NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi on Saturday shared a message for students and the govt ahead of NEET re-exam on Sunday.“To everybody taking the Re-NEET exam, hope you have a really wonderful, excellent exam and all of you do well. Remember we’re with you. We want to look after you, protect you and make sure that…
Representational image Back in 2023, India made headlines for becoming the world’s most populous country. For decades, the challenge was a booming population, prompting family-planning campaigns, the slogan “Hum Do, Hamare Do”, and concerns over feeding, educating and employing millions more people.Today, however, the conversation is changing, quite dramatically.For decades, the country was worried about…
Leh: Leh Apex Body (LAB) co-chairman Chering Dorjay addresses a press conference, in Leh, Ladakh. (PTI Photo/S Irfan) NEW DELHI: Ladakh groups on Saturday announced a mass shutdown on June 23, alleging that the Centre did not include key decisions from last month’s meeting on the Union territory’s political and constitutional future in the official…
Asaduddin Owaisi; Vivek Aggarwal NEW DELHI: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday called on the Centre to push for Pakistan to be restored to the “grey list” of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a day after senior bureaucrat Vivek Aggarwal was elected vice president of the global anti-money laundering body.“Vivek…
CBI, Sunetra Pawar’s brother Padamsinh Patil (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will appeal against the acquittal of all accused in the 2006 Pawanraje Nimbalkar double murder case before the Bombay high court, Maharashtra deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde said on Saturday, hours after a special CBI court cleared nine accused,…
Guru Ghasidas Central University (Image courtesy: ggu.ac.in) NEW DELHI: Guru Ghasidas Central University in Chhattisgarh, a central university, will now use “Bharat” instead of “India” on its marksheets and official communications, Vice Chancellor Alok Kumar Chakrawal said on Saturday.According to Chakrawal, the Bilaspur-based university’s standing committee passed a resolution on this about six months ago.“At…
Pawan Khera takes a jab at PM Modi over his G7 meeting with Congress NEW DELHI: Congress leader Pawan Khera has on Saturday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi failed to raise key issues during his meeting with US President Donald Trump at the G7 summit, including the deaths of Indian sailors, the one-sided US…
Amit Shah made the remarks at a rally in Kolhapur (ANI) PUNE: Taking a jibe at Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray over his party’s six MPs on the verge of joining Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said that other than Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, there is no other…
16 drug combinations banned by Centre over safety concerns NEW DELHI: The Centre has banned 16 fixed-dose combination (FDC) medicines, including certain antibiotic, pain-relief and skin-treatment products, after expert panels found that they lacked therapeutic justification and were not supported by scientific evidence.The health ministry on Friday prohibited the manufacture, sale and distribution of these…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday extended birthday greetings to President Droupadi Murmu, praising her dedication to public service, before joining her in Odisha for a series of engagements, including visits to her native region and the inauguration of development projects worth more than Rs 47,600 crore.In a post on X, the Prime…