The SC directed activist Gautam Navlakha to deposit another ₹8 lakh as an expense for making available police personnel for his security while under house arrest in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case. | file photo | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar The Supreme Court on Friday directed activist Gautam Navlakha, who is under house arrest … Read more
A sample electoral bond issued by the State Bank of India. File. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Electoral Bonds worth over ₹10,700 crore have been purchased between 2018 and October this year in 22 phases of their sale, according to a Right to Information (RTI) reply. The Department of Economic Affairs, which is under the Finance … Read more
America’s former ambassador to India, Rich Verma, said Mr. Chatterjee has been at the centre of the key moments that have brought the Indian and U.S. governments closer America’s former ambassador to India, Rich Verma, said Mr. Chatterjee has been at the centre of the key moments that have brought the Indian and U.S. governments … Read more
Licypriya Kangujam, who is one of the youngest climate change activists in the world, staged a protest outside the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Friday in her bid to have cleaner and better air. Licypriya Kangujam outside the Rashtrapati Bhavan with her placard. (ANI photo) Licypriya Kangujam, who is one of the youngest climate change activists in … Read more
The Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund (PM-Cares) attracted controversy right from the start. A response by the National Informatics Centre (NIC) to an RTI query has raised more questions on the legal status of the PM Cares Fund. As per reply to the RTI query, the domain name ‘Pmcares.gov.in’ was … Read more