The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that it had sent back an unspecified number of Indian nationals staying in the country illegally on a chartered flight in an exercise that was done in cooperation with the Indian government. There was no official word from the government here on this but sources said this was done as part of India-US cooperation on migration and mobility to deter illegal migration. “This is being done to create more avenues for legal migration from India to the US. The latest deportation of Indian nationals by a chartered flight is a result of…
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President Droupadi Murmu lauded the Indian Space Research Organisation – ISRO’s contributions in taking forward India’s space program to greater heights. In a video message on the occasion of Sardar Patel Memorial Lecture 2024 in Akashvani’s Rang Bhawan, New Delhi, on Saturday President Murmu paid her tributes to Sardar Patel in her message. The President highlighted that Sardar Patel is the architect of modern India through the political integration of various princely states into the nation after independence. The President also mentioned that the Statue of Unity is a befitting tribute to Sardar Patel’s rich legacy. Delivering the Sardar Patel…
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemned allegations made by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) against six Palestinian journalists in Gaza, accusing them of being members of militant groups.“Israel has repeatedly made similar unproven claims without producing credible evidence. After killing Al Jazeera correspondent Ismail Al Ghoul in July, the IDF previously produced a similar document, which contained contradictory information, showing that Al Ghoul, born in 1997, received a Hamas military ranking in 2007 – when he would have been 10 years old,” CPJ said. CPJ has documented Israel’s pattern of smearing Palestinian journalists with unsubstantiated “terrorist” labels following their killings by the IDF. This…
India and China have agreed to restart patrolling by their troops at Depsang and Demchok along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh at the end of this month. The patrolling is expected to start on October 30. Before that, the two sides will remove all temporary structures set up to stop each other’s patrolling routes. Only Depsang and Demchok were under discussion for the reopening of patrolling that was announced last Monday. “We will go back to patrolling to spots, where we were patrolling before April 2020,” Army sources said on Friday. The troops on either side will…
In a bid to further support budding entrepreneurs, the Indian government has raised the loan limit under the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) from Rs 10 lakh to Rs 20 lakh. A notification in this regard was issued on Thursday. The decision aims to drive the programme’s mission of “funding the unfunded” and provide greater financial assistance to small businesses across the country. Announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Union Budget for 2024-25 on July 23, 2024, this increase is part of the government’s ongoing efforts to enhance access to credit for micro and small enterprises. On Friday,…
The #MeToo movement has had a significant impact on the media landscape. This is revealed by the report that Reporters Without Borders (RSF) released yesterday, entitled “Journalism in the #MeToo era.”Out of the 113 journalists surveyed in nearly the same number of countries, over 80% noted a significant increase in the number of stories covering women’s rights, gender issues, and gender-based violence since 2017, when the #MeToo slogan was born in the United States. The slogan has since been translated into many languages and taken different names, at least 40 of which have been catalogued by RSF, such as #EuTambém…
The President appointed Justice Sanjiv Khanna as the next Chief Justice of India. He will succeed the incumbent CJI DY Chandrachud whose tenure will come to an end on November 10. The development comes days after CJI Chandrachud recommended the name of the Supreme Court’s most senior judge, Justice Khanna, as his successor. Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal made the announcement on X on Thursday evening. “In exercise of the power conferred by the Constitution of India, Hon’ble President, after consultation with Hon’ble Chief Justice of India, is pleased to appoint Shri Justice Sanjiv Khanna, Judge of the Supreme Court of…
Union Minister and Jharkhand BJP election in charge Shivraj Singh Chouhan launched a scathing attack on the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha-led coalition government in Jharkhand, claiming it is “deadlier than severe cyclonic storm Dana”. He cautioned that if the coalition is re-elected, it would wreak havoc in the state. Addressing a public meeting organised in support of BJP candidate Navin Jaiswal from Hatia Assembly Constituency at Harmu Maidan in Ranchi, he criticised the coalition for “corruption, destruction and loot” during its five-year rule and alleged that the Hemant Soren government had already caused significant harm to Jharkhand. “The Hemant Soren coalition…
As of March 2024, cash accounts for 60% of consumer expenditure, although this share is rapidly declining due to the post-Covid shift towards digital payments, according to a study by a Reserve Bank of India (RBI) economist reported by The Economic Times. The share of digital payments has surged from 14-19% in March 2021 to 40-48% in March 2024. From the RBI’s Department of Currency Management, Mr. Pradip Bhuyan stated that the Cash Usage Indicator (CUI), which tracks both physical and digital payment modes, shows a significant decline in cash usage from 81-86% in Q1 2021 to 52-60% by Q1…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping held a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Russia’s Kazan on Wednesday. The meeting was held after five years and was the first since India engaged in a deadly clash that led to the death of at least 20 Indian soldiers. The crucial meeting was arranged a few days after the two sides reached an agreement on patrolling along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh. During the meeting, PM Modi told the Chinese leaders that maintaining peace and stability at the border should remain on…