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Kashmiris offer gratitude to Sikhs for ensuring safety and security for them

Kashmiris are offering free tuitions & consultations to Sikhs as they sheltered Kashmiri students during backlash after Pulwama attack.

EPFO hikes interest rate on provident fund deposits to 8.65% for current fiscal

The retirement fund body EPFO had provided a five-year low rate of interest of 8.55 per cent to its subscribers for 2017-18.

CBI to probe nepotism allegations in UPPSC selections during Mayawati rule in 2010

The inquiry is being conducted based on a complaint by the Uttar Pradesh government that a relative of a public servant was preferred over other eligible candidates.

Supreme Court appoints BCCI ombudsman after the board’s squabble on Pandya-Rahul row

Former Supreme Court judge Justice D K Jain will be the first court-appointed ombudsman for the Board of Control for Cricket in India.

After Pulwama attack, CRPF jawans & other forces can now travel to Kashmir in commercial flights

The ministry of home affairs said the decision will immediately benefit approximately 7.8 lakh paramilitary personnel while on duty and on leave.

UP institute penalises 3 Kashmiri girls for alleged remarks on WhatsApp against Army

The girls allegedly made some adverse and objectionable comments on a WhatsApp group after Pulwama attack on 14 February, an official said.

Supreme Court to hear plea seeking protection of Kashmiri students

A PIL in the Supreme Court seeks direction to authorities to ensure the safety and security of Kashmiri students in the wake of the Pulwama attack.

Farmers talks with Maharashtra govt inconclusive, to continue march to Mumbai

Farmers are on a 180-km march from Nashik to Mumbai for the second time in the past year over the BJP govt's 'betrayal' of peasants.

India’s rural employment plan has been giving fewer & fewer jobs to the most deprived

The rural job scheme, launched in February 2006, is intended to cater to poorest and weakest sections, but data shows share of SCs/STs in total jobs has seen a sharp fall.

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.

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.

Complex network of India’s existing air defence capabilities & the way forward

Provocations among Israel & Iran have prompted discussion on the need for India to broaden its air defence apparatus, given tensions with adversarial neighbours.

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.