Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. File | Photo Credit: ANI The Defence Ministry on Wednesday (January 1, 2025) declared 2025 as the year of reforms and that the aim will be to facilitate establishment of integrated theatre commands to bolster jointness among the three services. The reform measures would be rolled out to transform the armed … Read more
The Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) on Friday (November 15, 2024) announced the rescheduled date for the Provincial Civil Services (PCS) preliminary exam 2024 to December 22, consolidating the examination into a single day. The declaration follows intense protest from aspirants for four days over the earlier plan to hold the exam over two days … Read more
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during a campaign in Jaipur, Rajasthan. File photo for representational purpose. | Photo Credit: PTI The Congress has declared candidates for bypolls on seven assembly seats in Rajasthan. The list was released by the AICC late on Wednesday (October 23, 2024) night, according to which the party has fielded Amit Ola, … Read more
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra waves at the crowd during the public meeting before filing her nomination for the Wayanad byelections on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: ANI Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi, who on Wednesday made her electoral debut by filing her nomination as a Congress candidate for Wayanad Lok Sabha bypolls, has declared … Read more
P.V. Anvar | Photo Credit: S. MAHINSHA Independent legislator P.V. Anvar, who acrimoniously broke ranks with the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF), has declared Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leader and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin as the ideological lodestar of his nascent social organisation. Remarkably, Mr. Anvar’s fledgeling organisation, the Democratic Movement of Kerala … Read more
Image for representation purposes only. File | Photo Credit: Nissar Ahmad Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday (August 24, 2024) announced a cash reward of ₹3 lakh for information about a wanted Lashkar-e-Taiba militant. Pakistan-based terrorist Sumama alias Illyas alias Babar, a commander in the proscribed outfit LeT, is wanted by CI Kashmir in a … Read more
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the mpox outbreak in parts of Africa a public health emergency of international concern. The highly contagious disease – formerly known as monkeypox – has killed at least 450 people during an initial outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It has now spread across parts of central … Read more
The Church of South India (CSI) Madhya Kerala Diocese has declared its support for the ongoing protest by farmers in Delhi. In a statement, Bishop Malayil Sabu Koshy Cherian, chairman of the CSI Madhya Kerala Diocesan Department of Ecological Concerns, demanded immediate action to address the concerns raised by the protesting farmers. “Our commitment to … Read more
Uttar Pradesh has ordered all slaughterhouses and meat shops to remain closed on November 25. File. | Photo Credit: Rajeev Bhatt Uttar Pradesh government on Friday declared November 25 as “no non-veg day” on the birth anniversary of Sadhu TL Vaswani, who advocated for a vegetarian lifestyle. U.P. ordered all slaughterhouses and meat shops to remain closed on … Read more
Representational image. | Photo Credit: xijian Loneliness has been declared as a pressing global health threat with a mortality effect equivalent to smoking 15 cigarettes a day, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). The world organisation has now launched an international commission on the problem — led by U.S. Surgeon General, Vivek Murthy, and … Read more