EAM Jaishankar meets Netherlands FM Caspar Veldkamp

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar meets Netherlands Foreign Affairs Minister Caspar Veldkamp, in New Delhi on Monday, March 31, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar on Monday (March 31, 2025) met with Netherlands Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp in New Delhi and discussed growing bilateral cooperation, including in trade, investments, innovation, … Read more

CISF personnel traverse India’s coastal line to bond with communities to safeguard maritime interests 

As many as 125 dedicated CISF cyclists, including 14 women personnel, undertook the journey, covering the 6,553 km distance in 11 States and Union Territories in 25 days. – The CISF cycle expedition culminated at Kaniyakumari on Monday., March 31, 2025. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel completed a cycle … Read more

India charges 100% tariff on agricultural goods, time for reciprocity: White House on eve of April 2 deadline

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks with reporters at the White House, in Washington on March 31, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP The White House has said India imposes a 100% tariff on American agricultural products and the high levies charged by other countries make it “virtually impossible” for U.S. products to be exported … Read more

Association of Catholic bishops seeks unbiased, constructive approach to Waqf Amendment Bill

With the Waqf Amendment Bill set to be introduced in Parliament, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI), which is the permanent association of Catholic bishops in India, has urged political parties and legislators to adopt an unbiased and constructive approach to this issue.  In a statement released on Monday (March 31, 2025), it said certain … Read more

Ministers threaten Kunal Kamra over remarks on Eknath Shinde, alleges Sanjay Raut

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut. File | Photo Credit: PTI Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Monday (Mrach 31, 2025) accused Maharashtra Cabinet Ministers of issuing violent threats against stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra over his controversial remarks about Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. Mr. Raut claimed that “Ministers in the State Cabinet are … Read more

Two-day Congress session in Gujarat will seek to highlight the party’s ‘rich legacy’ in State

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge will preside over both the meetings, which will be attended by Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi, LoP Rahul Gandhi, all CMs of Congress-ruled States, among others. File | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap From holding the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting at Ahmedabad’s Sardar Vallabhbhai National Memorial at Ahmedabad to … Read more

Ahead of SC hearing, Adivasi rights bodies, environmentalists ask Tribal Affairs Ministry to defend Forest Rights Act

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

El Nino ruled out during monsoon this year: IMD

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