President Droupadi Murmu has given her assent to the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025. File | Photo Credit: PTI President Droupadi Murmu has given her assent to the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025, the Law Ministry said in a notification on Saturday (April 5, 2025). The bill was passed by Parliament after three days of intense debate … Read more
CPI(M) leader M.Y .Tarigami. File | Photo Credit: NISSAR AHMAD The CPI(M) party congress on Saturday (April 5, 2025) adopted a resolution calling upon the Centre to restore full statehood and democracy in Jammu and Kashmir. Introduced by party Central Committee member and legislator M.Y. Tarigami, the resolution said the unconstitutional abrogation of Articles 370 … Read more
Congress leader Anand Sharma briefs the media, at party HQ in New Delhi on April 5, 2025 | Photo Credit: ANI The Congress on Saturday (April 5, 2025) urged the Narendra Modi government to take political parties and stakeholders into confidence before formulating a response to the reciprocal tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump’s … Read more
Union Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat informed the Parliament on April 4 that the ASI has been continuously taking “proactive measures” in coordination with the district administration to “mitigate” any damage to the tomb of Aurangzeb in Maharashtra’s Khuldabad. File | Photo Credit: ANI Amid the controversy over demands for removal of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb’s … Read more
Justice Varma took oath in a private ceremony in his chamber. File. Justice Yashwant Varma, who is at the centre of a raging controversy after unaccounted-for cash was found at his official residence in the capital, took oath as judge at the Allahabad High Court on Saturday. Unlike the conventional oath-taking ceremony, which is attended … Read more
WAVES Anime and Manga (WAM) contest | Photo Credit: https://meai.in/wam The WAVES Anime and Manga (WAM) contest, being organised by the Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry in collaboration with the Media and Entertainment Association of India, is organising State-level competitions across 11 cities. The contest will culminate in a national finale at the World Audio … Read more
Maharashtra Deputy CM Eknath Shinde during an exclusive interview for the launch episode of ‘Pulse Maharashtra’ on The Hindu’s YouTube channel. Photo: YouTube/The Hindu Speaking elaborately on the Kunal Kamra controversy for the first time, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said on Saturday that people should not misuse their rights in a democracy. However, … Read more
U.S. Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance, with their children. File | Photo Credit: AP After a few postponements, U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance, his wife Usha Chilukuri Vance and children are set to visit India later this month, sources confirmed here. Mr. Vance, who met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Paris … Read more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has notified an unspecified number of drug companies that data from all in vitro bioequivalence studies conducted by the Navi Mumbai-based contract research organisation (CRO) Raptim Research Ltd “must be rejected” due to data falsification. The letter mentions that the FDA had identified data falsification for “multiple subjects/samples … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays tribute at the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) Memorial, in Colombo on April 5, 2025 | Photo Credit: ANI Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday (April 5, 2025) paid tributes to the fallen warriors of the Indian Peacekeeping Force (IPKF) deployed in Sri Lanka nearly four decades back. On the … Read more