The European Union’s (EU) aggressive environmental regulations, particularly the carbon tax, deforestation rules, and supply chain due diligence laws, are one of the biggest hurdles in the negotiations for a proposed trade pact with India, economic think tank Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI)said on Sunday (March 9, 2025). It said that these regulations could impose … Read more
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha. | Photo Credit: ANI Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday (March 9, 2025) ordered a probe into the killing of three civilians, including a 14-year-old boy, in the upper reaches of Jammu’s Kathua district. “I have ordered a thorough and transparent investigation and all the … Read more
The DGCA is investigating the tail strike incident which occurred when IndiGo’s 6E- 5325 Mumbai-Chennai flight was making a landing on March 8, 2025. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The tail section of an IndiGo Airbus A321 aircraft scraped against the runway at Chennai Airport on Saturday (March 8, 2025) during the time of landing … Read more
Image used for representational purpose. | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has sought a detailed report from Air India after an 82-year-old passenger suffered a fall at the Delhi airport following an alleged delay in providing her a wheelchair. The woman was admitted to ICU for brain stroke. “We … Read more
People stage a protest against the Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2024, after Friday prayers, at Asfi masjid in Lucknow on March 7, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI The Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind on Sunday (March 9, 2025) extended support to the protest called by All India Muslim Personal Law Board and other organisations against the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, … Read more
Supreme Court granted bail to a former excise officer from Chhattisgarh in a cheating and corruption case. File | Photo Credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA The Supreme Court has granted bail to a former excise officer from Chhattisgarh in a cheating and corruption case linked to the high-profile liquor scam in the State. The top court, … Read more
Watch: Mayawati sacks Akash anand | State of affairs inside BSP party This week saw Bahujan Samaj party chief Mayawati remove her nephew Akash Anand, touted earlier as her successor. She has done this once before the middle of the by-elections, after which she brought him back into the party just before the Delhi assembly … Read more
With Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman asserting that the GST rates will come down further, the Congress on Sunday (March 9, 2025) said any changes in the tax must be more comprehensive than a mere rate reduction and stressed the need for a radically simplified and less-punitive GST 2.0. Also Read | BJP counters Congress’s charges … Read more
Raghuraj Pratap Singh aka Raja Bhaiya. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Uttar Pradesh’s Kunda MLA, Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya, has been booked for alleged domestic violence following a complaint by his wife Bhanvi Singh, an official said on Sunday (March 9, 2025). An FIR was registered at Delhi’s Safdarjung Enclave police station … Read more
Union Minister of Women and Child Development Annapurna Devi speaks in the Lok Sabha during the Budget Session, in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: ANI Union Minister for Women and Child Development, Annapurna Devi will lead India’s delegation at the 69th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) at the United … Read more