New Delhi: The government on Friday made it mandatory for social media influencers to disclose all “material” interest such as gifts, hotel accommodation, equity, discounts and awards when endorsing any products, services or scheme, failing which strict legal action, including ban on endorsements can be taken. The disclosures should be in simple and clear language, … Read more
In December, the Narendra Modi-led Union government blocked a Pakistan-based OTT platform for broadcasting content that was “detrimental to national security”. Utilizing the emergency powers under the Information Technology (IT) Rules, 2021, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting issued directions to block the website, two mobile applications, four social media accounts, and one smart TV … Read more
After giving DA and bonus to central employees, now the government can consider giving arrears of 18 months, but in the meantime, the government has changed a major rule. Actually, the government has also issued a strict warning to the employees and if the employees ignore it, then they will have to be deprived of … Read more
New Delhi: The Delhi BJP on Saturday sharpened its attack on Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal, demanding her suspension by the Lieutenant Governor for a fair police probe of her alleged molestation charges. In a letter to Lt Governor VK Saxena, Delhi BJP spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor requested him to suspend Ms … Read more
Patna: Calling Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s ‘Samadhan Yatra’ an “attempt to befool people”, political strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor said chairing meetings of “favourite ministers and bureaucrats” at such programmes would not solve the problems faced by people. Interacting with media persons at Barauli in Gopalganj district, Mr Kishor on Friday claimed the JD(U) leader had … Read more
New Delhi: The Indian Air Force will carry out Exercise ‘Pralay’ involving all its major air bases in the northeast including the recently moved drone squadrons amid the ongoing standoff with China, informed officials. The massive air exercise planned to be held in the next few days also comes at a time when the Indian … Read more
New Delhi: Trinamool Congress MP Derek O’Brien has alleged that a tweet by him on a BBC documentary which he claimed “exposed” Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s stand on minorities has been deleted by Twitter. Posting a mail from the microblogging site which said his tweet was deleted on the request of the Indian government claiming … Read more
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Congress has said that it has suspended 38 of its functionaries and workers for six years for indulging in “anti-party activities” during the Assembly polls held last month, where the grand old party could win only 17 seats in the 182-member House. The disciplinary committee of the Gujarat Congress met two times … Read more
Dehradun: BJP leader and former Uttarakhand chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has said that in a democracy, responsibility often comes to people who are not in a position to handle it. In a video that has gone viral on social media, Mr Rawat purportedly says in reply to a question on the land-subsidence crisis in … Read more
Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh will issue a statement on allegations of sexual harassment against him after the sports body’s Annual General Meeting on January 22, his son Prateek said on Friday. The allegations have been made by some of the country’s top wrestlers, including Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia, Sakshi … Read more
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said his government inherited a lot of problems in the Delhi school system, and the policies had a lot of “missing dots”. At the Delhi Education Summit, organised by the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), Sisodia said that in this education system, students were harbouring a mindset of seeking … Read more
DR. V. K. JainNew Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a batch of pleas challenging the Bihar government’s decision to conduct a caste survey in the state. A bench of Justices BR Gavai and Vikram Nath said there is no merit in the petitions and dismissed them with liberty to the petitioners … Read more
New Delhi: The Congress today said the 71,000 appointment letters that Prime Minister Narendra Modi distributed to the youth are too little and sought to know where are the 16 crore jobs that were promised to be provided in eight years. Reminding the Prime Minister of his promise of giving two crore jobs every year, … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today said that it will set up a fresh five-judge Constitution bench to hear pleas challenging the constitutional validity of polygamy and ‘nikah halala’ practice among Muslims. A bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha took note of the submissions of lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay, who has filed … Read more
In a significant development, India may have already surpassed China as the world’s most populous country. According to projections from the World Population Review (WPR), India’s population was 141.7 crore as of the end of 2022. That’s a little more than 50 lakh more than the 141.2 crore declared by China on January 17, when … Read more