A year since a policy offering significant duty cuts for high value electric vehicles in lieu of domestic production was announced, Tesla is yet to engage in discussions with the Indian government, according to a senior government official. While there have been three meetings with industry stakeholders since the Scheme to Promote Manufacturing of Electric … Read more
Representative image | Photo Credit: AP The Supreme Court on Monday (March 3, 2025) sought the response of the government on a plea challenging Rules empowering it to block content on social media platforms without prior notice or fair hearing to persons who upload them. A Bench headed by Justice B.R. Gavai issued notice to … Read more
Lok Sabha MP from Baramulla Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid. File. | Photo Credit: IMRAN NISSAR A Delhi court on Monday asked the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to respond to Baramulla MP Engineer Rashid’s plea to get bail to attend the upcoming Parliament session. Arrested in a terror funding case in 2019, … Read more
Representative image | Photo Credit: MURALI KUMAR K India’s power consumption grew marginally to 131.54 billion units (BU) in February, higher than 127.34 BU in the year-ago period, according to the government data. However, the two figures are not comparable, as 2024 was a leap year. According to official data, power consumption was 127.34 BU … Read more
An Indian woman on death row in Abu Dhabi for the alleged murder of a four-month-old child has already been executed on February 15, the Delhi High Court hearing her father’s plea about her well-being was informed on Monday (March 3, 2025). On being informed about the development, Justice Sachin Datta termed it “very unfortunate”. … Read more
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati with her nephew Akash Anand arrives for a meeting of party’s office bearers. File. | Photo Credit: PTI Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Monday (March 3, 2025) said she has expelled her nephew Akash Anand from the party “in the interest” of the party. The development comes a … Read more
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh during a meeting with Princess Astrid of Belgium in New Delhi on Monday (March 3, 2025). | Photo Credit: X/@rajnathsingh via PTI Photo Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday (March 3, 2025) met Princess Astrid of Belgium and his Belgian counterpart Theo Francken. The sister of Belgium’s King Philippe, … Read more
Daily Quiz | On Indian languages Portrait of James Prinsep — an Englishman who deciphered the Brahmi script, considered the ancestor of most modern Indian scripts, in 1837 by studying Ashokan inscriptions START THE QUIZ 1 / 7 | How many languages are recognised as per the Constitution of India under the Eighth Schedule and … Read more
The Government has approved the upgradation of IRCTC and IRFC to Navratna Central Public Sector Enterprises on Monday (March 3, 2025), an official statement said. Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) is a Ministry of Railways CPSE with an annual turnover of ₹4,270.18 crore, PAT (profit after tax) of ₹1,111.26 crore and a net … Read more
Congress MP Imran Pratapgarhi. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Supreme Court on Monday (March 3, 2025) said the freedom of speech and expression had to be understood by police “at least now” after 75 years of the Constitution as it reserved the verdict on a plea of Congress MP Imran Pratapgarhi to quash an … Read more