A layer of mist and smog is seen over Kartavya Path in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar Delhi’s air quality remained in the ‘poor’ category during the morning hours on Tuesday (January 6, 2026), with the average Air Quality Index (AQI) reading of 293, according to data from the Central Pollution … Read more
A thick layer of Smog is seen in New Delhi on November 22, 2025. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap The air quality in the national capital remained in the “very poor” category on Sunday (November 23, 2025) morning, with the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) recorded at 381, according to the Central Pollution Control … Read more
Alison HoltSocial affairs editor and James Melley and Judith Burns BBC The cost of residential care for vulnerable children in England has nearly doubled in five years but many children still do not receive appropriate care, says a report from the independent public spending watchdog. The National Audit Office (NAO) says councils on average spent … Read more
Andhra Pradesh Social Welfare Minister Dola Sree Bala Veeranjaneya Swamy along with Markapuram MLA Kandula Narayana Reddy and other local leaders, speaking to the students of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Gurukul School in Veligonda, Prakasam district on Monday evening. | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT Andhra Pradesh government is ready to bear any cost for the … Read more
Expressing displeasure over the Chief Secretary not complying with its direction issued on August 25, the Telangana High Court had given one more week’s time to the top official to file an affidavit over instructing all the District Collectors to pass on details of the prohibited properties under Section 22A of the Registration Act 1908 … Read more
This year, the kharif sowing touched rock bottom across Madanapalle region due to scant rainfall, while a prolonged dry spell further affected the fortunes of the farmers. File | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT Tomato prices in the Madanapalle market have touched the ₹54 per kg mark on Saturday (August 09), registering a steep ₹20 jump … Read more
A.P. Waqf Board Chairman Abdul Azeez speaking to the board members during the fourth State-level meeting at Command Control Room of Nellore Municipal Corporation office on Saturday. Andhra Pradesh Waqf Board is putting all its efforts to implement the P4 (Public Private People Partnership) initiative to provide security and support to the poor Muslim families … Read more
Image for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Thulasi Kakkat The Union government has expressed concern over States/Union Territories not utilising funds allocated for providing relief to poor prisoners who are unable to get bail or release from prison due to financial constraints. In an advisory sent to Home Secretaries/Heads of Prisons, the Ministry of … Read more
The School Education Department has constituted a State-level committee for determining the ‘per-child’ expenditure to be met by the government for students admitted to private schools under the provisions of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009. | Photo Credit: VENKATACHALAPATHY_C The School Education Department has constituted a State-level committee for … Read more
V.D. Satheesan | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT Kerala’s Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan has accused the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government of exacerbating the cost-of-living crisis by “prodigiously” hiking land tax slabs and levies for contract carriages and electric vehicles, chiefly two-wheelers. In a Facebook post, Mr. Satheesan described the government’s new tax regime, … Read more