The U.S. Embassy on Friday (February 28, 2025) granted visas to the family members of Neelam Shinde, a student who is admitted to a hospital after suffering serious injuries in a road accident in California. The Ministry of External Affairs had on Thursday taken up with … Read more
In her judgment, Justice Nagarathna details the distress that women judges undergo. | Photo Credit: K Bhagya Prakash Supreme Court has reinstated two women judicial officers from Madhya Pradesh who were terminated for “misconduct” and “inefficiency”. One of the two judicial officers was dismissed from service despite her explanation that she had gotten suddenly … Read more
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the European Union have agreed to push for the conclusion of a free trade agreement this year, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday (February 28, 2025). The E.U. is India’s largest trading partner in … Read more
Livelihoods of war-affected northern Sri Lankan fishermen have been severely affected by bottom trawling used by their Indian counterparts. | Photo Credit: Meera Srinivasan Ending the destructive bottom-trawling method of fishing would safeguard theFof ordinary fishermen in both Tamil Nadu and northern Sri Lanka, former Chief Minister of Sri Lanka’s Northern Provincial Council C.V. Wigneswaran … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. File photo | Photo Credit: ANI Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday (February 28, 2025) greeted people on the occasion of National Science Day and called for leveraging science to build a Viksit Bharat. He said on X, “Greetings on National Science Day to those passionate about science, particularly our young … Read more
Underlining the need for more transparency in workings of the United Nations Security Council’s (UNSC) subsidiary bodies, India said details about rejecting or putting on hold requests to blacklist terror entities are not made public and are the exclusive preserve of a select few, calling it a “disguised veto”. India’s Permanent Representative at the U.N. … Read more
Logo of WinZO Games | Photo Credit: @winzoofficial The winners of Bharat Tech Triumph Programme (Season 3), an initiative of WinZO Games and Interactive Entertainment and Innovation Council in collaboration with the Information & Broadcasting Ministry and the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, are all set to represent India at Game Developers … Read more
A file image of Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray | Photo Credit: ANI Shiv Sena UBT leader Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday (February 27, 2025) slammed Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and yet again termed him a ‘traitor’. “I have respect towards Ganga. I believe in ‘Namami Gange’. But if I take ‘50 boxes’ … Read more
Gursharan Singh, 22, a resident of Mehoka village in Amritsar district, was deported in 2023. | Photo Credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA Balwinder Singh, 55, a resident of Manawala village in Amritsar district, who received a call from an unknown number informing him that his younger brother, Sukhdev Singh, 35, was in a detention camp in … Read more