President Ram Nath Kovind conferred the Bharat Ratna, which is being awarded after a gap of four years. With this year's additions, the tally of recipients goes up to 48.
With the Presidential assent, the triple talaq bill makes the Muslim practice of giving 'talaq' (divorce) by oral or written communication a punishable offence.
President Kovind said that voters assessed the performance of the Modi govt and have given even stronger support for a second term. The full text of his speech in the Parliament
President Kovind said women are being given priority in the registration of houses being built under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana in the rural areas.
While the language war in other states is targeting those who can't speak the local language, in Bengal, even those whose mother tongue is Bengali have to constantly prove their Bengali-ness.
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.
Capable of being fired in plain and high-altitude areas, it has day-and-night capability and two-way data link to support post-launch target, aim-point update.
As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.
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