TRUMP ACCUSES CHINA OF MEDDLING IN US ELECTIONS
NEW DELHI: US President Donald Trump is expected to make fresh allegations about China’s role in US elections during his primetime address on Friday morning. According to CBS, the speech will include claims that Beijing gained access to US voter data and that the CIA knew about it but did not inform Trump while he […]
FORMER JAPANESE MINISTER BLAMES INDIA FOR BULLET TRAIN FAILURE
NEW DELHI: In a scathing critique of the India-Japan High-Speed Rail (HSR) project, Hideki Makihara, Japan’s former Vice Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, has publicly accused India of stalling the project. Taking to the social media platform X, the former minister did not mince his words regarding the bilateral negotiations and accused the Indian […]
NHRC SEEKS DETAILS OF RAJASTHAN MATERNAL DEATHS
NEW DELHI: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of the reported maternal deaths in Rajasthan’s Bhilwara and Banswara districts and issued a notice to the Chief Secretary of the Rajasthan government, seeking a detailed report within two weeks. The Commission acted on media reports highlighting the deaths of women […]
ISRAEL LOW PROFILE AS US, IRAN TRADE FRESH STRIKES
NEW DELHI: As the United States and Iran edge closer to a wider conflict with fresh rounds of strikes, Israel has taken an unusually low profile. The silence is striking because Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had long pressed Donald Trump to confront Tehran militarily, playing a key role in the run-up to earlier US-Israeli operations. […]
WHY PUNJAB MATTERS MORE THAN EVER FOR PM MODI?
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scheduled visit to Punjab on July 17 comes at a politically significant moment. With the Assembly elections approaching, the BJP is making a determined effort to deepen its outreach to the Sikh community and establish itself as a serious political force in a state where it has historically remained […]
MODI TO FLAG OFF FIRST HYDROGEN TRAIN IN HARYANA ON FRIDAY
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister will flag off India’s first hydrogen-powered train between Jind and Sonipat at Jind railway station on Friday.With this, India would join a select group of countries that have operational hydrogen-powered trains. The prime minister will lay the foundation stone and launch various development projects worth around Rs 14,700 crore at Eklavya […]
CENTRE TIGHTENS EXIT RULE OF ISRO SCIENTISTS
NEW DELHI: The Department of Space (DoS) has issued a new directive to major space research centres of the ISRO, tightening rules on voluntary retirement and resignations amid a mass exodus in the Indian space agency. The memorandum, issued on July 14 to centres like the UR Rao Satellite Centre (URSC) and the Vikram Sarabhai […]
SC SUGGESTS THIRD LANGUAGE FROM CLASS 5 OR 6 AND NOT FROM CLASS 9
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court expressed concern over the introduction of a third language in Class 9 under the CBSE curriculum, observing that it could increase the stress levels of students. The Apex Court suggested that the third language be introduced in Class 5 or Class 6 to enable students to cope with it more […]
SC OKAYS SHIFTING OF UTTARAKHAND HIGH COURT FROM NAINITAL TO HALDWANI
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has paved the way for the shifting of the Uttarakhand High Court from Nainital to Haldwani by setting aside the High Court’s order directing the holding of a referendum among lawyers and litigants to decide whether the High Court should be shifted. Setting aside the 2024 High Court direction for […]
2 LUCKNOW VARSITY LAW STUDENTS HELD FOR DISRUPTING SUPREME COURT
NEW DELHI: Delhi Police have arrested two law students Prabal Pratap Singh (24) and Chander Bhan (23) of the Lucknow University who abused the Chief Justice Surya Kant and threw papers in the Supreme Court on July 10, after a case was registered against them on the statement of Supreme Court security staff. An FIR […]
