A recent survey reveals strong interest among Indian consumers in new energy vehicles (NEVs), with 83% of respondents indicating their readiness to choose NEVs exclusively for future purchases by the end of this decade. The Urban Science and The Harris Poll study surveyed 1,000 prospective automobile buyers to assess their sentiment toward NEV adoption. It found that consumers are willing to pay a premium of up to 49% over the cost of a comparable petrol/diesel vehicle. The report highlights the rapid expansion of India’s EV charging industry and supportive government policies as key factors driving optimism in the sector. There…
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Geneva-based Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights expressed shock over the killing of journalist Salman Ali Khan (35) in Madhya Pradesh of central India and demanded a fair probe into the murder so that the perpetrators can be booked under the law. The Rajgarh-based local television reporter was targeted by unidentified gunmen in the evening hours of 17 September. The local police guess it as a result of personal disputes between the victim and one Shahrukh. “India continues to be a dangerous country for working journalists after Pakistan in the region, where the media persons are…
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) announced the Climate Crisis Journalist Protection Initiative, which will ensure that journalists reporting on climate issues are able to do so freely and safely. The initiative will provide climate journalists with assistance, safety training, and other forms of support.CPJ has raised nearly one-third of the funds needed for the $1 million dollar initiative, which CPJ CEO Jodie Ginsberg unveiled today at the 2024 Clinton Global Initiative meeting. The annual meeting is a venue for civil society groups to publicly commit to action on global problems. “Journalists probe political corruption and the organized crime networks exploiting natural resources.…
A 38-year-old Kerala man, who was last week confirmed to have contracted the monkeypox virus following his return to India from the UAE, is said to be infected with the MPOX clade 1 strain. Significantly, there are two distinct clades of the virus, including clade I (with subclades Ia and Ib) and clade II (with subclades IIa and IIb). However, the WHO earlier in August declared the mpox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern after the surge in the cases were reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and other countries due to clades Ia and Ib. …
The Supreme Court on Monday set aside a Madras High Court order and said that watching and storage of child pornography is a crime under POCSO Act and IT law. The apex court also laid down guidelines for enforcement of POCSO Act. Hearing a plea challenging the Madras HC order, a bench comprising Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud and Justice J.B. Pardiwala set aside the judgment and observed the Madras High Court made an “egregious error” in quashing criminal proceedings, Live Law reported. The bench also directed lower courts not use the term “child pornography”. The Court suggested that…
In a major development, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Monday announced a list of key decisions taken by the state cabinet during a meeting held the same day. Speaking to the media after the cabinet meeting, the Chief Minister elaborated on the key decisions to be implemented in the state, including renaming Pune’s Lohgaon Airport as ‘Jagadguru Sant Tukaram Maharaj International Airport, Pune.’ He further detailed other key decisions, including the inclusion of three Kunbi sub-castes in the Other Backward Classes (OBC) list, and approval of the Shirur to Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Greenfield Expressway project, worth ₹1,486 crore. Additional decisions…
Megastar Chiranjeevi has now become the holder of Guinness World Records. He officially received this honour for performing 24000 dances in 45 yearsr . South superstar Chiranjeevi started his film career in the Indian film industry in 1978. In the last 45 years, Chiranjeevi has performed 24,000 dance steps in 537 songs of 156 films. Moreover, the actor was given this honour by none other than superstar Amir Khan. Presenting the record on Sunday in Hyderabad, Aamir Khan praised Chiranjeevi while giving him the Guinness World Record. The Bollywood superstar hugged the megastar of Indian cinema as a symbol of love and respect.…
The result In a historic first, Sri Lanka’s presidential election on Sunday went into a second round of counting after no candidate secured over 50 per cent vote needed to be declared the winner. As per the election results, Anura Kumara Dissanayake of the Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna Party’s broader front National People’s Power (NPP) topped in the first round of counting by securing 5.63 million votes or 42.31 per cent, followed by Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa of Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) with 4.36 million votes or 32.8 per cent of the total polled. Later, the election commission announced the…
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal held ‘Janta Ki Adalat’ at Jantar Mantar in Delhi on Sunday and asked five questions from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Dr Mohan Bhagwat and targeted the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after coming out of Tihar jail. He lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asking the RSS if it agreed with the BJP’s politics of using central agencies to break up parties and topple opposition governments, and inducting corrupt leaders into its fold. In his first ‘Janta ki Adalat’ public meeting following his resignation as Delhi chief minister, Kejriwal asked…
An FIR was registered on Sunday against Samajwadi Party’s Faizabad MP Awadhesh Prasad’s son Ajit Prasad for allegedly kidnapping, threatening, and assaulting a man, police said. The FIR was lodged in this connection following a complaint by Ravi Tiwari at Ayodhya’s Kotwali city police station on Saturday. The FIR was lodged under BNS sections 140 (3) (kidnapping), 115 (2) (voluntary causing hurt), 191 (3) (rioting armed with deadly weapon), 351 (3) (criminal intimidation by threatening to cause death), police said. The incident allegedly occurred near the State Bank of India’s main branch intersection in the Faizabad City on Saturday afternoon after…