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IIT, AIIMS, IISc faculty slam Indian Science Congress, urge it to promote real science

37 professors from top education institutes demand that the association should be more careful in choosing its speakers in the future.

SC-appointed Special Task Force ‘finds 4 Gujarat encounters suspicious’

The STF, headed by former SC judge H.S. Bedi, has indicated the involvement of some police officers in the encounters that followed the 2002 Gujarat riots.

Junior social justice minister didn’t know of 10% quota bill even on day it came to Lok Sabha

LS website contains details of an unstarred question in which MoS Krishan Pal Gurjar has stated that govt was not considering any such quota proposal.

Justice A.K. Sikri to replace CJI on PM-led panel deciding CBI chief Alok Verma’s fate

The panel is scheduled to meet at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's residence on Wednesday night.

India to be third-largest consumer market by 2030, spending to reach Rs 420 lakh crore: WEF

World Economic Forum report says in the next 11 years, less than 5% of Indian households will lie below poverty line.

Indian consulate in Melbourne on alert after delivery of suspicious package

A major emergency operation is underway at least 10 diplomatic missions across Melbourne which also received suspicious packages.

By 2050, more than 20% of people in south India will be over 65. And that spells trouble

A State Bank of India report says this will put pressure on these states’ infrastructure, and widen income distribution gap between the south and north.

SC orders disclosing Bedi panel’s report on Gujarat alleged fake encounters to petitioners

The Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said it would later decide on whether it will accept Justice Bedi committee's final report.

Alok Verma resumes office as CBI chief after nearly 3 months of forced leave

Alok Verma came back to the CBI, albeit with clipped powers, after the Supreme Court set aside the government's October 2018 order.

Samsung phone users perturbed to find they can’t delete Facebook

Facebook isn't the only company whose apps show up on smartphones by default and companies are not willing to disclose who they partner with for permanent apps.

On Camera

Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.