Incidents of sudden hair loss in Maharashtra’s Buldhana district, which made national headlines, are linked to high selenium content found in wheat from Punjab and Haryana supplied by local ration shops, as per a medical expert’s report. Selenium is a mineral found in the soil and naturally appears in water and some foods. People need … Read more
Representational image of a seismograph recording an earthquake. | Photo Credit: Reuters An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 was recorded at 6.10 a.m. on Tuesday (February 25, 2025) near Puri in Odisha, an IMD official said in Kolkata. The quake occurred at a depth of 91 km in the Bay of Bengal, he said. The tremor … Read more
A file image of President Droupadi Murmu It is essential to induct more women in U.N. peacekeeping missions as they are better equipped to address gender-based violence, build trust and promote dialogue, President Droupadi Murmu said on Monday (February 24, 2025). Addressing a group of women peacekeepers who had called on the President at Rashtrapati … Read more
BJP claimed that Shashi Tharoor’s “marginalisation” in the party was inevitable after he contested the party’s presidential election against Gandhi family’s “nominee” Mallikarjun Kharge. File | Photo Credit: ANI Congress leader Shashi Tharoor’s “marginalisation” in the party was inevitable after he contested the party’s presidential election against Gandhi family’s “nominee” Mallikarjun Kharge, the BJP claimed … Read more
The Supreme Court on Monday permitted the consolidation of First Information Reports (FIRs) registered against YouTuber Savukku Shankar for the allegedly disparaging comments he made online. A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar said the FIRs would be clubbed with the primary one registered at the Coimbatore City Cyber … Read more
Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan meets farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal before the farmer leaders meeting, in Chandigarh. File. | Photo Credit: ANI Farmers and farm-labourers groups protesting in Punjab over their long pending demands on Monday (February 24, 2025) announced that they would put on hold their proposed ‘Delhi march’, slated for February … Read more
Gilbert F. Houngbo, chief of the International Labour Organization (ILO) at inauguration “Regional Dialogue” of Social Justice and Observance of 74th Foundation Day of Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) in New Delhi on February 24, 2025. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap Citing the “World Social Protection Report 2024-26”, Director-General of the International Labour Organization, … Read more
The ED probe is based on a newspaper report that an Indian national named Chirag Tomar was undergoing prison sentence in the United States for stealing over $20 million from hundreds of victims The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has conducted searches in Delhi, Jaipur, and Mumbai, in connection with the alleged conversion of cryptocurrencies worth about … Read more
Effective July 1, airlines will have to provide weekly rest of continuous 48 hours. Representational file image. | Photo Credit: NAGARA GOPAL The Delhi High Court on Monday (February 24, 2025) ruled that the weekly rest for pilots will be raised from 36 hours to 48 hours from July 1 after a year-long delay in … Read more
A faction of the banned socio-religious group, Jamaat-e-Islami, floated a new political party in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday and pledged to raise people-centric issues, with an aim to contest in the upcoming panchayat elections in the Union Territory. The JeI faction named the new political outfit “Justice and Development Front” (JDF) at a convention … Read more