NEW DELHI, MAY 16 : A day after seeking the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) supervision of Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday called upon the Washington-based global lender, International Monetary Fund (IMF), to re-think funding to Pakistan. “..I believe Pakistan will spend a large portion of the funds Continue Reading
New Delhi, May 16 : India on Thursday evening revoked the security clearance given for the Turkish-based ground handling firm, Celebi Airport Services Pvt Ltd. The reason cited in the order issued by the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) which comes under the ambit of the Ministry of Civil Aviation, ran thus: – in […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, MAY 16 : India on Thursday welcomed Afghanistan’s rejection of attempts to “create distrust” between the two countries as External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar had the first-ever interaction with Taliban’s acting Foreign Minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi. Jaishankar also thanked Muttaqi for condemning the Pahalgam terror attack. In a Continue Reading
NEW DELHI,MAY 15 : President Droupadi Murmu has sought the Supreme Court’s opinion and consideration on 14 constitutional points over a month after the top court’s April 8 verdict fixing a deadline for assent to bills by the President and Governors. Exercising her power under the rarely used Article 143 (1), President Murmu said in […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, MAY 14 : As the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, President Droupadi Murmu was on Wednesday briefed by the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) and the three service chiefs on the planning and execution of Operation Sindoor, India’s military response to the deadly terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, on April […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, MAY 14 : The Union Government on Wednesday approved India’s sixth semiconductor plant, a joint venture between HCL and Foxconn, at Jewar in Uttar Pradesh. The wafers manufacturing plant will be set up at an estimated cost of Rs 3,706 crore and will manufacture display driver chips for mobile phones, laptops, automobiles, and […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, MAY 14: Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai was on Wednesday sworn in as the 52nd Chief Justice of India. He was administered the oath by President Droupadi Murmu at a brief ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan. He succeeds Justice Sanjiv Khanna, who demitted office on Tuesday on attaining the age of 65 years. Justice Gavai, […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, MAY 13 : Girls outshined boys in CBSE class 12 board exams with over five percentage points, Examination Controller Sanyam Bhardwaj announced on Tuesday. This year, 88.39 per cent candidates have cleared the exams, marginally up from last year’s pass percentage of 87.98 per cent. While girls have achieved a pass percentage of […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, MAY 12 : Air Marshal Awadhesh Kumar Bharti on Monday termed India’s ongoing military offensive against Pakistan a necessary response to persistent provocation, invoking a powerful verse by Hindi poet Ramdhari Singh Dinkar to underline the message being sent across the border. Responding to a question at a press conference about the symbolic […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, MAY 11 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during the discussion about a de-escalation agreement with Pakistan, told US Vice President JD Vance that if Pakistan attacks India, the country will retaliate strongly, government sources said on Sunday. “Vance called and spoke to Modi off-ramp. The PM told him if they attack, we will […]Continue Reading
