MUMBAI: India’s market capitalisation crossed the Rs 400-lakh-crore milestone on Monday – adding a little over Rs 100 lakh crore in the last nine months – riding on the back of a resilient domestic economy despite global jitters, good corporate results and strong buying by institutional investors. As the sensex and the nifty both scaled…
NEW DELHI: After granting permanent commission to women short service commission officers in Army, Navy and Air Force, Supreme Court on Monday decided to examine similar career opportunity to women short service agreement (SSA) officers in Indian Coast Guard while ordering interim reinstatement of a woman officer who was discharged in Dec 2023 after a…
CHANDIGARH: Punjab and Haryana high court said the assault on a 55-year-old Tarn Taran woman – who was stripped and paraded semi-naked after her son eloped with a woman from the locality and married her, much to the ire of her kin – reminded it of the “Mahabharat-era cheerharan of Draupadi”.“I am reminded of the…
TASL & Satellogic launched TSAT-1A, India’s first private sub-metre res earth observation satellite. It offers high-res images to Indian armed forces, surpassing Isro’s resolution. The satellite, in an inclined orbit, received support from Indian authorities for permissions. Source link
RAIPUR: When Prime Minister Narendra Modi was talking about the fulfilment of a 500-year-old dream at Ram Mandir in Ayodhya in a Bastar village on Monday, temple bells were ringing 180km away to celebrate the reopening of a Ram temple in one of the worst Maoist-hit areas of Sukma.Security forces have reopened the temple in…
Idukki diocese screens controversial movie ‘The Kerala Story’ for students, sparking discussions. Fr Jins Karakkat explains ‘Love Jihad’. VD Satheeshan criticizes, while BJP president K Surendran supports, highlighting ‘love jihad’ victims in Kerala. Source link
CUDDALORE: Politicians parroting promises is the stuff of elections. But what happens when a politician visits a fortune-telling parrot wanting to know his electoral fate?PMK’s Cuddalore candidate and film director Thankar Bachan surprised a kili josiyar – Tamil for parrot astrologer – outside Azhagumuthu Iyyanar temple in Thennabakkam on Sunday when he stopped by to…
Supreme Court invalidated money laundering case tied to Chhattisgarh liquor scam due to absence of predicate offence and crime proceeds. Enforcement Directorate’s complaint lacked basis for invoking PMLA, leading to potential fresh charges. Source link
NEW DELHI: In a major relief to NEET-UG aspirants facing Aadhaar-related issues while registering online for the test, National Testing Agency has reopened the application window for them for two more days – it will open on April 9 and close the next day at 10.50pm.Stating this as a “one-time opportunity”, NTA officials said candidates…
NEW DELHI: Nearly 3 out of 10 people in India, aged between 18 and 54 years, have never got their blood pressure measured.This has been revealed by the ICMR – National Centre for Disease Informatics and Research (ICMR-NCDIR) in a study published recently in the International Journal of Public Health (IJPH).According to the ICMR-NCDIR study,…
