A comprehensive data-pooling exercise led by the Union Labour Ministry in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO) has shown that 65% of the country’s population (92 crore people) is covered by at least one social protection benefit (cash and in-kind both), with 48.8% receiving cash benefits. Announcing the results of the exercise here on … Read more
Congress MP KC Venugopal speaks in the Lok Sabha during the Budget Session of the Parliament, in New Delhi on March 25, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI/Sansad TV Congress MP K.C. Venugopal on Tuesday (March25, 2025) claimed that there is a “hidden agenda” in the government’s attempt to draw a distinction between pensioners through an … Read more
A view of the Supreme Court of India in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Supreme Court on Tuesday (March 25, 2025) asked if constitutional courts cannot direct Speakers, who act as quasi-judicial tribunals under the anti-defection law, to decide disqualification petitions filed with them under the Tenth Schedule (anti-defection law) … Read more
Representative image | Photo Credit: Getty Images The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), in collaboration with the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi and Dr. Shroff’s Charity Eye Hospital, in an initiative supported by the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation has successfully conducted a feasibility study to assess the potential of using … Read more
BJP is launching a major outreach programme for Muslim, Sikh and Christian communities. The party is planning to distribute festive kits called “Saugat-e-Modi” (gifts from Prime Minister Modi) on the occasion of Eid, Baisakhi and Easter. The Bharatiya Janata Party is launching a major outreach programme for Muslim, Sikh and Christian communities. The party is … Read more
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday (March 25, 2025) said the Finance Bill 2025 provides unprecedented tax relief, and the 13.14% projected growth in personal income tax collection is “realistic” and supported by solid data. Replying to the discussions on Finance Bill 2025 in the Lok Sabha, Ms. Sitharaman also said the customs duty rationalisation … Read more
Image used for representation The Supreme Court said on Tuesday (March 25, 2025) that it will hear in May pleas seeking implementation of its 2006 verdict on police reforms that recommended steps like separation of investigation and law and order duties. Also Read | Awaiting police reforms Later, the top court also passed another set … Read more
A file image of Red Fort in New Delhi | Photo Credit: ANI The Supreme Court on Tuesday (March 25, 2025) disposed of an over-two-decade-old PIL seeking the restoration and conservation of the 17th-century Mughal-era monument, Red Fort, saying that its expert panel has complied with most of the directions. A bench of Justices Surya … Read more
Former Minister of Uttar Pradesh Amarmani Tripathi is accused of Madhumita Shukla’s murder. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Supreme Court on Tuesday (March 25, 2025) dismissed a plea challenging the premature release of former Uttar Pradesh minister Amarmani Tripathi and his wife Madhumani in poet Madhumita Shukla murder case. The Uttar Pradesh prisons department … Read more
Surendra Koli (L) and Mohinder Singh Pandher. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Supreme Court on Tuesday (March 25, 2025) said it would hear on April 3 a batch of petitions challenging the acquittal of Surendra Koli in the 2006 Nithari serial killings case. The apex court had last year agreed to examine separate pleas, … Read more