Representative image | Photo Credit: MURALI KUMAR K Ahead of the Supreme Court hearing on the challenges to the Forest Rights Act (FRA), 114 Adivasi rights bodies and environmental organisations from across the country on Monday (March 31, 2025) wrote to Union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram, demanding that his Ministry defend the 2006 law … Read more
Representational file image. | Photo Credit: K.K. Mustafah The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has “ruled out” the possibility of an El Nino in the coming southwest monsoon season this year. An El Nino, characterised by a warming of the central equatorial Pacific Ocean, is frequently associated with reduced monsoon rainfall in India. “Based on the … Read more
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. File. | Photo Credit: PTI Endorsing the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, Maharashtra Chief Devendra Fadnavis on Monday (March 31, 2025) said that the policy promoted Indianisation of Indian education system and Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) chairperson Sonia Gandhi should support it. Speaking in Nagpur, Mr. Fadnavis said, … Read more
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju addressed a press conference, in New Delhi, on March 31, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Amid countrywide protests against the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday (March 31, 2025) slammed the Opposition parties for allegedly misleading people from the Muslim community on the Bill. Mr. Rijiju’s … Read more
Only 33.4% of the funds allocated in 2023-24 (₹801.81 crore out of ₹2,400 crore) were utilised. Representational file image. | Photo Credit: PTI A Parliamentary Standing Committee has noted with serious concern the “chronic” pattern of fund underutilisation by the Union Tourism Ministry. This is not merely an administrative challenge but a fundamental impediment to … Read more
India and US defence personnel during the Indo-US bilateral exercise, Tiger Triumph, at Kakinada Naval Enclave on March 29, 2024. Handout vis Indian Navy The fourth iteration of the India-U.S. tri-service Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) Exercise, codenamed Tiger Triumph, is scheduled to take place on the Eastern Seaboard from 1 to 13 April. … Read more
Of the 906 Bangladeshis apprehended from August 2024 to March 21 this year, 411 have exited in the past three months. File | Photo Credit: PTI The voluntary return of undocumented Bangladeshis is showing an increase after the government in December 2024 began a crackdown against foreigners staying illegally in India, following political changes in … Read more
A file image is used for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: PTI The National Coordination Committee (NCC) of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), which met in New Delhi recently, has decided to strongly respond to efforts to open the Indian market to products from the United States. “This can open flood gates of imports … Read more
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. | Photo Credit: PTI Issues pertaining to the proposed free trade agreement (FTA) and bilateral investment treaty between India and the U.K. are expected to figure during the three-day visit of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to London from April 8-10, official sources said. The Minister would be attending a host … Read more
Union Home Minister Amit Shah. | Photo Credit: PTI A joint team of the Narcotics Control Bureau and Delhi Police have seized a large cache of narcotics worth ₹27.4 crore and arrested five persons, Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced on Monday (March 31, 2025). Mr. Shah also said the government’s relentless hunt against drugs … Read more