NEW DELHI: With just over three weeks to go for the Union Budget, government on Wednesday moved newly-appointed revenue secretary Arunish Chawla to the department of investment and public asset management (Dipam) and replaced him with finance secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey.Pandey, a 1987 batch Odisha cadre IAS officer, is the seniormost secretary in the finance…
President Joe Biden shared personal news that would otherwise have been a cause for celebration. In an unexpected twist during a press briefing on California’s raging wildfires, President Joe Biden shared personal news that would otherwise have been a cause for celebration—though the timing seemed awkward amidst the crisis. U.S. Vs Mexico ‘War’ Breaks Out;…
The first meeting of the JPC on the ‘one nation, one election’ bills on Wednesday was marked by a flurry of questions from panel members, with opposition MPs calling the legislations an assault on constitutional norms and BJP and allies arguing that they served the nation’s broader interests.. The session saw law ministry officials outlining…
Sheinbaum, Mexico’s first female president and a leftist scientist, didn’t mince words. Mexico’s fiery new president, Claudia Sheinbaum, has delivered a bold response to Donald Trump’s latest geopolitical jab, sparking a war of words that has captivated the world. Armed with a 400-year-old map, Sheinbaum didn’t hold back in calling out Trump’s suggestion to rename…
Poet, editor, TV show host, film producer, Rajya Sabha member, animal rights activist – Pritish Nandy, a gifted man of many parts and surprises, passed away in Mumbai on Wednesday. He was 73.Born in Bihar’s Bhagalpur town, Nandy was the brother of renowned academic Ashis Nandy. He was a prolific poet, writing with the passion…
BENGALURU: Bengaluru has claimed the top spot, surpassing Chennai, as India’s best city for working women in 2024, providing an inclusive, secure and adaptable environment for women professionals, according to a survey.While Mumbai was ranked third and Delhi eight, South India demonstrated the highest level of gender inclusivity, with 16 cities from the region making…
LUCKNOW: UP CM Yogi Adityanath strongly defended Wednesday the recent court-ordered survey of Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal to ascertain claims that the mosque was built over a Hindu temple. He described the occupation of Hindu religious sites for mosque construction as a “wound that needed surgery”, warning that neglect could let it turn into…
A stampede claimed the lives of six devotees and left over 30 injured during the issuance of Vaikuntha Dwara Sarva Darshan tokens for Lord Venkateswara temple in Tirupati Wednesday evening.The chaos erupted around 8pm when Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams officials began distributing tokens at various centres, including Vishnu Nivasam, Srinivasam and Padmavati Park. The stampede occurred…
NEW DELHI: Admitting that “injustice has been inflicted” by all courts, including itself, in rejecting the juvenility plea of a death convict who had to spent 25 years in jail, Supreme Court on Wednesday directed his release from prison forthwith by holding that he was just 14 years old at the time of committing the…
NEW DELHI: On the heels of a senior Supreme Court judge’s proposal to pause for some years the selection of sitting or former judges’ lawyer children for appointment as high court judges, another senior SC collegium member has proposed that such candidates must meet a higher benchmark to be in the zone of consideration.After the…
