Student volunteers clearing plastic waste from the banks of Hooghly. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A New Delhi-based think tank and a Kolkata-based start-up are currently on a five-day drive to remove plastic waste from the Hooghly river to raise awareness against plastic damaging the ecosystem. They are cleaning a dozen ghats in the city … Read more
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi. File. | Photo Credit: PTI President Donald Trump has “blown the lid off the illusion” and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is “nowhere to be seen”, Congress Rahul Gandhi said on Monday as stock markets continued to reel under the effect of U.S. reciprocal tariffs. The Leader … Read more
Representational file image. | Photo Credit: @byadavbjp via PTI Photo Authorities in Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park have initiated disciplinary action after a video showing a man offering water to a cheetah and her cubs went viral on social media. In this incident, field staff violated the instructions and have shown indiscipline, Additional Principal Chief … Read more
The BJP received the highest amount in large donations among national parties in the financial year 2023-24, with over ₹2,243 crore declared from 8,358 donations, according to a report by poll rights body the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). The report, based on data submitted to the Election Commission, highlighted trends in political donations above … Read more
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. | Photo Credit: PTI Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will visit the United Kingdom and Austria from April 8, 2025 (Tuesday) to April 13, 2025 (Sunday). During the visit, Ms. Sitharaman will take part in ministerial-level bilateral meetings in both countries, the Finance Ministry said in a statement on Monday … Read more
At dawn on November 28, 1885, King Thibaw and Queen Supayalat were escorted out of Mandalay Palace by British troops, marking the fall of the Konbaung Dynasty and Burma’s (now Myanmar) annexation into British India. As portrayed in the novel The Glass Palace, their exile to India symbolised the collapse of a once-powerful empire. Mandalay … Read more
An outer view of Bombay High Court. | Photo Credit: Vivek Bendre The Bombay High Court on Monday (April 7, 2025) ordered the Maharashtra government to register an FIR against five policemen who were held responsible for the custodial death of Akshay Shinde, the accused in the Badlapur school sexual assault case. A division bench … Read more
The Supreme Court rejected the pleas seeking 100% cross-verification of electronic voting machines (EVMs) data with VVPAT records. File The Supreme Court on Monday (April 7, 2025) refused to examine a plea seeking a direction to the Election Commission of India for a 100% manual counting of voter verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) slips in … Read more
The Supreme Court on Monday (April 7, 2025) refused to examine a plea of the ED against the bail granted to RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav’s close aide and businessman Amit Katyal in a money laundering case linked to the alleged land-for-jobs scam in the Indian Railways. A Bench of Justices M.M. Sundresh and Rajesh … Read more
A view of Supreme Court of India. | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar The Indian Union Muslim League on Monday (April 7, 2025) moved the Supreme Court against the Waqf (Amendment) Act of 2025, amending the Waqf Act, 1995. The IUML, represented by advocates Haris Beeran and Usman Ghani Khan, said the amendments introduced provisions … Read more