Prime Minister Narendra Modi. File photo | Photo Credit: ANI Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday (February 28, 2025) greeted people on the occasion of National Science Day and called for leveraging science to build a Viksit Bharat. He said on X, “Greetings on National Science Day to those passionate about science, particularly our young … Read more
Underlining the need for more transparency in workings of the United Nations Security Council’s (UNSC) subsidiary bodies, India said details about rejecting or putting on hold requests to blacklist terror entities are not made public and are the exclusive preserve of a select few, calling it a “disguised veto”. India’s Permanent Representative at the U.N. … Read more
Logo of WinZO Games | Photo Credit: @winzoofficial The winners of Bharat Tech Triumph Programme (Season 3), an initiative of WinZO Games and Interactive Entertainment and Innovation Council in collaboration with the Information & Broadcasting Ministry and the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, are all set to represent India at Game Developers … Read more
A file image of Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray | Photo Credit: ANI Shiv Sena UBT leader Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday (February 27, 2025) slammed Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and yet again termed him a ‘traitor’. “I have respect towards Ganga. I believe in ‘Namami Gange’. But if I take ‘50 boxes’ … Read more
Gursharan Singh, 22, a resident of Mehoka village in Amritsar district, was deported in 2023. | Photo Credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA Balwinder Singh, 55, a resident of Manawala village in Amritsar district, who received a call from an unknown number informing him that his younger brother, Sukhdev Singh, 35, was in a detention camp in … Read more
An Indian Army jawan looking at the India-China border through his telescope. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Chinese Defence Ministry on Thursday (February 27, 2025) said the militaries of India and China are implementing the resolutions to end the standoff in eastern Ladakh in a “comprehensive and effective manner”. “At present, the Chinese and … Read more
Ananda Vikatan magazine logo. Photo: vikatan.com The Ananda Vikatan group, in a statement on Thursday (February 27, 2025), vowed to take action “to both defend freedom of expression and restore access to the [Vikatan magazine’s] website”, indicating possible legal action. The magazine has resisted an order by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to take … Read more
Representative Image | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Border Security Force (BSF) apprehended 13 Bangladeshi nationals, including women and children, in north Tripura on Thursday. Two border touts, one from Assam, were also arrested for escorting the infiltrators. The detainees from four families are residents of Sunamganj, Brahmanbaria, Moulavi Bazar and Netrokona districts in Bangladesh. … Read more
EPFO, HQ in Delhi. | Photo Credit: The Hindu A meeting of the Central Board of Trustees (CBT) of the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), scheduled here on Friday (February 28, 2025), will discuss the interest rate to be recommended for PF deposits for the coming financial year and review the implementation of the Supreme … Read more
Praveen Sood. | Photo Credit: PTI Central Bureau of Investigation Director Praveen Sood on Thursday (February 27, 2025) said 2024 witnessed high disposal of about 1,400 under-investigation cases, while about 900 fresh cases were registered during the year. The CBI’s focus in 2025 would be on accelerating trial disposal of cases, he said. Speaking at … Read more