Bangalore, 22/8: A day after Karnataka announced its decision to form a panel to scrap the National Education Policy (NEP) drafted by the central government, Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday posed a set of eight questions to Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar seeking to know if the Congress government in the…
Bhubaneswar, 22/8: As per the direction of Chief Minister Sri Naveen Patnaik, Secretary to CM (5T) Sri. V.K. Pandian visited Khordha District to review the progress of various developmental works in the district and redressal of public grievances. He reviewed the progress of ongoing *Mega Piped Water Supply Projects* at a cost of Rs….
New Delhi, 22/8: The Supreme Court has granted bail to a person accused of hatching a conspiracy to kill a local Shiv Sena leader in Maharashtra in 2020. A bench comprising Justices B R Gavai, C T Ravikumar and Sanjay Kumar took note of the submissions of lawyer Sana Raees Khan, appearing for prime accused…
New Delhi, 22/8: The Chandrayaan-3 mission is on schedule for a soft-landing on the Moon on Wednesday, the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) said. The lander module, comprising the lander Vikram and rover Pragyan, is set for a 6.04 pm touchdown on the Moon. “The mission is on schedule. Systems are undergoing regular checks. Smooth…
Patna, 22/8: Former Bihar chief minister and RJD president Lalu Prasad on Tuesday visited his ancestral village Phulwaria in Gopalganj district. Accompanied by his wife Rabri Devi, an ex-chief minister, Prasad garlanded the statue of his mother Marachhiya Devi at Marachhiya Chowk. After his kidney transplant, the RJD chief visited his ancestral village for the…
Kalahandi,22/8: Vedanta Limited, Lanjigarh, India’s premier producer of metallurgical grade alumina, recently organized an orientation program for the first batch of girls hired as part of its Project Panchhi initiative. This is a unique project conceptualized directly under the vision of Vedanta Group Chairman, Mr. Anil Agarwal. It aims to employ 1000 girls from disadvantaged…
Baku, 22/8: Setting up a blockbuster clash with World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen in the FIDE World Cup 2023 on Monday, Indian Grandmaster Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa registered a memorable win over USA’s Fabiano Caruana in tiebreaks of the action-packed semi-final encounter. Praggnanandhaa outclassed Caruana by winning the semi-final 3.5-2.5 in Baku, Azerbaijan. With the epoch-making triumph…
Indonesia, 22/8: Indonesia’s defence ministry and US planemaker Boeing have signed an agreement on the sale of 24 F-15EX fighter jets to help modernise the Southeast Asian country’s ageing fleet, the ministry and the company said. Officials from the ministry and a Boeing executive signed the memorandum of understanding at Boeing’s St Louis, Missouri, facility…
Chilika, 21/8: Four students were seriously injured when a wall collapsed in Mathapatna village under Banpur police station this evening. According to the reports, a private coaching was going on in Mathapatna village this evening when the roof top wall collapsed and fell on the students . Locals rescued the injured and admitted them…
Mumbai, 21/8: On a five-day official trip to Japan, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and BJP stalwart Devendra Fadnavis, travelled on a Shinkansen bullet train from Tokyo to Kyoto – driving home the point for faster transportation networks in India. The National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd (NHSRCL) is executing India’s first bullet train project between…
