At least five Army personnel were charred to death after unidentified terrorists fired upon vehicle moving between Bhimber Gali and Poonch in the Rajouri sector in Jammu and Kashmir. The vehicle caught fire, due to the likely use of grenades by terrorist reports said. Search operation is underway to locate the terrorists.The incident took place on a highway in the Bhata Dhurian area, some 90 kms from Poonch. Drone surveillance is ebing conducted in the area where terrorists fired on an Indian Army truck. As per the latest updates, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has been briefed by Army Chief General Manoj Pande about the…
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A sessions court in Surat on Thursday rejected Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s plea to stay his conviction of two years in the Modi surname remarks defamation case. The Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate in Surat sentenced Gandhi to two years in jail on March 23 in connection with a case filed by BJP MLA Purnesh Modi over his remarks, “How come all thieves have Modi as the common surname?,” made during an election rally at Kolar in Karnataka on April 13, 2019. Following the conviction, Rahul was disqualified as MP. He represented Wayanad, Kerala, in the Lower House. On April…
“The problem of marine litter is a serious trans-boundary issue – eight million tonne of plastic waste, from 192 countries that have a coastline, goes into our oceans every year. India, with a 7,000-plus km coastline, has a role to play in controlling this menace,” said Sunita Narain, director general, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), in her keynote address at a two-day national consultation workshop which concluded on Wednesday. A National Coalition of Coastal Cities, which will focus on combatting the scourge of marine litter across the country, was launched at the workshop, which was organised and spearheaded by…
India has become the world’s most populous country, overtaking China, according to latest data on the United Nations world population dashboard. According to UN estimates, India now has a population of 142.86 crore against China’s 142.57 crore. According to a report published by the United Nations Population Fund on Wednesday, the fertility rate in India is 2, whereas that of China stands at 1.2. China is facing a demogaphic crisis as the workforce ages amid plunging birth rates. The government had announced plans to boost the birth rates amid reports earlier this year that the country’s population had fallen for…
Union Minister of State for Science & Technology Dr. Jitendra Singh said that Youth at 2023 will define India at 2047. Speaking as chief guest at the Youth 20 Consultation on ‘Peace-building and Reconciliation: Ushering in an Era of No War’ at the University of Jammu, he said that three generations have passed since Independence and there was no dearth of talent or capabilities, but the favourable milieu was lacking which has now been made available by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. So this is a great opportunity but at the same time also a challenge and privilege because the same…
In the fiscal year 2022–23, the purchases by government organisations from micro and small businesses (MSEs) reached a record high. According to the official data, central public sector enterprises (CPSEs) purchased goods and services from 2.16 lakh MSEs for a total of US$ 7.12 billion (Rs. 58,429 crore) during FY23, an increase of 9.3% in purchases made from 2.25 lakh MSEs during FY22. According to the Public Procurement Policy for MSEs, Order 2012, it is required that central ministries or businesses purchase a minimum of 25% of their yearly total from MSEs. For purchases from MSEs owned by SC/ST entrepreneurs…
According to Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Mr. Denis Manturov, who was present at an event in New Delhi with India’s Foreign Minister Mr. S. Jaishankar, the two nations are in talks to establish a free trade agreement (FTA) to guarantee investment between them. India was in an ‘advance agreement’ for a bilateral trade treaty with Moscow. The bilateral trade has been the main beneficiary and a catalyst in this shift, and it has helped the New Delhi-Moscow relations withstand the demands from the West. The New Delhi – Moscow relations have withstood the West’s pressures, and bilateral trade has been…
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday attached properties to the tune of Rs 11.04 crore belonging to Congress MP Karti Chidambaram in the INX money laundering case, an official statement said here. The ED said that out of four attached properties, one is an immovable asset located in Coorg district of Karnataka. A provisional order under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) has been issued against Karti, the statement said. Karti Chidambaram, son of former union minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram, is a sitting MP from Sivaganga Lok Sabha seat in Tamil Nadu and was arrested in…
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday lauded the improved law & order situation in the state under the BJP-led government saying that no mafia or gangster can now threaten any industrialist or people adding the state is now riot free as no curfew has been imposed in the past six years. This was Chief Minister’s first public statement after gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf were shot dead by three shooters in Prayagraj on Saturday. There is no need to be scared of any mafia or gangster in the state, as they cannot threaten any industrialist over the…
Union Minister for Culture and Tourism G.Kishan Reddy said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate first Global Buddhist Summit on 20th April in New Delhi. The Ministry of Culture in collaboration with its grantee body International Buddhist Confederation (IBC) will be hosting the Global Buddhist Summit (GBS) on 20-21 April at the Ashok Hotel. He also said that central government is organising several events, commemorations under Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav and Central government has decided that the first International Global Buddhist Summit will be organized in India. He said that for the first time prominent Buddhist monks from various…