Elaborate security arrangements have been put in place in view of the PM Modi’s visit to Bhagalpur in Bihar. File photo | Photo Credit: PTI Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release the 19th instalment of the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme from Bihar’s Bhagalpur on Monday (February 24, 2025) officials said. The Prime Minister … Read more
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh. File | Photo Credit: PTI Amid the ongoing row over USAID funding, the Congress on Monday (February 24, 2025) claimed that the Union Finance Ministry has “thoroughly exposed” the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) “lies” with its annual report for 2023-24 stating that the U.S. agency is currently implementing seven projects in … Read more
While Tapentadol is an opioid medication that is used to treat moderate to severe pain, Carisoprodol is a muscle relaxant which works on the centres in the brain and spinal cord to relieve pain. Representational image. | Photo Credit: REUTERS The apex drug regulatory authority has prohibited the production and export of all combinations of … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah during a meeting, in New Delhi. File photo | Photo Credit: PTI Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday (February 24, 2025) nominated 10 persons from different walks of life, including Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, businessman Anand Mahindra and actor Mohanlal, … Read more
Representative image | Photo Credit: VIJAY SONEJI The seats on the Air India aircraft on which Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan flew on Saturday (February 22, 2025) were new and so was the aircraft. While the seat was not broken per se as alleged, the cushions on a vast majority were sunken because of … Read more
A view of the University Grants Commission (UGC), in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA The story so far: The University Grants Commission (UGC) decided to discontinue the UGC Consortium for Academic and Research Ethics (UGC-CARE) list, which is a list of quality academic journals, first introduced in 2018. The UGC-CARE list will … Read more
Seilen Haokip of the Kuki National Organisation. Photo: Special Arrangement Seilen Haokip, spokesperson of the Kuki National Organisation (KNO), was removed from a panel at the Delhi University Literature Festival (DULF) that he had been invited to on Sunday, the third day of the festival, which is being held at SRCC in New Delhi. He … Read more
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar addresses at the Kashi Tamil Sangamam, in Varanasi, Sunday, February 23, 2025 | Photo Credit: PTI Union External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and 45 ambassadors from different countries on Sunday (February 23, 3035) interacted with Tamil delegates who are on a visit for the third edition of Kashi Tamil Sangamam. … Read more
Participants at the XR Creator Hackathon. Photo: Special Arrangement Born with a clubfoot, S. Bala Subramaniyam, 27, a postgraduate from Chennai, was no stranger to mobility challenges and societal biases. Despite holding two Extended Reality (XR) patents, he struggled to find opportunities in the industry. However, the XR Creator Hackathon, organised under the Information and … Read more
Image for representative purposes only | Photo Credit: The Hindu Twelve Indians, deported to Panama by the U.S., returned to India from the Latin American nation on Sunday (February 23, 2025), officials said. The deportees arrived at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, marking the first batch of Indians returning from Panama following … Read more