Ten months post NEET-UG paper leak controversy, five key senior positions in NTA yet to be recruited

Representative image | Photo Credit: iStock/Getty Images Ten months after the NEET-UG paper leak controversy that raised multiple questions on the working of the National Testing Agency (NTA), the top exam conducting body has been unable to recruit five senior key positions that were additionally opened in a bid to revamp the NTA. The NTA … Read more

Freebies distributed by States should not be compensated by funds for disaster relief: Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah speaks in the Rajya Sabha during the Budget Session of the Parliament in New Delhi on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: ANI Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday (March 25, 2025) said the Disaster Management (Amendment) Bill, 2024 did not infringe upon federalism, adding that States could not compensate freebies … Read more

Probe panel starts work, visits Justice Varma’s residence

A file image of Justice Yashwant Varma | Photo Courtesy: www.allahabadhighcourt.in via PTI Photo | Photo Credit: PTI The three-member committee of High Court judges on Tuesday (March 25, 2025) began its in-depth inquiry into allegations of “sacks of half-burnt currency” found after dousing a fire in a storeroom at the Tughlak Crescent residence of … Read more

CBI hosts two-day workshop on compliance of Interpol notices

CBI, in collaboration with the Notice & Diffusion Task Force of Interpol, hosted a two-day workshop. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), in collaboration with the Notice & Diffusion Task Force of the Interpol, hosted a two-day workshop on compliance of Interpol Notices and Diffusions on March 24-25. The workshop … Read more

India-Singapore to jointly develop Green and Digital Shipping corridor

File photo of Union Minister, of Ports, Shipping and waterways Sarbananda Sonowal | Photo Credit: ANI/Sansad TV India and Singapore on Tuesday (March 25, 2025) signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) on Green and Digital Shipping Corridor (GDSC) collaboration at the ongoing Singapore Maritime Week (SMW). India and Netherlands also discussed the possibility of utilizing … Read more

India’s social security net expands: Mansukh Mandaviya

A comprehensive data-pooling exercise led by the Union Labour Ministry in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO) has shown that 65% of the country’s population (92 crore people) is covered by at least one social protection benefit (cash and in-kind both), with 48.8% receiving cash benefits. Announcing the results of the exercise here on … Read more

Congress MP alleges “hidden agenda” in proposal to make a distinction between pensioners in Finance Bill

Congress MP KC Venugopal speaks in the Lok Sabha during the Budget Session of the Parliament, in New Delhi on March 25, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI/Sansad TV Congress MP K.C. Venugopal on Tuesday (March25, 2025) claimed that there is a “hidden agenda” in the government’s attempt to draw a distinction between pensioners through an … Read more