India

Womb for rent: Govt to refer surrogacy bill to 23-member panel of RS Select Committee

The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2019, mandates that only a close relative can be a surrogate mother and intending couples should be married for five years.

13 days ago

Karnataka government seeks ban on PFI, SDPI after attack on Congress MLA Tanveer Sait

Karnataka revenue minister R Ashok said the state government will first discuss the issue with ministers of the state and then recommend the matter to the central government.

13 days ago

Project Ayodhya: Yogi govt constitutes seven-member team to acquire land in UP

Project Ayodhya is aimed at building a 202-metre-tall statue of Lord Ram, an interpretation centre, a library, a food plaza and a parking centre for which the UP govt has set aside 447 crores.

13 days ago

What does future hold for DHFL after RBI supersedes board?

Adversely affected by country's non-banking financial corporation (NBFC) crisis, the DHFL's debt has significantly ballooned to Rs 88,000 crore.

13 days ago

Maharashtra govt formation: Uddhav Thackeray-Sharad Pawar hold midnight meeting

Thackeray was accompanied by his son Aditya and party MP Sanjay Raut, at Pawar's residence where his daughter Supriya Sule and nephew Ajit Pawar were present.

13 days ago

Highest-energy light from a gamma-ray burst discovered

Gamma-ray bursts are the most powerful explosions in the cosmos. These explosive events last a fraction of a second to several minutes and emit the same amount of gamma rays as all the stars in the universe combined.

14 days ago

How Vaping can cause chronic 'popcorn lung' injury too

'Popcorn lung,' is a condition seen in workers exposed to food flavouring fumes in microwave popcorn factories.

14 days ago

'Love Jehad' in Meerut: Girl taken to Dubai, BJP raises issue in Parliament

The victim's parent met the BJP MP and later the matter was brought into the notice of SSP Meerut.

14 days ago

India's growth rate to slip down further in Q2FY20 to 4.7%: ICRA

Sectors such as agriculture and services may be able to "maintain the growth rate recorded in Q1 FY2020".

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KPL scandal: Cricketers were blackmailed, honeytrapped by bookies, SIT formed

Bengaluru Police Commissioner Bhaskar Rao, IPS revealed that foreign cricket players in the Indian Premier League (IPL) are also a part of the scandal.

14 days ago

Indian Army Major's name in FIR a mistake by local police: Former DGP J&K

Major Aditya made headlines when his unit allegedly opened fire at a stone-pelting mob in Shopian district on January 27, 2018, killing three protesters.

14 days ago

Karnataka CM Yediyurappa apologises to Kuruba community for JC Madhuswamy's remarks

Karnataka CM Yediyurappa apologised to the Kuruba community for the controversial remarks made by Madhuswamy and promised to retain the name Kanakadasa Circle after the bypolls.

14 days ago

Isro postpones launch of Cartosat-3 and 13 US satellites to November 27

Cartosat-3 will be launched from the second launch pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota.

14 days ago

Nithyananda Swami missing; Gujarat police, MHA, MEA clueless

The Gujarat Police has intensified the search operations after two girls went missing from controversial 'godman' Nithyananda's school.

14 days ago

Railway official bans Khushwant Singh's book, calls it 'obscene'

Ramesh Chandra Ratn, who is also an SC lawyer, directed officials to ensure "such obscene things" are not sold in bookstalls at the Bhopal station.

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