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 […]
Sonum Wangchuk refuses to end hunger strike as he loses over 9 kg weight on 20th day
New Delhi, 16 July—An insensitive regime has failed to break the steely resolve of Climate change activist Sonum Wangchuk who is determined to continue his indefinite hunger strike in the face of warning from medical doctors warning his that his prolonged fast are likely to damage his organs. Wangchuk has lost more than nine […]
India’s Vanishing Primary Schools: The Human Cost of Primary Education’s Decline Amid NEP Ambitions
In the quiet hamlets of rural India, the closure of nearly 94,000 government schools over the past decade is not merely a statistic—it is a silent unraveling of a foundational promise. From 11.07 lakh public schools in 2014–15 to 10.13 lakh in 2024–25, the system has shed institutions at an average rate of about 25 […]
US based Porosome Therapeutics, CSIR join hands for drug development
Senior citizens in India facing multiple chronic diseases and health challenges have something to cheer about. Boston based Porosome Therapeutics Inc (PTI), which made a major breakthrough in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) research; last month entered into a global drug development partnership with the Indian government managed Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). The partnership […]
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 […]
SC RAPS PATNA HC OVER “GRABBING BREASTS NOT ATTEMPT TO RAPE” RULING
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday pulled up the Patna High Court for holding that attempting to remove a woman’s salwar and pressing her chest did not amount to an attempt to rape, with the Chief Justice of India expressing concern over the “lack of thorough research” before such judgments are delivered. The issue […]
