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Union Minister Javadekar doesn’t comment on Aarey matter, but urges for growing more trees

Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said India's green cover had increased in 4 years by 15,000 square kilometres.

Section 144 imposed in Aarey Colony, 60 held as tree-felling for Mumbai Metro triggers stir

Police booked 38 protesters as hundreds gathered at the proposed site of the Mumbai metro car shed after authorities started felling trees.

New portal for PM Modi to track appointments, transfers & postings of senior IAS officers

The portal will allow Modi to have direct access to who is being appointed where, the posts lying vacant, who can be placed where and who is retiring.

Chidambaram moves Supreme Court seeking bail in INX media case

A Supreme Court bench said Congress leader P. Chidambaram's plea will be sent to Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi.

Why Aadhaar card is a stumbling block in Modi govt’s flagship maternity scheme

The Modi govt scheme, Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana, transfers cash worth Rs 5,000 to women of 19 years or above for their first child.

11 lakh jobs will be generated due to Ayushman Bharat in 5-7 years, says PM Modi

At an event to mark one year since the healthcare initiative was launched, PM Modi said Ayushman Bharat will become the second largest employer after railways.

Adopt best practices of AIIMS in Delhi hospitals, HC orders Kejriwal government

A seven-member committee of experts & govt officials, set up by the HC earlier this year, will assess facilities at AIIMS and Safdarjung hospitals.

Delhi govt ties up with Harvard, World Bank to study impact of free bus rides for women

The study will attempt to understand the effect of free rides on the safety and mobility of women in the national capital.

Karnataka bypolls to 15 assembly seats to be held on 5 Dec, announces Election Commission

The Election Commission had earlier told Supreme Court it would defer the Karnataka bypolls till the court decides the pleas filed by 17 disqualified MLAs.

Why Election Commission delayed Karnataka bypolls until after SC verdict

Fifteen seats vacated by rebel Karnataka MLAs were to go to the polls on 21 October, but the EC has decided to defer the bypolls.

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Indian industry in Bangladesh is staring at a void. New Delhi must give line of credit to Dhaka

For New Delhi, SAFTA and CEPA will be critical. Such frameworks could institutionalise economic ties with Bangladesh, making them resilient to political disruptions.


Even as SEBI lays down new curbs on F&O market, discount brokerages are changing business models

SEBI Tuesday unveiled rules to curtail retail participation in derivatives market. Options premia to be collected upfront from options buyer effective 1 Feb 2025.

‘No drone bombs or infiltration’, Army Chief says ‘battle of narratives’ must be controlled in Manipur

Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi says the Manipur conflict was triggered by a rumour and that the situation may be ‘stable today, but it is tense’.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?