New Delhi: The random coronavirus testing of international arriving passengers started at Delhi airport on Saturday as the authorities step up measures to prevent possible spread of the infection in the country. Two percent of passengers arriving in each international flight will be subject to random coronavirus testing at airports from Saturday. READ | Delhi … Read more
China is witnessing yet another Covid-19 wave. The current surge in Covid-19 infections in China is believed to be driven by Omicron sub-variant BF.7. Four cases of the BF.7 variant have been detected in India, so far. Two cases have been reported from Gujarat and two from Odisha. This sub-variant has already been detected in … Read more
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday arrested former CEO and managing director of ICICI Bank Chanda Kochhar and her husband Deepak Kochhar in connection with the Videocon loan case. Chanda Kochhar quit as the CEO of ICICI Bank in 2018. In its initial investigation, the CBI had found that six loans … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is organizing a hackathon to encourage innovative ideas and explore practical propositions for bringing in efficiency in the existing processes- from “filing to listing”. It has invited suggestions and innovative ideas from the stakeholders for improvement in the system. A notification uploaded on the top court website said the event … Read more
Kerala: The Kerala High Court on Friday ordered the suspension of a former Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) of Lakshadweep for allegedly forging evidence in a criminal trial to convict an accused. The Magistrates, judges and other presiding officers are not above the law and they have to face consequences for dereliction of duty. READ | … Read more
New Delhi: With the Opposition Congress seeking removal of the chair’s comments on UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi’s “delegitimize judiciary” remark, Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday said he would have adjudicated his oath and failed in his constitutional obligation had he not reacted. READ | Congress Chief Mallikarjun Kharge makes ‘dog’ remark, BJP demands … Read more
Mirzapur: Sania Mirza, daughter of a TV mechanic from Mirzapur, has been selected to become a fighter pilot in the Indian Air Force and would be the country’s first Muslim girl and the state’s first IAF pilot. Sania Mirza is a resident of Jasovar village under the Mirzapur Dehat Kotwali police station area. She secured … Read more
The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed a plea opposing the permission given to Sikhs to carry kirpans while travelling on civilian flights in India. The plea, filed in a form of public interest litigation (PIL) by lawyer Harsh Vibhore Singhal, challenged the Centre’s notification issued on March 4 allowing Sikh passengers to carry kirpans … Read more
For fans of Tata companies, 2023 is going to be an interesting year as at least two Tata group IPOs are lined up in the next year. From the information available in the public domain, Tata Technologies and Tata Play are the two companies from the house of Tatas that are likely to go public … Read more
New Delhi: Amid demand by Opposition parties to immediately stop all international flights from China, government sources said that there is no order issued by the central government to curb incoming flights from the country where a wave of Covid cases has been reported. ‘We don’t have any direct flights from China to India or … Read more
Mumbai: The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena faction today slammed the Centre over its letter sent to Rahul Gandhi and Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot urging them to consider suspending or postponing the Bharat Jodo Yatra if Covid protocols could not be followed. READ | ‘This fight is thousands of years old…’: Rahul Gandhi during Bharat … Read more
New Delhi: Reliance Industries Ltd will acquire German firm Metro AG’s wholesale operations in India for ₹ 2,850 crore as the conglomerate run by billionaire Mukesh Ambani seeks to strengthen its dominant position in India’s mammoth retail sector. “Reliance Retail Ventures Limited (RRVL), a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Ltd, today signed definitive agreements to acquire … Read more
Jailed conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar on Tuesday alleged of giving Rs 60 crore to Aam Aadmi Party. The conman was taken to Delhi’s Patiala House court where a high-powered committee took his statement. Advocate Anant Malik, his lawyer said that the committee has given its recommendations and held that the allegations are serious and a probe … Read more
After a majority of respondents to one of Elon Musk’s polls concluded that the Twitter CEO should step down and let someone else run the company, Musk said he plans to change the rules of who can vote. Musk, whose affinity for Twitter polls is perhaps second only to his penchant for tweeting memes, on … 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