Prime Minister Narendra Modi. File. | Photo Credit: ANI Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be on a three-day visit to Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Assam from Sunday (February 23, 2025) to attend several development initiatives, including the Global Investors Summit in Bhopal and the release of 19th instalment of cash assistance to farmers in Bhagalpur. … Read more
Assam Rifles formation under Spear Corps in coordination with Manipur Government and Manipur police and other stake holders facilitated voluntary surrender of 16 weapons in Churachandpur, Manipur on February 22, 2025. Photo: X/@Spearcorps On Saturday (February 22, 2025), following the Governor’s appeal, people of the Kuki-Zomi community in Churachandpur district surrendered 16 looted and illegal … Read more
Eklavya Model Residential Schools had been set up by the government to provide quality education to students belonging to the Scheduled Tribes After multiple representations from students of the Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRSs) and their parents, the National Education Society for Tribal Students (NESTS) has issued a circular introducing English medium of instruction in … Read more
Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan meets farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal before the farmer leaders meeting, in Chandigarh on February 22, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI A fresh round of talks between the protesting farmers and a central team to discuss the formers’ various demands, including a legal guarantee for Minimum Support Price (MSP) … Read more
A view of the decorated ‘Z-Morh’ Sonmarg tunnel that connects Gagangir and Sonamarg on the Srinagar-Leh highway, in Ganderbal. | Photo Credit: ANI Every evening, in his small hamlet in the Himalayan foothills of central Kashmir’s Sonamarg, Tanveer Ahmad Lone, 19, dives into online cinematography courses. During the day, Mr. Lone puts his training into … Read more
The Indian wedding tourism industry has been estimated to be around ₹5 lakh crore and is considered a sunshine sector. | Photo Credit: PTI To boost wedding tourism, the Centre has asked all States and Union Territories to facilitate an easy and uniform process of marriage registration even for couples other States. A senior Union … Read more
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar speaking at the 65th convocation ceremony of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University on February 22, 2025. Photo: X/@VPIndia Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday (February 22, 2025) claimed that illegal immigrants are interfering in the country’s electoral process, and there should be awareness about this. In apparent reference to the recent … Read more
Congress Spokesperson Pawan Khera addresses a press conference. File. | Photo Credit: ANI The political row over the reported $21 million USAID funding for voter turnout in India continued into Saturday (February 22, 2025), with the Congress citing a U.S. media report and doubling down on its demand of a white paper on the USAID … Read more
Aam Aadmi Party leader Durgesh Pathak. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday (February 24, 2025) a plea of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Durgesh Pathak for the dismissal of a petition challenging his election from Delhi’s Rajinder Nagar Assembly seat in a 2022 bypoll. A bench … Read more
Former Reserve Bank of India Shaktikanta Das has been appointed as the Principal Secretary-2 to Prime Minister. | Photo Credit: ANI The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Personnel and Training, on Saturday (February 22, 2025) appointed former RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das as the Principal Secretaryt-2 to … Read more