New Delhi: During the budget discussions that began in the Union House on Monday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman rebuked DMK member P Wilson for claiming that Tamil Nadu was neglected in the Union Budget. Highlighting the various initiatives announced in the Budget for the poll-hit state, she said “blanket statements like this, which are without … Read more
New Delhi: Supreme Court Banks must devise an artificial intelligence-based mechanism to flag all suspicious transactions in an account, raise alerts and suspend transfers until the transactions are verified by the account holder, it said on Monday. A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Home Ministry NV Anjaria said the Home … Read more
New Delhi: Supreme Court The party on Monday said it would not allow any delay in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in 12 states under any circumstances, but expressed readiness to accept suggestions to ensure that genuine voters are not left out, reports Dhananjay Mahapatra. The CJI-led bench extended by a … Read more
New Delhi: Comply with Supreme Court orders, law enforcement bureau A special investigation team has been set up to investigate the alleged money laundering case involving Anil Ambani and Reliance Group companies involving Rs 40,000 crore. The move comes as the Education Bureau intensifies its investigation into the industrialist. The agency was scheduled to question … Read more
NEW DELHI: Long before smartphones, search engines and artificial intelligence entered the classroom, Prime Minister Modi Says one habit shaped his thinking as a student – reading newspapers and discussing ideas. Recalling his school days, Modi told students that a teacher once gave him a daily task based on curiosity and discipline. “My teachers used … Read more
NEW DELHI: India’s oil procurement strategy will be guided by national interest and will not be dependent on the needs of any single country, the government said on Monday, while stressing that actual procurement is done by oil companies and decisions depend on market conditions, supply conditions, pricing and risk assessment. Foreign Minister Vikram Misri’s … Read more
AI-generated images are used to represent Hyderabad: Just as a knife attack in which four Indian students were injured in Russia casts a spotlight on the challenges they face in the country, the latest data from the Ministry of External Affairs shows that more than 50 per cent of all complaints of exploitation and racial … Read more
New Delhi: Union Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri India’s strategic oil reserves can last up to 74 days to meet demand arising from any global crisis, it said on Monday. “If you look at the reserves in our caves and the reserves held in our refineries and floating platforms at our ports and our products, … Read more
BENGALURU: Satellites observing the Himalayas have started reading the mountains like a slow-moving diary. Grasslands revive with the changing seasons, forests deepen in color, and patterns of valley flora change, but the same images also carry warnings of stress. Analysis of two years of data on Uttarakhand’s vegetation shows how closely the region responds to … Read more
New Delhi: DMK MP Tiruchi Siva on Monday said he has submitted a breach of privilege notice to the commerce minister Piyush Goyal Details of the interim trade agreement between India and the United States were shared at a press conference during the session of Parliament. Siva raised the issue shortly after the RS meeting … Read more