Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), New Delhi, will hold a day-long seminar on Nationalistic Journalism in Current Scenario: Media and Myth on May 20th. As per the organisers, a yagya will kickstart the seminar, which will be followed by a session on “Nationalistic Journalism in Current Perspective”. IIMC Director general KG[Read More…]
Students in Assam are not attending school in fear of the ‘RSS vaccine’. The panic has set among the parents as well. This fear is an aftermath of a widespread rumour that this RSS vaccine would be administered in schools to make students infertile. According to the rumours, this RSS[Read More…]
On 18 May, 1974, India became a nuclear superpower with project Smiling Buddha, under the leadership of its first female Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi. With its success, India became the sixth nation to be a nuclear-powered nation. Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru authorised the nuclear programme for peaceful purposes. The project[Read More…]
Union Science & Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan to hold additional charge of Environment Ministry, following the death of Anil Dave. Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave passed away early morning on Thursday. He was 60 years old. Union Science & Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan to hold additional charge of Environment Ministry,[Read More…]
The government has granted Rs 11 crore to the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST), Shibpur for conducting homeopathy research under the ‘Ayush’ project. “With this money, we can buy instruments for our laboratory which is named after famous homeopath Dr Bhola Chakraborty,” India.com quoted IIEST Director Prof[Read More…]
On Wednesday, a city civil court awarded a 7 day anticipatory bail to former Karnataka CM and Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) lawmaker H.D. Kumaraswamy. He is allegedly involved in a mining scam in which a serving IAS officer was arrested on Monday. Kumaraswamy, who was the JD-S Chief Minister in 2006-07,[Read More…]
On Wednesday, the Cabinet declared that ministers and members of Parliament who overstay in public homes on time will be penalised. According to new orders, those ministers & MPs who refuse to vacate these homes can further be prosecuted. Ministers who overstay their tenure in such public homes and continue[Read More…]
As per an official, the Uttar Pradesh government has fined a total of 2,250 people and collected Rs 1,98,096 during 2016-17 for using tobacco products in public places. The reports revealed that the government fined 12,444 people and collected Rs 14,28,261 between April 2013 and March 2017 for violating Section[Read More…]
Bollywood actor Deepika Padukone is all set to make her Cannes debut this year. She has just discovered something fascinating about her ensemble. It is nothing related to the designer, its colour or the design, but about a WhatsApp emoji that we all are similar with. The Bajirao Mastani star[Read More…]
On Wednesday, Health Minister Malladi Krishna Rao warned private medical colleges in the Puducherry. Rao cleared that if the colleges did not accept students chosen by Centralised Admission Committee (CENTAC) for PG courses under government quota owing to the fee issue, it will have to face stern actions. Rao was[Read More…]
The International Court of Justice will deliver its verdict in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case at around 3.30 pm on Thursday, 18th May. The court will decide and give its verdict on India’s request to suspend the death sentence awarded to the former Indian navy officer by a Pakistan military court. India’s famous[Read More…]
Just when Reliance was enjoying Jio’s popularity and success over making 4G Internet incredibly accessible to Indians, Mukesh Ambani, 60, comes at the top of the list for his game-changing efforts to bring the internet to India’s masses. “Anything and everything that can go digital is going digital. India cannot[Read More…]
The owners of the BCCL-owned English news channel, Times Now, have filed a criminal complaint against journalists, Arnab Goswami and Prema Sridevi for allegedly stealing materials while working with their channel. Goswami had aired the materials on his new channel, Republic TV. The complaint was filed in the Azad Maidan[Read More…]
Smashing the stereotypically submissive image of Indian women, a young lady in Hamirpur district’s Maudaha city abducted her ex-lover from his own wedding, at gunpoint. This incident of role-reversal took place on Tuesday surprising the whole town. Notably, no trace of the abducted man was found. Following the rumours, the[Read More…]
As they say, success is not final, failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts and to prove that we have a very young law student, Nikita Shukla who never learned to give up despite all odds. Nikita won a radio contest recently and as she[Read More…]
In a progressive move and setting an example for many, former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala, who is serving a 10-year jail term, has passed his higher secondary examination with first division at the age of 82. The veteran leader is now planning to pursue an undergraduate course. He[Read More…]
On Tuesday, the Congress party began a campaign to “expose” the performance of the Narendra Modi government, on completion of its three years in power. The party claimed that it had achieved nothing but failure on all the fronts, including national security. Senior party leader Jyotiraditya Scindia was heard saying[Read More…]
Defence Minister Arun Jaitley and Army Chief General Bipin Rawat will visit Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday to examine the security situation in the valley state. Notably, this will be Jaitley’s first visit to the state after he took over the charge from Manohar Parrikar. His visit came amid intensified[Read More…]
West Bengal Chief Mamata Banerjee met Congress President Sonia Gandhi on late Tuesday night with a purpose to field a joint candidate for the upcoming Presidential poll. The 40-minute long meeting also saw the presence of Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi. “We want the entire Opposition to get together and[Read More…]
In an incident that shows a disgraceful side of our society, a 10-year-old girl will undergo an abortion this week in Haryana. The young kid is pregnant with the child of her rapist stepfather. The abortion decision came after a city court asks doctors at the Post Graduate Institute of[Read More…]