Daily Quiz | On Election Commissioner of India Name this bureaucrat who brought credited with reforming the poll body START THE QUIZ 1 / 6 | The Election Commission initially just had the post of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) from its inception till a short-lived expansion in 1989. Since when did the three-member body became a … Read more
The I&B Ministry asked self-regulatory bodies of OTT platforms to take appropriate proactive action for violation of the Code of Ethics by the platforms. (Representational image) | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Amid a row over vulgar jokes on social media, the Centre has cracked the whip and warned OTT platforms against transmitting content that is … Read more
Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar calls on President Droupadi Murmu, at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Thursday, Febryary 20, 2025 | Photo Credit: ANI Newly appointed Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Thursday (February 20, 2025) called on President Droupadi Murmu at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. The President’s office shared a picture of the … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump has once again questioned the Biden administration’s decision to allocate $21 million to India for “voter turnout”, guessing that they were trying to “get somebody else elected”. Mr. Trump made these remarks while addressing the FII PRIORITY Summit in Miami on Thursday … Read more
Migrants deported from the U.S. gesture as they look out the window of the Decapolis Hotel where they are temporarily staying in Panama City, on February 18, 2025. | Photo Credit: AFP Panama has informed India about the safe arrival of a group of Indians deported from the U.S. and the Indian mission in the … Read more
A file photo of gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Supreme Court on Thursday (February 20, 2025) denied bail to gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli, who is serving life imprisonment in a murder case. Arun Gawli, who is undergoing life imprisonment for the 2007 murder of Mumbai Shiv Sena corporator Kamlakar Jamsandekar, claims to … Read more
Representative image | Photo Credit: AP In a high-level delegation meeting between BGB and BSF, Border Guard Bangladesh chief Maj General Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui said, “The news of attack on minorities in recent past in Bangladesh is an exaggeration. We provided security to puja pandals within 8 k.m. of international border during Durga Puja, which were held … Read more
“We need more professional regulation of our financial markets. SEBI needs a total overhaul,” the Congress says. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The Congress on Thursday (February 20, 2025) stressed the need for professional regulation of financial markets with a “total overhaul” of SEBI and called for a relentless focus on global manufacturing ecosystems across … Read more
The Supreme Court had taken suo motu cognisance of the January 27 decision of the Lokpal that High Court judges were ‘public servants’ and, thus, came within the ambit of the Lokpal Act. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Supreme Court on Thursday (February 20, 2025) stayed an order by top anti-corruption ombudsman Lokpal … Read more
A file photo of a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight. (For Representational purpose only.) | Photo Credit: AP A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight from Dhaka to Dubai with 396 passengers and 12 crew members on board made an emergency landing at Nagpur airport in Maharashtra, officials said on Thursday (February 20, 2025) The flight was diverted … Read more