Prominent legal scholar and senior High Court advocate Fali Nariman passed on today. He was 95. This morning, Fali Nariman passed away at his home in Delhi. The prominent legal scholar was granted Padma Bhushan in 1991 and Padma Vibhusham in 2007. Fali Nariman began his training as legal counselor at the Bombay High Court … Read more
Shashi Tharoor, Congress politician, received the top French civilian accolade, ‘Chevalier de la Legion d’honneur,’ during a ceremony in New Delhi on Tuesday. Tharoor was awarded the honor, also known as the ‘Knight of the Legion of Honour’, by Gérard Larcher, Chairman of the French Senate, on behalf of the President of the French Republic, … Read more
The Indian Institute of Technology – Madras (IIT Madras) saw a 92 per cent jump in the number of Indian patents granted in 2023, rising from 156 patents in 2022 to 300 in 2023. Additionally, the number of international patents filed, including those granted under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), also recorded a significant increase, … Read more
An alliance supported by Reliance Industries Ltd., owned by Mukesh Ambani, and leading engineering colleges in India plans to introduce its first ChatGPT-like service early next month, marking a significant advancement in the nation’s efforts to become a leader in the artificial intelligence space. The BharatGPT group, which includes an arm of India’s most valued … Read more
The Maharashtra Assembly unanimously passed the Maratha Reservation Bill today, granting the Maratha community a 10% reservation in education and government professions. The Maharashtra State Socially and Educationally Backward Bill 2024, once passed, would be thoroughly reviewed after a decade of implementation. The judgment followed a detailed report filed by the Maharashtra State Backward Class … Read more
The Sultanpur court awarded Congress leader Rahul Gandhi bail on Tuesday in a 2018 defamation case filed by BJP politician Vijay Mishra over the former’s statements on Home Minister Amit Shah. According to his lawyer, the judge held him in jail for 30-45 minutes. Speaking about Rahul’s bail, counsel Santosh Pandey stated, “He (Rahul Gandhi) … Read more
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched transformative projects worth ₹32,000 crore in Jammu and Kashmir. These efforts include a wide range of areas, including health, education, transportation, energy, and municipal infrastructure, among others. During the occasion, the prime minister launched the valley’s first electric train as well as a rail service between Sangaldan and … Read more
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) said on Monday that in order to maintain the Aadhaar database up to date, notifications are sent to Aadhaar number holders on a regular basis, but no numbers have been canceled. Aadhaar, as the most generally used digital identification, is used to access a variety of subsidies, benefits, … Read more
Shri Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the Shri Kalki Dham Temple in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, and unveiled the model of the temple. The temple is being constructed by the Shri Kalki Dham Nirman Trust, chaired by Acharya Pramod Krishnam. The Prime Minister expressed gratitude for the opportunity and expressed confidence that it will … Read more
On February 20, Indian Railways will begin train service on the Banihal-Khari-Sumber-Sangaldan section, a 48.1-kilometer-long stretch of the country’s most ambitious Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link project. “We will get a step closer to realising our dream of connecting Srinagar and Kanyakumari,” a railway source told PTI. “The Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) project is one of the … Read more
Home Minister Amit Shah said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is heading the BJP-led camp working for the country’s development while the Congress-led “INDI alliance” is full of family-run parties and corruption, drawing comparisons between the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls and the Mahabharata war. In his speech at the BJP’s national conference here, Mr Shah … Read more
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stated on Friday that Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s absence from her brother Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Uttar Pradesh was due to a “irreconcilable rift” over party control. Priyanka had already declared her unwillingness to accompany her brother on the party’s yatra, which reached Uttar Pradesh today, citing health … Read more
From its modest beginnings with annual exports of USD 0.6 billion in exports during 1987-88, proactive interventions by the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) have taken agricultural exports to a remarkable figure of USD 26.7 billion in the fiscal year 2022-23. This journey of exponential growth is underscored by expanding the … Read more
In a landmark decision aimed at bolstering the agricultural sector and ensuring the welfare of farmers nationwide, the Government of India (GoI) has announced an increase in the authorized capital of the Food Corporation of India (FCI) from Rs 10,000 Crore to Rs 21,000 Crore. This strategic move shows the government’s steadfast commitment to supporting … Read more
Sharad Pawar, a veteran leader of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), is seeking an urgent hearing before the Supreme Court (SC) to dispute the Election Commission’s (EC) decision to officially recognise the group led by Ajit Pawar as the’real’ NCP. Sharad Pawar had already petitioned the Supreme Court to contest the ECI’s decision to recognize … Read more