New Delhi, 17/12: Preparations are underway to crack down on social media companies regarding data leaks. On Thursday, the report of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Personal Data Protection Bill was presented in the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha. The parliamentary committee has recommended several provisions in the law to prevent data…
Mumbai, 15/12: A day after India Test captain Virat Kohli triggered a storm by publicly contradicting him, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly refused to comment on the matter, saying the Board will deal with it. Kohli, during his pre-departure press conference ahead of the tour of South Africa, said that he was never asked…
Bhubaneswar, 16/12: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today visited the Kalinga Stadium and reviewed the progress of the major sports infrastructure projects ongoing within its premises, particularly the indoor aquatic centre, which once complete, will be an iconic facility for Swimmers. In addition, the Indoor Athletics Stadium, will be the first such facility in India. The…
Bhubaneswar, 16/12:This day will always be remembered in the history of education in the state. As a landmark step towards building a new Odisha, the state government has given priority to the development of education and health in the state – the two sectors. The state government today recruited 6,131 teachers in all the districts…
New Delhi 16/12: Former World Cup-winning India captain Kapil Dev believes that Virat Kohli’s statement, highlighting differences with the BCCI on the issue of captaincy, has come at the wrong time. This created unnecessary controversy before the important tour of South Africa (India vs South Africa). In a press conference in Mumbai ahead of his departure…
New Delhi, 16/10: Keeping in mind the important reforms in the electoral process, the Central Government has taken a step further towards the proposal of the Election Commission of India to link the voter ID with the Aadhaar number. This also includes registration of youths who have completed 18 years this year to increase the…
Chandigarh, 16/12: The Punjab and Haryana High Court has observed that merely because two adults are living together for a few days, their claim of a live-in relationship based upon a “bald averment” may not be enough to hold that they are truly in a live-in-relationship. Justice Manoj Bajaj observed that it has to…
Kolkata, 16/10:National Rifle shooter player Konika Layak (26), a resident of Dhanbad, Jharkhand, has committed suicide by hanging herself in Kolkata. The entire sports world is shocked by this. Konika was the daughter of Partho Layak, a resident of Anugrah Nagar of Dhansar. She was taking training for the last 1 year at the camp…
New Delhi, 16/12: The Centre on Wednesday passed a proposal to raise the legal age of marriage for women from 18 to 21 years, matching the norm for men. The government will introduce an amendment to the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006, and amendments to the Special Marriage Act and personal laws…
New Delhi, 16/12: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday paid tributes to the soldiers martyred in the 1971 war with Pakistan at the National War Memorial. Defense Minister Rajnath Singh was also present with him on this occasion. As a result of this war, a new nation was created in the form of Bangladesh separate…
