scorecardresearch
Friday, May 17, 2024
HomeIndiaGovernance

Governance

Journalists lack perspective, brief them before press conference: Minister Suresh Prabhu

Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu says move needed because journalists ‘lack perspective’ on issues, but there are fears it is an attempt to peddle govt line.  

Marriage of Muslim man & Hindu woman irregular, but child is legitimate: SC

A two-judge bench ruled that the ‘marriage of a Hindu female with a Muslim male’ is ‘neither valid nor void, but is merely an irregular (fasid) marriage’.

Mauritian PM Jugnauth’s Bhojpuri connects with crowd at Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

Delivering the keynote address, Jugnauth also announced that Mauritius will host a Bhagwad Gita Mahotsav in partnership with the Haryana govt next month.

NRIs are India’s brand ambassadors, says PM Modi

PM Modi was speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas convention in Varanasi.

Pregnant Tamil Nadu woman who failed police physical test by 0.30 seconds set to join force

The Madras High Court has ruled in favour of the woman, who was eight weeks pregnant when she failed a TN police recruitment exercise.

No wreath-laying ceremony at National War Memorial as inauguration gets delayed

Monitoring committee set up by Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has found that the National War Memorial needs "more work".

Modi govt to clean Ganga river with funds raised from auctioning PM’s gifts

The items that would be auctioned include paintings, sculptures, shawls, pagris, jackets and traditional musical instruments from across the country.

Nirav Modi, Vijay Mallya, Mehul Choksi will be brought back just like Michel: Javadekar

Union minister Prakash Javadekar assured that the government will recover all of the "looted money", and their properties attached to ongoing cases.

Google to make details on political advertisements public

Google's decision is an effort to promote "openness to election advertising online". It is also introducing a searchable Political Ads library.

How IIT-Delhi start-ups are helping draw visually impaired students into science

While one start-up focuses on tactile graphics, the other looks to augment graphics with audio. 

On Camera

Being Dalit on a dating app. Upper caste men only want to argue over reservation, EWS

My Instagram bio reads ‘Namasudra Dalit, West Bengal’. But around 10 men – whom I had added from dating apps – unfollowed and blocked me after learning about my identity.

Indian airlines are on path to capture 50% of market for international travel to & from the country

Adding new routes and more aircraft, Indian airlines are now looking to cash in on the post-pandemic surge in international travellers.

Retired Indian Army Colonel working with UN killed in Rafah, Israel orders probe

Eight months into the war, this is believed to be the first 'international' casualty to be reported. 46-year-old Waibhav Kale joined UNDSS two months ago ‘to make a difference’. 

What’s common between Netflix Chamkila and Trudeau’s trouble-infested Canada? They don’t get Punjab

Even in the weeks leading up to Chamkila’s assassination there were massacres every other day. To airbrush all of this is sheer intellectual cowardice if not a crime.