Operation Ajay: Second flight from Israel lands with 235 Indians

New Delhi; The second flight carrying 235 Indians from Israel landed at Delhi airport on Saturday morning. The government has launched Operation Ajay to facilitate the return of those who wish to come back home from Israel, amid fresh tensions due to the Israel-Hamas conflict. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi on Saturday said the […]

Oct 20-21 Punjab assembly session not unlawful, Guv should change his legal advisor: Minister

Chandigarh: Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema Saturday said there was nothing unlawful about the upcoming session of the Punjab assembly and asked the governor to change his legal advisor. His remarks came a day after the governor’s secretariat said the October 20-21 session — being projected as an extension of the Budget session — […]

Pro-Palestine WhatsApp status sparks police warning in Karnataka

Bengaluru: A20-year-old man named Nawaz faced a stern warning from the Hospet Police in Karnataka’s Vijayanagara district. This happened after he shared a pro-Palestine video as his WhatsApp status on Thursday, 12 October. The Hospet Police noticed that certain individuals in a Hospet neighborhood were using social media to disseminate pro-Palestine content during the Israel-Palestine […]

Jaishankar to embark on 6-day visit to Vietnam, Singapore

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will embark on a six-day visit to Vietnam and Singapore from Sunday to shore up bilateral cooperation in diverse areas. In the first leg of his visit, Jaishankar will visit Vietnam from October 15 to 18 to discuss ways to review the progress in several areas and discuss […]

G20 ministerial for swift implementation of roadmap to deal with crypto assets

G20 ministerial for swift implementation of roadmap to deal with crypto assets

New Delhi: The finance ministers of the G20 nations have called for swift and coordinated implementation of the G20 roadmap to deal with the issues related to the crypto assets. The G20 Roadmap on Crypto Assets adopted by the G20 Finance Ministers was spelt out in a Synthesis Paper prepared jointly by the International Monetary […]

Delivery of justice to 1984 anti-Sikh riots victims started only after 2014: Shah

Delivery of justice to 1984 anti-Sikh riots victims started only after 2014: Shah

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said justice to the victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots started being delivered only after the Narendra Modi government assumed office in 2014. Addressing a programme of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee here, Shah said 300 cases related to the 1984 riots were reopened and […]

NewsClick row: Delhi HC dismisses portal founder’s plea challenging arrest in UAPA case

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to interfere with the arrest and subsequent police remand of NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha and portal’s human resources department head Amit Chakravarty in a case lodged under anti-terror law UAPA. Dismissing their plea challenging the police action, Justice Tushar Rao Gedela said, “The court does not […]

Female labour force participation rate improved to 37 % in 2023: WCD

New Delhi: The female labour force participation rate in the country has improved by 4.2 percentage points to 37 per cent in 2023, the government said on Friday. According to the data shared by the Women and Child Development Ministry, the female labour force participation rate increased from 23.3 per cent in 2017-18 to 24.5 […]

Operation Ajay: First batch of Indians return home from Israel

New Delhi: The first batch of around 200 Indians, including students, returned to the country from Israel onboard a chartered flight in the early hours of Friday. India has launched Operation Ajay to facilitate the return of those who wish to come back home as a series of brazen attacks on Israeli towns by Hamas […]

India, France looking at taking strategic partnership to ‘newer heights’: Rajnath

India, France looking at taking strategic partnership to ‘newer heights’: Rajnath

New Delhi: India and France discussed potential collaboration in niche areas such as cyberspace and artificial intelligence with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh saying that strategic partnership between the two nations is more relevant today than ever and both sides are looking forward to taking it to “newer heights”. Singh and French Minister of Armed Forces […]

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