New Delhi: The Center on Thursday appointed former Supreme Court judge Balbir Singh Chauhan as the new chairman of the inquiry committee into the racial violence that broke out in Manipur in May 2023. This follows the resignation of Ajai Lamba, the current and former chief justice of the Gauhati High Court. Justice Lamba accepted … Read more
NEW DELHI: In a bid to strengthen civil-military cooperation, Railways and Army have formalized a framework for collaboration to expand post-retirement employment opportunities for Agnivir and Army personnel. The railway company said it will recruit more than 5,000 retired military personnel as contract workers to quickly fill vacancies.The initiative aims to ensure a smooth transition … Read more
The range has shaped everything about the many communities and tribes it supports – from livelihoods to culture, beliefs and language. While a dispute over the official definition led to the Supreme Court seeking review, voices on the ground say aravallis‘The imprint far exceeds the physical sizeWhat are Aravalis? In December, the Supreme Court shelved … Read more
NEW DELHI: Tensions between India and Bangladesh have led to a reduction in visas for both sides, causing foreign tourist arrivals to fall by more than 9% to 9.02 million in 2025, with the eastern neighbor slipping from the second to the fifth largest source of tourists.The latest official figures estimate tourist arrivals in Bangladesh … Read more
New Delhi: Minister of Information and Broadcasting Ashwini Vashno Social media platforms should compensate content creators they use to make billions in profits, they said on Thursday.“Social media platforms must also share revenue in an equitable way with content creators, whether journalists, traditional media, remote creators, influencers, or professors and researchers who use the platform … Read more
NEW DELHI: The SC on Thursday asked the environment ministry and other stakeholders to recommend names of domain experts to the committee tasked with defining the Aravalli hills and mountains, noting that only legal mining will be allowed in the area.On December 29, the Supreme Court took note of the outcry against the new definition … Read more
New Delhi: delhi high court AIIMS has asked AIIMS to constitute a medical committee to examine Jaideep Sengar. Jaideep Sengar has sought a suspended sentence of 10 years in prison on health grounds in the 2018 custodial death of the father of a rape survivor in Unnao.Jaideep is the brother of expelled BJP functionary Kuldeep … Read more
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday became the first world leader and politician to have over 100 million followers on Instagram, marking a new milestone in his global digital footprint and online political communication.Modi joined the platform in 2014 and has steadily built one of the most followed political accounts in the world. … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday banned a Class 8 social science textbook containing a chapter on judicial corruption, barring its circulation in any form and asked the school education minister and NCERT chairman to explain why contempt proceedings were not initiated against them, even as the Center offered an unqualified and unqualified apology … Read more
NEW DELHI: Young Indians rank 60th out of 84 countries on key mental health parameters, scoring significantly lower than their peers aged 18-34 in most parts of the world, according to a 2025 report from an ongoing global mental health study.The ‘Global Mental Health 2025’ report released by US-based Sapien Labs on Thursday not only … Read more