The Defence Ministry on Friday issued a tender to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the acquisition of as many as 97 additional Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas Mark-1A fighter jets, senior officials told India Today TV. The HAL will have three months to respond to the Defence Ministry’s tender, they added. The tender to buy … Read more
Delhi Chief Minister and AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal in Rouse Avenue Court after he has been sent to ED custody till March 28 by the court. | Photo Credit: ANI Germany on Friday became the first major global power to remind that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate … Read more
Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: R. V. Moorthy The Ministry of Defence has signed a ₹200 crore contract for anti-drone systems for the Indian Army and Indian Air Force (IAF) with Big Bang Boom Solutions Private Limited (BBBS). This is the largest contract signed by the MoD under the Innovations for … Read more
A tableau of the Ministry of Culture passes through the Kartavya Path during the 75th Republic Day Parade in New Delhi on January 26, 2024. | Photo Credit: ANI The Ministry of Culture tableau on Republic Day depicted the history of democracy from ancient India to current times using advanced 3-D electronic depiction technology. The … Read more
Union Minister Jitendra Singh said the ‘Vaibhav’ fellowship was “open-ended”. File | Photo Credit: Nissar Ahmad The Department of Science and Technology (DST) announced the first batch of ‘Vaibhav’ fellows – a scheme meant to attract Indian-origin scientists based abroad for short-term collaboration – at a function on Tuesday. Twenty-two scientists, mostly based at North … Read more
Vivek Joshi, Secretary, Department of Financial Services, in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: KAMAL NARANG The roadmap for 2047, includes an average growth of 7% to 7.5%; rise of domestic savings to 31% of GDP; rise in credit-to-GDP ratio to 130% among others, said Vivek Joshi, Secretary, Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance on … Read more
Nipah outbreak | Number of cases rises to six in Kozhikode One more person tested positive for the Nipah infection in Kozhikode district of Kerala on Friday, taking the total number of infected persons to six now. Meanwhile, lab tests have proved that E. Mohammedali, the first patient who died on August 30, too was … Read more
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has sought yet another extension to frame the rules of the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 (CAA). File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has sought yet another extension to frame the rules of the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 (CAA). The legislation that fast-tracks citizenship … Read more
The Union Cabinet has assigned the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting as the administrative authority for the regulation of online advertisements. The amendment to the Allocation of Business (AoB) Rules, 1961, dated July 28 and published on Monday, places “online advertisements” under the purview of the I&B Ministry. The I&B Ministry was already looking at … Read more
While the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has demanded that only medical postgraduates be appointed as teachers in medical colleges, the M.Sc. Medicine Association (India) has appealed to the Health Ministry, stating that M.Sc. holders have been denied their right to teach by creating a “false narrative”. “The narrative states that we are non-medical teachers with non-medical … Read more