American Airlines Flight AA292 took off from New York at 8.20 p.m. local time on Saturday for a 14-hour journey. Representational file image. | Photo Credit: AP An American Airlines flight from New York to Delhi was forced to divert to Rome on Sunday (February 23, 2025) evening. The Italian Air Force scrambled fighter jets … Read more
Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat. File. | Photo Credit: RSS via PTI Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday (February 23, 2025) appealed to all the volunteers of the organisation to enhance friendship among different groups, irrespective of their caste, creed, region, and language. While attending a “bouddhik” (intellectual) programme here, … Read more
Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan inspects the Makhana-producing crops during his visit, in Darbhanga on February 23, 2025. Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary also seen. | Photo Credit: ANI Days after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the formation of the Makhana Board in Bihar, Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Shivraj Singh … Read more
Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi with Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge (centre). File. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap A session of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) will be held in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad on April 8 and 9 to deliberate on the challenges posed by the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) “anti-people” policies, alleged … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi lays the foundation stone of Bageshwar Dham Medical and Science Research Institute, in Chhatarpur on February 23, 2025. Madhya Pradesh Governor Mangubhai C. Patel, State Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, Bageshwar Dham Sarkar Acharya Dhirendra Krishna Shastri and Sadhvi Rithambara also seen. | Photo Credit: ANI “There is a section of leaders … Read more
For the financial year 2023-24, an obligation of a total of $97 million (about ₹825 crore) has been made by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the seven projects, the Finance Ministry report said. | Photo Credit: Reuters Amid a raging political controversy over the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)’s alleged … Read more
Watch: Delhi | Indian politics of the urbanscape The BJP’s victory in tiny Delhi, which is not even a full state, was fueled by support from all quarters across the city. The election campaign was informed by rhetoric around communitarian identities.The election mandate also had important lessons to give on the issue of freebies or … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday (February 23, 2025) that he will hand over his various social media accounts to women achievers in different fields to mark the International Women’s Day on March 8. In his monthly ‘Mann Ki Baat’ address, he said these successful women in different fields will speak about their work … Read more
Representational image. File | Photo Credit: L. Balachandar In a fresh incident, 32 fishermen from Rameswaram, Thangachimadam and nearby areas in Ramanathapuram district in Tamil Nadu were arrested by Sri Lankan Navy personnel on charges of poaching along the Palk Straits in the wee hours of Sunday (February 23, 2025). Five trawlers were also seized. … Read more
The U.S. health regulator has pulled up Jagsonpal Pharmaceuticals for significant manufacturing lapses. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The U.S. health regulator has pulled up Jagsonpal Pharmaceuticals for significant manufacturing lapses at its Rajasthan-based active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) plant. In a warning letter issued to the company’s Managing Director Manish Gupta, the U.S. Food and … Read more