Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Bhupender Yadav. File | Photo Credit: ANI Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav on Tuesday (February 18, 2025) said India must maximize resource efficiency to achieve its goal of becoming a developed country by 2047. Addressing the conclave on “Waste Recycling and Climate Change” here, Mr. Yadav urged industries to design … Read more
Christian Michel, a key accused and alleged middleman in Agusta Westland chopper scam, is pictured inside a police vehicle outside a court in New Delhi on December 5, 2018. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Supreme Court on Tuesday (February 18, 2025) granted bail to Christian Michel James, the alleged middleman in the AgustaWestland chopper scam, … Read more
Supreme Court to hear pleas against CEC, ECs appointments on February 19
A general view of Supreme Court. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap Calling it an abuse of the process of the law, the Supreme Court on Tuesday (February 18, 2025) dismissed a plea of alleged conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar to shift him from Mandoli Jail in the National Capital to any other prison, except ones in … Read more
Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi is part of the panel that selects the Chief Election Commissioner. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekar Kashyap Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday (February 18, 2025) said it is “disrespectful” and “discourteous” for the prime minister and home minister to have made a midnight … Read more
Photo: Ministry of External Affairs/https://eoi.gov.in/ Suresh K. Reddy has been appointed as India’s next Ambassador to Egypt, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Monday, February 17, 2025. Ambassador Reddy who belongs to the 1991 batch of Indian Foreign Service (IFS) is presently serving as India’s Ambassador to Brazil. As per the Indian … Read more
Gyanesh Kumar appointed as next Chief Election Commissioner. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Congress on Tuesday (February 18, 2025) slammed the government for “hastily” appointing the new Chief Election Commissioner, saying it undermines the spirit of the Constitution and free elections. Congress leader Manickam Tagore said democracy deserves better after the government appointed Gyanesh … Read more
Family members of a Nepal’s girl student who ended her life in hostel room, reach the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), in Bhubaneswar, on February 18, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI The father of the Nepali student, whose body was found in her hostel on the KIIT campus in Odisha’s Bhubaneswar, on Tuesday (February … Read more
Influencer Ranveer Allahbadia. File The Supreme Court protected YouTuber Ranveer Allahbadia on Tuesday (February 18, 2025) from arrest in FIRs registered in Maharashtra, Assam, and any filed or to be filed in Jaipur in connection with his controversial remarks on a show ‘India has got Latent’. A Bench of Justices Surya Kant and N.K. Singh … Read more
Vivek Joshi was appointed Election Commissioner on February 17, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI Vivek Joshi, a 1989-batch Haryana-cadre Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, was appointed as an election commissioner on Monday (February 17, 2025), the Law Ministry said. With his appointment, the Election Commission’s strength was restored to a three-member body, along with Chief … Read more