Dalit labor activist Nodeep Kaur, who was arrested in January by Haryana police on charges of extortion and attempted murder, was released after he was released on bail by the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday. Kaur’s request for bail was filed in the court of Judge Avneesh Jhingan. …
Read More »Explained: With the perseverance of NASA and China’s Tianwen-1, a series of missions to Mars
Going to Mars is not trivial, since both planets revolve around the Sun and are therefore in constant motion with each other. Earth and Mars are the closest distance from each other every 26 months, and that’s when Earthlings try to send missions to Mars. Every two years since the …
Read More »With Pune schools, universities closed again, teachers criticize ‘knee-jerk decisions’
Just a few days after the city’s universities resumed physical classes for students after an interval of 11 months, the Pune local district administration once again ordered the closure of all educational institutions until February 28. The decision was made as a precautionary measure at a time when COVID-19 cases …
Read More »Gujarat local body elections: 1.14 million rupees voters will vote today in six major cities
Voting in the state’s six municipal corporations – Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Rajkot, Surat, Bhavnagar and Jamnagar – will take place on Sunday, the results of which will be released on Tuesday. Elections to civic corporations were scheduled to take place in December last year, but were postponed due to the Covid-19 …
Read More »Sitharaman considers rising fuel prices a ‘bothersome’ issue
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman called the increase in fuel prices a “troublesome issue” and said Thursday that the Center and the states will have to come to the table to reduce retail prices for gasoline and fuel. diesel to a reasonable level. “It is a very annoying subject in …
Read More »Tool Case: Disha Ravi Moves Delhi HC To Prevent Police From Leaking Probe Material To Media
Climate activist Disha Ravi, who was arrested in the toolbox case, had the Delhi High Court request instructions from the Delhi Police not to leak any investigative material, including the alleged content of the conversations / communications from the petitioner to a third party. In her plea, the 22-year-old Bengaluru …
Read More »All central government employees to attend the office on weekdays: Ministry of Personnel
All central government employees have been asked to attend the office on business days, according to an order from the Ministry of Personnel. The decision comes amid a significant decline in the number of active COVID-19 cases in the country, including the national capital. However, all officers and personnel residing …
Read More »Recipe Video: SC Grants Partial Relief to Kerala Activist Rehana Fathima
On Monday, the High Court partially suspended the order of the Kerala High Court that prohibited former BSNL employee Rehana Fathima from posting, transmitting, sharing, uploading or disseminating any material or comment through any visual and electronic public medium, but ordered a ban on her from spreading any comment. that …
Read More »Blowout or avalanche from a glacial lake? Scientists are going to find each other today
The bursting of a GLACIAL lake, the bursting of a cloud or an avalanche, the impact of climate change or “development” – scientists are not sure what caused the sudden rush of water near Chamoli in Uttarakhand on Sunday morning which briefly sparked fears of a repeat of the 2013 …
Read More »Explained: Why have the Covid-19 protocols for UK travelers been changed?
The Delhi government has lifted the mandatory 7-day institutional quarantine requirement for passengers arriving from the UK who test negative for Covid-19 at the airport. This is of significance as the Delhi government had introduced the now-revoked rule without notice earlier this month, something that caught hundreds of passengers by …
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