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UPSC has a plan for new 10% quota in civil services, and it’s anything but smooth

According to the UPSC notification issued Tuesday, 18 March is the last date to apply for the civil services exam.

Farmers set to march to Mumbai again, but allege Maharashtra govt is holding them back

Dissatisfied with progress on govt assurances, the farmers want to reiterate the demands they had voiced last year when they walked from Nashik to Mumbai.

UK’s House of Lords is considering an apology for Jallianwala Bagh massacre

Baroness Annabel Goldie also confirmed plans to mark 100 years since the tragedy 'in the most appropriate and respectful way'.

100 years of Jallianwala Bagh massacre: Punjab Assembly wants apology from British

Punjab Assembly unanimously passes resolution to urge the central govt to seek a formal apology from the British for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.

Not opposed to banning Masood Azhar, those involved in terror must be listed by UN: Saudi

Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said his country follows a zero tolerance policy towards terrorism.

‘Understand your pain, father met same fate’: Rahul meets family of jawan killed in Pulwama

Congress president Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka attended a prayer meet for the CRPF jawan in UP and thanked the family for their service to the country.

Congress legislator Ganesh arrested for assaulting a colleague in January

Ganesh and fellow legislator Anand Singh got into a brawl earlier this year when Congress MLAs were taken away to the Eagleton resort to block the BJP's poaching efforts.

NIA takes over investigations into Pulwama attack from J&K Police

The NIA will probe the planning and execution of the terror attack, the second such in three decades of militancy in the state.

After giant pharma push, China keeps Indian drug makers waiting

It was in July last year that the Chinese government had reached an agreement on reducing tariffs on the import of Indian medicines.

Supreme Court to hear Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case on 26 February

Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi along with other members will hear the land dispute of Ayodhya that is to be partitioned in three parties.

On Camera

How govt brought Vodafone Idea back from the brink & earned a neat profit in the process

In 2021, the government allowed telcos to convert interest on deferred spectrum payments and AGR dues into equity. This made it the single largest stakeholder in Vodafone Idea.

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, India registers protest

New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.