New Delhi, 21/5: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday chaired a meeting of the Union Council of Ministers at Sewa Teerth in the national capital, the first such meeting of the year, with the aim to review governance performance, discuss rising fuel priceand crisis within the education sector, as well as larger geopolitical pressures. The…
New Delhi, 21/5: The Supreme Court on Thursday extended its previous order, declaring that Congress leader T D Rajegowda will remain as the MLA of Sringeri constituency, till July 23, 2026 Rajegowda was ousted as member of the legislative assembly after a recent recount of paper ballots had led to BJP candidate D Jeevaraj being…
New Delhi,, 21/5: New Delhi experienced searing heat on Thursday with the minimum temperature settling at 31.9 degrees Celsius, 5.2 notches above the season’s average. The India Meteorological Department has predicted a heat wave for the day and the maximum temperature is expected to settle at 46 degrees Celsius
New Delhi,21/5: Newly registered political party, led by the youth, the Cockroach Janata Party’s X handle was withheld in India on Thursday. As expected Cockroach Janta Party’s account has been withheld in India,” CJP’s founding president Abhijit Dipke posted on his X account.
Chennai, 21/5: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay on Thursday expanded his Council of Ministers by inducting 23 Ministers, including two from the Congress, taking the strength of his Cabinet to 33. The Chief Minister has allotted one berth each to the VCK and the IUML, which will join the government very soon, taking…
New Delhi, 20/5: Education minister Dharmendra Pradhan held a high-level meeting with security agencies, ahead of the next NEET-UG re-examination. In a meeting with social media companies, Pradhan ordered a crackdown on fake telegram channels and social media platforms have been asked to proactively detect and block misinformation networks ahead of the exams.
Rome, 20/5: Prime Minister Modi in concluding part of his five-nation tour held talks with Italian PM Giorgia Meloni on Wednesday. The two leaders had discussions on a variety of topics including trade, defence, clean energy and technology. Modi also met Italian President Sergio Mattarella, and discussed about enhancing ties between the two nations on…
Thiruvananthapuram,, 20/5: The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) government in Kerala has finalised the portfolio of the cabinet members with Chief Minister V D Satheesan holding the finance, law and ports portfolios and senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithalla holding the home and vigilance portfolio. Despite pressure from the Latin catholic church, the fisheries portfolio was…
Washington DC, 20/5: April, Meta employees were informed that 8,000 of them, around 10% of the workforce, would be laid off on May 20 (Wednesday) as the tech giant readied itself for the era dominated by artificial intelligence. The New York Times reported that the orders began execution in Singapore, where at 4 am local…
London, 20/5: Taiwanese author Yáng Shuang-zi and translator Lin King have won the International Booker Prize for Taiwan Travelogue, a historical romance set in Japan-occupied Taiwan in the 1930s. The prestigious award, which was handed out in a ceremony at London’s Tate Modern gallery on Tuesday, recognises works of fiction from around the world that…
