Border Security Force (BSF) D-G Daljit Singh Chaudhary. File | Photo Credit: ANI Infiltration along the Bangladesh border had “gone down substantially” after the political developments in the neighbouring country in August 2024, Border Security Force (BSF) chief Daljit Singh Chawdhary said on Thursday (February 20, 2025). He further said the Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) stood … Read more
Disability rights activists in Delhi are building a coalition to get a key provision of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 dropped or amended. Section 9(1) of the Act has clubbed children with persons with disabilities (PwDs) to mandate that even in cases of adult PwDs who have legal guardians, consent for use … Read more
Jagdeep Dhankhar | Photo Credit: PTI Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday (February 20, 2025) said the best way to conquer a territory is to overtake its culture and destroy its language, and lamented that aggressors, who entered India centuries ago, did exactly the same by building their places of worship over ours. He also … Read more
Image used for representational purpose. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Three residents of Manipur were arrested for allegedly trafficking opium sourced from the border areas of Myanmar, converting it to heroin in Manipur’s Thoubal, and supplying it to the Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) area, police said. Police recovered 10 kg of high-grade heroin worth over … Read more
Image used for representational purpose. | Photo Credit: Reuters Weekly rest for pilots could be raised from 36 hours to 48 hours with effect from July 1, 2025, and the reduction in night flying “rolled out” from November 1, 2025, according to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation’s (DGCA) roadmap for implementing relaxed duty norms … Read more
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. File | Photo Credit: Imran Nissar The BJP on Thursday (February 20, 2025) said that U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest remarks on the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funding to India was a “reaffirmation” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s assertion during the 2024 Lok Sabha polls campaign that foreign … Read more
The contract for 149 SDRs is with defence public sector undertaking Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), Bengaluru at a total cost of ₹1,220.12 crore. Image credit: Twitter/@SpokespersonMoD The Defence Ministry on Thursday (February 20, 2025) signed two contracts worth ₹1,917.47 crore for the procurement of 149 software defined radios (SDR) for the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) and … Read more
More than 150 developers from five different continents, and over 650 Indian aspirants are participating in the handheld video game design challenge organised by the Indian Digital Gaming Society under the WAVES 2025 initiative recently announced by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry. The challenge has so far recorded registration from many countries, including the United … Read more
A 28-year-old woman died of pregnancy complications during treatment at a hospital in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district early on Thursday (February 20, 2025), sparking protest by her agitated relatives against alleged medical negligence, officials said. The protesters, however, dispersed after Rajouri Additional District Development Commissioner (ADDC) Raj Kumar Thapa visited the scene and assured … Read more
AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge with the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday (February 20, 2025) hit out at the Modi government over reports that China was settling 90 new villages along the Arunachal Pradesh border and accused it of putting … Read more