Spend more on healthcare, Rajya Sabha MPs tell Centre

Rajya Sabha. File | Photo Credit: ANI The Union government’s Budget allocation for healthcare needs to be boosted so that it matches the the health spend of other developing nations, Rajya Sabha MPs said during a debate on the Health Ministry on Tuesday (March 18, 2025). Pointing at serious lapses in the management of healthcare … Read more

General strike on May 20 against Labour Codes

A convention of various Central Trade Unions (CTUs) and federations of workers in the Opposition camp has decided to observe a general strike on May 20 against the Centre’s move to implement the four Labour Codes. The convention has also decided to work together with farmers’ organisations to organise joint protests against the Narendra Modi … Read more

Congress top brass confer on ways to strengthen district committees

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and party leaders Rahul Gandhi and K.C. Venugopal during a meeting with party’s general secretaries and in-charges. | Photo Credit: @kcvenugopalmp Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former party chief Rahul Gandhi met with general secretaries and leadership from the states on Tuesday to find ways to strengthen the district Congress committees … Read more

Pact signed for using Parliament data to train indigenous AI model: Ashwini Vaishnaw

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw speaks in the Lok Sabha. File | Photo Credit: Sansad TV The India Artificial Intelligence (AI) Mission, helmed by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Parliament to access its data for training an indigenous AI model, Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on … Read more

Prayers on lips, celebrations on ground: Sunita Williams’ ancestral Gujarat village plans ‘Deepavali’

Hindu priests, teachers and students perform ‘Havan’ for the safe return of astronaut Sunita Williams, at a school, in Ahmedabad, Tuesday, March 18, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI With prayers on their lips, residents of NASA astronaut Sunita Williams’ ancestral village in Gujarat are waiting for her safe return to Earth with bated breath and … Read more

Pakistan should vacate Indian territory under its illegal and forcible occupation: MEA 

Randhir Jaiswal. File Photo: YouTube/@MEAIndia India on Tuesday (March 18, 2025) hit out at Pakistan, asking it to “vacate” Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK). The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) made the comment after the Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks, made in a podcast interview, where he said … Read more

‘Right to development through industrialisation equally claims priority under fundamental rights’

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has set aside, in separate judgments on Monday, a National Green Tribunal (NGT) order and a Madras High Court decision to halt development activities at Auroville in Chennai for lack of environmental clearance while outlining the need for sustainable development which strike a “golden balance” between the rights to development … Read more

BJP warns of Pakistan situation’s spillover into Jammu, asks security forces to stay alert

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday (March 18, 2025) warned of the likely spillover of Pakistan’s “deteriorating situation” into J&K and urged locals to stay alert in the Jammu region.   “There could be an attempt to spread disturbance in J&K. Pakistan, where the situation is sliding in the past few days, may try to spread disturbance … Read more