BIHAR NDA IN TURMOIL: RK SINGH’S ATTACK DEEPENS RIF

NEW DELHI: A fresh storm has erupted within the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Bihar after senior BJP leader and former Union minister R.K. Singh launched a scathing attack on Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary and other BJP ministers, demanding strict action over alleged corruption charges. His remarks have not only widened cracks inside […]

SC NOD TO CBI : REGISTER 6MORE CASES OF BUILDER-BANK NEXUS

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed CBI to register six more cases to probe into the “unholy nexus” between banks and developers to dupe homebuyers in real estate projects in Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Mohali and Prayagraj. The court noted that the preliminary inquiry has found a cognisable offence being made out. The bench […]

CONG FACES INTERNAL BICKERING ALL OVER THE STATES

NEW DELHI: Even as AICC’s 88th president Mallikarjun Kharge is set to enter three years in office next month, a long-time Congress watcher says the grand old party continues to stare at an uncertain future, inaction and masterly inactivity dogged by internal bickering in several states, from Haryana, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan to Assam, Kerala […]

NO WORD ON INDIA BLOC INVITE, OWAISI TO START SOLO BIHAR CAMPAIGN

NEW DELHI: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi will start his Bihar election campaign with a three-day ‘Seemanchal Nyay Yatra’ from Tuesday, after getting no invite from the INDIA bloc. In the 2020 election, the AIMIM contested 25 seats and won five – Amour, Kochadaman, Baisi, Jokihat, and Bahadurganj. Owaisi will begin prepping for […]

MAHARASHTRA LANGUAGE POLICY TO POLITICS

Tongues of Power: How Language Shapes Identity, Equity and Opportunity in Maharashtra Maharashtra’s recent tussle over the three-language formula under the National Education Policy (NEP) has reopened a larger public conversation: languages are not neutral instruments of communication but political technologies that shape who we are, who gets ahead and who is left behind. The […]

CORN COULD REMOVE CARBON DIOXIDE FROM AIR

NEW DELHI: Filling abandoned oil and gas wells with bio-oil made from plant-based leftovers like corn stalks and forest debris could help remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, returning carbon underground in deep shafts once used to extract it. The emerging practice, the focus of a recent study by an Iowa State University research team […]