NEW DELHI: A franchise-based two-wheeler racing league is scheduled to be launched in India later this year, according to Akbar Ebrahim, President, Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India. Speaking at the FMSCI Annual Awards function here today, Ebrahim said: “We have plans to launch a two-wheeler racing league this year. This will be in […]
Kejriwal says Supreme Court ‘saved democracy’ New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned the result of the Chandigarh mayoral poll in which the BJP candidate had emerged an unlikely winner, and declared defeated AAP-Congress alliance candidate Kuldeep Kumar as the new city mayor. It also ordered prosecution of the returning officer for the poll, […]
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader KC Venugopal on Tuesday categorically said the discussion on seat-sharing between the Congress and Samajwadi Party (SP) for the upcoming Lok Sabha (LS) elections are in the final stage. The statement of the Venugopal, Congress’ national general secretary in-charge of organization, came a day after SP president and former Uttar […]
New Delhi: Employees Provident Fund Organisation’s (EPFO’s) provisional payroll data on Tuesday highlighted that retirement fund body has added 15.62 lakh net members in December 2023 which is the highest in the last three months. According to the EPFO data, around 8.41 lakh new members have enrolled during December 2023. The new members’ addition shows […]
NEW DELHI: Weeks after Inter Miami’s friendly match against the Hong Kong Team, the legendary Argentine footballer Lionel Messi clarified why he could not take part in the game after his name was attached to false narratives. The eighth-time Ballon d’Or winner shared a video statement on the Chinese social media website Weibo and explained […]
New Delhi: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has directed universities and Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) across the country to publicise the new criminal laws and dispel “myths” surrounding them. Among the “myths” cited by the UGC are that the new laws “threaten” individual freedom and aim to establish a “police state”, that sedition provisions have […]
NEW DELHI: Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi, BJP chief J P Nadda and new party entrant Ashok Chavan and Union ministers Ashwini Vaishnaw and L Murugan were among the 41 candidates elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha on Tuesday while Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh will witness polling on February 27. The BJP has won […]
Courts Should Be Slow In Granting Bail To Accused: SC New Delhi: The Supreme Court has said courts should be slow in granting even regular bail to an accused in a case in which a huge quantity of narcotics has been seized, more so when the accused allegedly has criminal antecedents. The apex court quashed […]
New Delhi: The NITI Aayog has released a position paper titled “Senior Care Reforms in India: Reimagining the Senior Care Paradigm” which, it says, is one of the stepping stones toward India’s commitment to achieving the goal of Viksit Bharat @2047. The report was released on Friday by NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Suman Bery in […]
New Delhi: As generative artificial intelligence (AI) begins to threaten certain jobs, Sandip Patel, Managing Director, IBM India/South Asia, has said that AI will actually create more job options that it destroys. Speaking to a wire agency, Patel said that he has seen technology and multiple innovations evolve over a period of time. “I firmly […]