A view of the Supreme Court of India in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Supreme Court has admitted a petition questioning whether employment to public services can be “auctioned off” through the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) portal in violation of the Constitution. A Bench of Justices P.S. Narasimha and Joymalya Bagchi … Read more
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh addresses the gathering during the launch of e – Coffee table book ‘Veerangana’ – a Tribute to Rani Velu Nachiyar – honouring the women freedom fighters of India – organised by Bharatiya Janata Party Mahila Morcha, at Kedarnath Sahni Auditorium in New Delhi on Saturday, March 29, 2025. | Photo Credit: … Read more
Amidst growing India-European Union cooperation in critical technologies, the India-Europe Resilience Forum (IERF) was launched on Friday (28.03.2025) as a Track 1.5 Diplomacy initiative, bringing together policy experts and institutions. This effort, led by four organizations, aims to foster dialogue and collaboration between key stakeholders in India and Europe on shared, ‘non-traditional’ security challenges. The … Read more
A view of the Sabarmati Ashram in Gujarat. | Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji Mahatma Gandhi’s great-grandson has moved the Supreme Court, raising concerns over the Gujarat government’s “renovation” of Sabarmati Ashram, saying the project had been envisaged in a manner contrary to the spirit and ethos of Gandhian simplicity. A Bench of Justices M.M. Sundresh … Read more
BJP national president J.P. Nadda with Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva, Union MoS Harsh Malhotra and party MP Manoj Tiwari during the ‘Bihar Diwas 2025’ function, in New Delhi, on March 29, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president and Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda on Saturday (March 29, 2025) said that … Read more
A collapsed building is seen after a powerful earthquake in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on March 29, 2025 | Photo Credit: AP Intensifying its efforts for aiding relief and rescue work in earthquake-hit Myanmar under ‘Operation Brahma’, India has dispatched two naval ships to the neighbouring country while a field hospital is slated to be airlifted later … Read more
Supreme Court Judge Justice Vikram Nath and President Dropadi Murmu during the inaugural session of the two-day National Conference on ‘Environment – 2025’ organised by NGT, in New Delhi on March 29, 2025 | Photo Credit: ANI Supreme Court Judge Justice Vikram Nath on Saturday (March 29, 2025) laid stress on the need to regulate … Read more
India and the visiting U.S. officials have concluded a round of talks on Saturday (March 29, 2025) for the proposed bilateral trade agreement, government sources said. They said the negotiations are progressing well. A team of U.S. officials, headed by Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for South and Central Asia Brendan Lynch, was here for negotiations … Read more
Union Minister Pralhad Joshi. File | Photo Credit: PTI India’s solar PV module manufacturing capacity will increase to 125 gigawatt (GW) by 2030 from the current 80 GW, and its installed solar cell manufacturing capacity will soon touch 40 GW from 25 GW at present, Union Minister of New and Renewable Energy Pralhad Joshi said … Read more
An 80-member team of NDRF prepares to depart for earthquake-hit Myanmar to assist in rescue operations on March 29, 2025 | Photo Credit: X/@DrSJaishankar India is sending a contingent of 80 National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel for relief and rescue works in earthquake-hit Myanmar, officials in New Delhi said Saturday (March 29, 2025). The … Read more