GRATUITY AFTER JUST ONE YEAR!

NEW DELHI,7April 2026 : India’s new Labour Codes, effective 21 November 2025, allow fixed-term employees to claim pro rata gratuity after just one year of service instead of the earlier five-year requirement. For millions of fixed-term workers in India’s formal sector, a long-standing grievance has finally been addressed. Under the new Labour Codes that came […]

2 MORE CONG LEADERS DEVIATE FROM PARTY LINE

NEW DELHI ,4 April 2026 : Two more Congress leaders have come out in support of the NDA government’s handling of the war in the Middle-East, deviating sharply from the party stand. While former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Kamal Nath, flatly said there is no LPG crisis, Anand Sharma, the foreign minister in the […]

HOW NDIA KEPT FUEL PRICES LOW DESPITE IRAN WAR

NEW DELHI ,4 April 2026: India imports 88% of its crude. Why then is it not seeing massive price hikes for fuel and LPG? Inside the unique strategy it’s following. Gas prices in Europe have surged by nearly 70% amid the West Asian crisis, intensifying volatility in global energy markets. Compounding this, Russia imposed a […]

EDGE IN TAMIL NADU TO DMK , NDA OR TVK?

NEW DELHI ,4 April 2026 : The ruling DMK alliance is projected to win the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, according to two pre-poll surveys released ahead of April 23 elections. A survey by agency Lok Poll projected that Chief Minister MK Stalin-led alliance will secure 181-189 seats of the 234 constituencies with a 40.1 […]

STOPPING AI FROM GIVING UNSAFE ADVICE

NEW DELHI,1 April 2026 : Researchers have identified key components in large language models that play a critical role in ensuring these AI systems provide safe responses to user queries. The researchers used these insights to develop and demonstrate AI training techniques that improve large language model (LLM) safety while minimizing the “alignment tax,” meaning […]

IRAN SAYS INDIAN FRIENDS IN SAFE HANDS ON HORMUZ BLOCKAD

NEW DELHI,3 April 2026 : Iran has said that its “Indian friends” don’t need “to worry” about the Strait of Hormuz, a key shipping route that has been disrupted since Israel and the United States attacked Tehran on February 28. “Our Indian friends are in safe hands, no worries,” the Embassy of Iran in India […]

SC SLAMS ATTACK ON BENGAL JUDGES ON SIR DUTIES

NEW DELHI ,3 April 2026 : The Bengal SIR controversy has taken a dramatic turn after judicial officers were held hostage in Malda, exposing the fragile state of election management under pressure. The officers, tasked with voter list revision, were surrounded by protesters for hours, turning administrative work into a law-and-order crisis. Visuals of stone […]

PARLIAMENT BUDGET SESSION TO BE EXTENDED

NEW DELHI ,3 April 2026 : Parliament’s ongoing budget session is set to get an extension but the government and the Opposition are yet to reach a consensus on the possible schedule. Instead of proroguing the two Houses on Thursday as scheduled, the government wants to extend it to get passed the landmark law on […]

AAP REMOVES RAGHAV CHADHA AS ITS DEPUTY LEADER TO APPOINT ASHOK MITTAL IN HIS PLACE

NEW DELHI ,2 April 2026 : The Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has removed Raghav Chadha as the party’s deputy leader in Rajya Sabha and appointed its Punjab MP Ashok Mittal as the replacement. Mittal, who replaces Chadha as AAP’s deputy leader in the Upper House of Parliament, is the chancellor of Lovely Professional […]

PRIYANKA ATTACKS BJP IN ASSAM OVER UNEMPLOYMENT

NEW DELHI ,2 April 2026 : Congress MP and general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday accused the BJP government in Assam of not working for the people’s welfare. She accused it of delaying the Scheduled Tribe (ST) status to six indigenous groups and promised free treatment and permanent land pattas to 10 lakh people […]