New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday made a serious exception to the NCERT test manual for Class 8 which contains content on judicial corruption.A bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant acknowledged the matter and said he would not “allow anyone on earth to defame the judiciary”.This comes after NCERT’s new social … Read more
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi graced the front page of Israeli newspaper The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday (local time) ahead of his visit to Israel.The newspaper’s editor-in-chief Zvika Klein shared the front page, which shows a photo of Prime Minister Modi waving, along with a feature story about his visit and India-Israel relations. One … Read more
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said his visit to Israel will further cement ties between the two countries Ahead of his two-day visit, Prime Minister Modi said he looked forward to discussions with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Former Israeli envoy highlights shift in India’s approach to FTAs, strong ties with Israel … Read more
New Delhi: India may soon rank non-scheduled operator licenses (NSOPs) or charter and private jet operators based on their safety records after two crashes involving small charter planes in a month killed 12 people.While the ranking is intended to be published on the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) website, operators will now have to … Read more
New Delhi: While one Air India and IndiGo aircraft each took off safely from Ranchi on Monday evening, the unfortunate air ambulance crashed soon after taking off. After climbing to 6,000 feet, the air ambulance pilot sought a weather deviation from Kolkata ATC, following which Beechcraft C90 aircraft VT-AJV crashed. The weather was bad in … Read more
New Delhi: The Cabinet on Tuesday approved three multi-track railway projects, Ahmedabad metro expansion project and Srinagar new integrated airport terminal project with a total investment of Rs 11,806 crore. The cabinet also approved increase in MSP for raw jute.Announcing the decisions, I&B Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the railway projects – doubling the Gondia-Jabalpur track … Read more
NEW DELHI: The heated political debate sparked by the Youth Congress’ protest at the Global Artificial Intelligence Summit found an echo at a parliamentary committee meeting on Tuesday, which passed a resolution condemning the incident amid objections from lawmakers from different opposition parties.The resolution shared by Nishikant Dubey, chairman of the panel, said: “The committee … Read more
NEW DELHI: In a bid to prevent cervical cancer, the Center will launch a nationwide human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination drive for 14-year-old girls later this month and provide free vaccination at government health facilities across the country.The campaign will target girls turning 14 every year, reaching about 120 million teenagers every year across India. Vaccination … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked illegal occupants of over 30 hectares of railway/state land in Haldwani, Uttarakhand, to apply for Prime Minister Awas Joyna’s (PMAY) house and dismissed their plea for in-situ rehabilitation on the grounds that more land was available for expansion.Advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for the encroachers, said they had … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that some mechanism, not necessarily punitive, needs to be devised to compel voting to strengthen democracy by attracting more eligible people to participate in elections and make the Nota option redundant. CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi said the Nota option was designed to bring better … Read more