The Jharkhand crash that killed 7 has put the spotlight on India’s air ambulance sector, where critically ill patients often pay lakhs for private charters.
From a tribal hamlet in Giridih to the central committee of CPI (Maoist), carrying a bounty of Rs 2.4 cr, Manjhi’s rise was built on ambushes & explosives—until security forces killed him Friday.
Alex Munda, 7, became an internet sensation in Jharkhand after a video of him studying under petrol pump lights went viral. Electricity and other benefits are now arriving, but so are new problems.
Anushka Kumari started out on an uneven village ground, playing barefoot with boys despite family resistance. Three years later, she is India’s U-17 ‘Goal Machine’.
Court has ordered officials to compensate residents whose structures had been demolished, but asked why state exchequer should bear expenses for illegality committed by officials.
On 24 August 1949, Jaipal Singh Munda, the driving force behind the Jharkhand movement, argued for political representation and self-governance for the tribal community in the Constituent Assembly.
Bypoll was necessitated by death of Somesh Chandra's father & ex-JMM minister Ramdas Soren on 15 August. It was first electoral test of Hemant Soren in his 2nd stint in power.
The latest NCRB report also shows that Jharkhand constantly features in the list of top ten states when it comes to murders, with over 1,400 such cases recorded between 2021 and 2023.
The current Iran war has laid bare a fundamental reality: 20 per cent of global energy trade cannot afford to rely on a single artery, no matter how resilient and cost-effective.
Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.
It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.
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