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Several skeletons found in Meghalaya’s illegal rat-hole mine 35 days after tragedy

The Navy rescue team detected the first body at a depth of 160 feet, more than a month after 15 miners were trapped on 13 December. 

For upper caste quota, IITs will add 3,000 seats and central varsities over a lakh

With govt set to implement 10% quota from the coming session, institutes will have to increase seats by 25% so that the current reservation is not affected.

This Indore IAS officer has a solution for India’s garbage problem

Asheesh Singh, the Indore municipal commissioner, was behind efforts that cleared 13 lakh tonnes of refuse in just six months through bio-mining. 

Modi govt wants to bring back ‘Raid Raj’, tells taxmen to ‘use whatsoever means required’

The PMO has ordered taxmen to fill the revenue shortfall, which could only mean one thing: More surveys and pressure to deposit more advance tax.

January 2018 presser by Supreme Court judges has not served purpose: Ex-CJI Lodha

Concerns raised at the press conference such as the functioning of the collegium for appointment of judges of higher judiciary have aggravated, said the former chief justice of India.

Row over collegium picks for Supreme Court escalates but govt appoints them

The Bar Council termed the collegium's recommendations 'unjust and improper', but the Centre has cleared the names. 

Govt still can’t manage MGNREGA promises, even with ‘highest ever’ fund allocation

The average number of days of employment so far this fiscal has been 43 while MGNREGA promises 100. 

Air Deccan and Air Odisha routes under UDAN scheme fail to take off

Junior civil aviation minister Jayant Sinha told Rajya Sabha that 6 routes awarded under UDAN had been cancelled due to ‘non-performance’ or ‘poor performance’.

Govt’s film preservation project in ‘total disarray’, says I&B-appointed inquiry panel

Panel pulls up the National Film Archives of India, but itself hasn’t met since August 2018, raising questions over the seriousness of the project.

Narendra Modi’s pet UDAN scheme crawls in Maharashtra — the first state to sign up for it

Nearly two-and-a-half years after Maharashtra signed up for UDAN, only two routes are operational.

On Camera

Stop targeting Galgotias University students. Focus on politicians instead

Going through their Instagrams and dissecting their ‘statements’ is not the astute political commentary you think it is—it is time for us to back off from targeting 20-year-olds.

High capacity usage, fresh borrowings & new orders — why FY25 could be a big year for pvt investment

Companies are borrowing more from banks and public. Economists say high capacity utilisation & growing new orders could set stage for renewed investment push by India Inc.

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, 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.