Lt. Gen. Sumer Ivan D’Cunha. File In the backdrop of the huge threat from disruptive technologies such as drones, loiter munitions and counter-drone systems, the Army’s Air Defence is gearing up to induct new fragmentation ammunition for existing air defence guns, around 1,300 in service, while pushing proposals for new systems to counter the growing … Read more
Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan told reporters on February 21, 2025, that in the 18th installment, farmers received about ₹20,665 crore. | Photo Credit: ANI Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release the 19th installment of the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi on February 24 at a function to be held at Bhagalpur in Bihar. About … Read more
The Supreme Court on Friday (February 21, 2025) told the Centre to make the concept of sexual equality between men and women a part of school syllabus. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Supreme Court on Friday (February 21, 2025) told the Centre that the concept of sexual equality, moral and ethical training of … Read more
Students of the KIIT University are seen at their campus as they are protesting against the University authorities for the justice of Nepali student who died at KIIT campus in Bhubaneswar, on February 19, 2025. | Photo Credit: Biswaranjan Rout Senior officials of Odisha-based Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), including its founder Achyuta Samanta, … Read more
The TRAI has released its recommendations for the Framework for Service Authorisations for provision of Broadcasting Services under the Telecommunications Act, 2023. | Photo Credit: X@TRAI The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Friday (February 21, 2025) released its recommendations for the Framework for Service Authorisations for provision of Broadcasting Services under the Telecommunications … Read more
Earlier on February 8, the DRI had arrested two persons found to be the actual importers of high-quality paper with embedded security thread having inscriptions of “RBI” and “Bharat” (security paper) in Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has busted seven more modules involved in … Read more
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi addressed a public meeting, at Shankarpur in Raebareli on February 20, 2025 | Photo Credit: ANI Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Friday (February 21, 2025) hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his remarks to the U.S. press … Read more
Earlier on February 14, a meeting between a central team led by Union Minister Pralhad Joshi and farmers’ representatives was held in Chandigarh, with both sides then saying it was held in a cordial atmosphere. File | Photo Credit: PTI A fresh round of talks between protesting farmers and the Centre will be held in … Read more
The association between India and USAID began in 1951 when the then President Harry Truman signed the India Emergency Food Aid Act. | Photo Credit: Reuters On February 16, the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by billionaire Elon Musk, listed items on which the “U.S. taxpayer dollars were going to be spent” and the … Read more
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar with his Chinese counterpart on the sidelines of the G20 Foreign Ministers’ meeting in South Africa on February 21, 2025. Photo: X/@DrSJaishankar External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on the sidelines of the G20 Foreign Ministers meet in South Africa on Friday (February 21, 2025). … Read more