Minister of Civil Aviation Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu speaks in the Rajya Sabha during the Budget session of Parliament, in New Delhi on April 1, 2025. Videograb: YouTube/Sansad TV Rajya Sabha on Tuesday (April 1, 2025) passed ‘The Protection of Interests in Aircraft Objects Bill, 2025’ that seeks to give legal effect to certain international agreements … Read more
Representational view of a toll booth on the Kochi-Dhanushkodi National Highway. | Photo Credit: Jomon Pampavalley Commuters on national highways and expressways will need to pay more for their road journeys, as the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has increased toll charges by an average of 4-5% on highway sections across the country. The … Read more
File picture of a Prayagraj Development Authority bulldozer demolishing shopkeeper Safdar Ali’s properties in the Chakiya area, in Prayagraj, on March 2, 2023. Ali was said to be a close aid of Atiq Ahmad | Photo Credit: PTI The Supreme Court on Tuesday (April 1, 2025) pulled up the Uttar Pradesh government and Prayagraj Development … Read more
Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge speaks in the House during the Budget session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Tuesday, April 1, 2025 | Photo Credit: PTI Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday (April 1, 2025) asked the government to immediately start the decadal census as well as … Read more
Tushar Gandhi. File | Photo Credit: R.K. Nithin The Supreme Court on Tuesday (April 1, 2025) rejected a plea filed by Mahatma Gandhi’s great-grandson Tushar Gandhi against the Sabarmati Ashram redevelopment project. A Bench of justices M.M. Sundresh and Rajesh Bindal said it was not inclined to interfere in the plea, noting there was a … Read more
File picture of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. | Photo Credit: ANI Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday (April 1, 2025) described as “offensive and strongly condemnable” the interim Bangladesh government calling itself the “only guardian of the ocean” in the region. Bangladesh Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus has urged Beijing to extend … Read more
Union Home Minister Amit Shah. | Photo Credit: PTI Emphasising on the strategy against Left Wing Extremism (LWE), Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday (April 1, 2025) said the number of affected districts have been reduced from six to 12. In a post on X on Tuesday, Mr. Shah said, “Taking a giant stride … Read more
Government fully prepared to table Waqf bill, some parties seeking to stoke tensions in society: Rijiju Minority Affairs and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said on Monday (March 31, 2025) that the government is fully prepared to table the amended Waqf bill in Parliament, as he accused some political parties and organisations of seeking to … Read more
ISRO has released images captured by its earth imaging and mapping satellite, CARTOSAT-3 showcasing the damages caused by the earthquake in Myanmar on March 28. The post-disaster Cartosat-3 imagery was acquired by ISRO on March 29 over the cities of Mandalay and Sagaing in Myanmar, it said. Additionally, the pre-event Cartosat-3 data acquired on March … Read more
People near the site where two goods trains collided head-on in an NTPC-operated private line connecting between Kahalgaon and Farakka Thermal Power Plants | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Two persons were killed and four others injured in a collision between two goods trains in Jharkhand’s Sahebganj district in the early hours of Tuesday (April 1, … Read more