A Booth Level Officer (BLO) checks documents during Special Investigation Revision to electoral roll Drive at Kamalpur Village under Jalalgarh Block in Purnia district in Bihar. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap Election Commission of India says 80% of electors in Bihar have submitted voter enumeration forms The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday … Read more
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri. File photo | Photo Credit: PTI India engages U.S. in plans to ‘grey list’ Pakistan at FATF session Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, who was recently on a three-day visit to the U.S., engaged the American officials regarding the upcoming Financial Action Task Force (FATF) session, where India is expected to argue … Read more
The forces shaping work and the workplace have changed dramatically over the last few years. While technological advances have impacted roles, making some easier and putting others at risk, unprecedented events such as the COVID-19 pandemic have effectively changed our imagination of the workplace. Political shifts in some regions have fuelled an anti-DEI (diversity, equity, … Read more
Indians deported from the US being escorted by the police as they leave the airport after their arrival, in Amritsar, early Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. | Photo Credit: – Deportations from U.S. put spotlight on human trafficking syndicates Large-scale deportation of illegal immigrants from the United States to India has put the spotlight on human trafficking … Read more
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee speaks during the Budget Session of State Legislative Assembly, in Kolkata on February 18, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI Refuting allegations of “minority appeasement”, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday (February 18, 2025) launched a scathing attack on the Leader of the Opposition in the State Assembly … Read more
A visitor taking pictures of the Imprint exhibition in Chennai on Saturday (January 18, 2025). M. Srinath/The Hindu From quirky clipboards to fraying sketchbooks and intricate sculptures, paper in its many forms were spread over the Lady Andal School campus at The Hindu Lit for Life 2025. Titled ‘Imprint’, the display was largely categorised into … Read more
In fresh incidents, miscreants have vandalised eight idols in three Hindu temples in Bangladesh’s Mymensingh and Dinajpur over two days, a media report said on Friday. Police have arrested one person in connection with vandalism at one of the temples, The Daily Star newspaper reported. These are the latest in a series of incidents against … Read more
Hindu priest Shyam Das Prabhu | Photo Credit: X/@RadharamnDas International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) Kolkata on Saturday (November 30, 2024) said that a Hindu priest Shyam Das Prabhu had been arrested in Bangladesh. ISCKON Kolkata spokesperson Radharamn Das in a post on X said tha the priest was “arrested by the Chattogram police”. The … Read more
Health expenses are likely to rise significantly in States with ageing populations.. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The story so far: The Chief Ministers of both Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu expressed concerns about the low fertility rates in their States recently. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has said that he planned … Read more
Kite artist Jagmohan Kanojia poses with his kites made with pictures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and newly elected US President Donald Trump, in Amritsar on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: ANI Harris says nation must accept election results while urging supporters to keep fighting Kamala Harris said Wednesday that “we must accept the results of this … Read more