The Supreme Court on Tuesday slammed a section of the media, especially news channels, for revealing the identity of the Rewari gang-rape victim and asked how such disclosures could be stopped. “Where is the anonymity of victim?” a bench of Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice Deepak Gupta asked as[Read More…]
Rebutting Congress’ charges against the Narendra Modi government over the Rafale deal, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday held the erstwhile UPA regime responsible for Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) being overlooked for the jet deal. “All these attributes that are being put to us about HAL…it’s not for us but[Read More…]
The latest global trade protectionist measures, along with high crude oil prices, dragged the Indian rupee to a fresh low of 72.98 per US dollar on Tuesday. At 5 p.m., the rupee closed at 72.98 per greenback from its previous close of 72.51 per dollar. It had opened at 72.60[Read More…]
“E is not equal to mc square” claims controversial self-proclaimed godman Nithyananda Sangha. Albert Einstein’s derivative of special relativity, ‘E=mc^2’ is a very important and common formula used in Physics and Mathematics. This equation means that the energy (E) and mass (m) are interchangeable. Being the different forms of the[Read More…]
Bengaluru Police Stations and help desks for harassed husbands have been receiving at least10 complaint calls from distressed men, seeking respite and solutions from their spouses and in-laws. However, a Supreme Court ruling on Friday said dowry harassment cases (498A) now allows bail to prevent misuse of the law. It[Read More…]
An arbitral tribunal has ordered Infosys Ltd to pay former chief financial officer Rajiv Bansal an outstanding severance of ₹ 12.17 crore with interest, culmination more than a year-long arbitration between the two parties. “The arbitral tribunal has communicated its decision in the arbitration proceedings in relation to the severance[Read More…]
The principal and two other officials of a boarding school here in Uttarakhand were arrested on Tuesday after a Class 10 girl student accused them of suppressing the matter of her gang rape by senior students in August, police said. Four students of the school have also been detained for[Read More…]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed a Patna High Court order asking the CBI to set up a fresh probe team for the Muzaffarpur shelter home rape case, saying changing the team now will be “detrimental” to the ongoing probe. A bench of Justices Madan B. Lokur and Deepak Gupta[Read More…]
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said people deserve to know exactly what happened to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose after the Taihoku air crash in 1945. “On this day in 2015, our government declassified the #NetajiFiles. What happened to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose after the air crash at[Read More…]
Every five days one person loses life on an average due to infections and accidents in the process of manual scavenging in India. This is a record by National Commission for Safai Karamcharis (NCSK), of deaths during cleaning sewers and septic tanks across the country. NCSK is a statutory body[Read More…]
A unique invention combining technology and culture was exhibited on the auspicious occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi, where a unique ATM – Any Time Modak Machine was installed in Pune’s Sahakar Nagar in Maharashtra. As the idol of Lord Ganesha is brought home, there is a special preparation of food items[Read More…]
Did you ever wonder who did the first plastic surgery in this world? Or for a matter, who was the first person on this earth to have plastic surgery done on him/her? No, it’s not Walter Yeo to receive the first surgery, nor is ancient Indian surgeon Sushruta. According to[Read More…]
EyeROV technologies, a Kochi based company introduced India’s first underwater robotic drone – EyeROV TUNA, which can send real-time videos of ships and other underwater structures to help with their repair and maintenance. The drone was launched on September 14, 2018 and handed over to the Naval Physical and Oceanographic[Read More…]
The Congress party on Tuesday denied the reports claiming that its Delhi chief Ajay Maken has quit his post. Congress leader PC Chacko clarified that Maken has “temporarily stepped down” because of a health problem. While speaking with a news channel NDTV, Chacko said, “Ajay Maken has some health problem[Read More…]
Tirunagaru Maruthi Rao, accused of murdering his son-in-law Pranay who belonged to a Dalit family, is also suspected to be involved in other criminal and illegal business activities, inviting more trouble to him in the coming days. One of the wealthiest businessmen in the town, Rao is likely to face[Read More…]
Former Shiv Sena Corporator Shrikant Pangarkar taken has been taken under custody by the special investigating team probing Gauri Lankesh murder. 42-year-old Pangarkar was arrested by the Maharashtra ATS in a terrorism case last month. Upon demand, he was produced before the court of principal session judge in Bengaluru by[Read More…]
Madan Mohan Jha, a member of the legislative council of Bihar, is appointed as the new PCC chief of Bihar Congress. In a press release by AICC on Monday, Akhilesh Prasad Singh is the new campaign committee chairman of Bihar. As per the release, Bihar Congress committee has now four[Read More…]
Two persons were arrested after several Whatsapp messages were exchanged between the two, talking and planning to allegedly murder Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The minister paid a visit to Dharchula town in Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand, on Monday September 17. “The accused were apparently drunk. We were alerted to the[Read More…]
Death of children below the age of five continues to steadily reduce in India, declining from nearly 22 per cent in 2012 to 18 per cent in 2017, which is now for the first time below the one million mark, the UN said in a new report. “The under-five mortality[Read More…]
Domestic fuel prices continued to scale new heights on Monday, with the price of petrol nearing the psychological Rs 90 a litre-mark in Mumbai with the fuel selling at Rs 89.44 under the dynamic pricing regime. As per rates released daily by state-run Indian Oil Corp, the depreciating rupee and[Read More…]
Even as the ruling BJP-led coalition alliance looks for a new leader to replace ailing Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, Congress MLAs on Monday staked claim to form a government in Goa. The leader of Opposition Chandrakant Kavlekar visited Raj Bhavan and submitted a letter to Governor Mridula Sinha’s office signed[Read More…]
The CBI has written to UK-based Cambridge Analytica and Global Science Research (GSR) and US-based Facebook, seeking information in connection with its probe into allegedly illegally obtaining social networking site data of Indians, sources said on Monday. According to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sources, the agency has written to[Read More…]
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Monday said the organisation has emerged as a “power” in the country and many people target it out of fear. “Its (RSS) work gets advertised automatically when its power increases. And when its work gets popular, then people try to learn more about it. And[Read More…]
The union government announced on Monday September 17, that it has decided to merge Bank of Baroda, Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank to create India’s third largest lender. Banking secretary Rajiv Kumar said in a press conference that, “employees interest would be protected in the merger process. The merger of[Read More…]
Union Ministers Prakash Javadekar and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Monday unveiled a huge ladoo weighing 568 kg at an event organised in New delhi to celebrate Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s 68th birthday. The ladoo was cut by Bindeshwar Pathak, the founder of Sulabh International social service organization, which has been[Read More…]