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Indian climber dies while ascending Mt Kanchenjunga

An Indian climber died while ascending Mt Kanchenjunga in Nepal, a media report said.

May 6, 2022

Don't patronize us: India's envoy to UN tells Dutch Ambassador

India's Permanent Representative to the UN, T.S. Tirumurti engaged in a Twitter spat with the Dutch Ambassador to the UK and Northern Ireland, Karel van Oosterom over New Delhi's abstention from voting at the General Assembly against Russia's war in Ukraine.

May 6, 2022

Centre vs Delhi : SC refers the issue of control over services to constitution bench

The Supreme Court on Friday referred to a constitution bench the power tussle between the Centre and the Delhi government in connection with control over the administrative services.

May 6, 2022

Surge Again? India reports 3,545 new Covid cases, slightly higher

India reported 3,545 new Covid cases in a span of 24 hours, a rise over the 3,275 Covid infections reported the previous day, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Affairs said on Friday morning.

May 6, 2022

IFS officer Srinivas, beheaded by Veerappan, honoured in K'taka; Museum, restored jeep & more [details]

A fitting tribute to an honourable IFS officer in Karnataka is lauded by servicemen and masses alike.

May 5, 2022

Former Judge of Patna High Court files plea in Supreme Court seeking action against 'Hindu Rashtra' event

According to a news conference held on May 3, a "Hindu Rashtra session" would be held at Talkatora Stadium on the occasion of Adi Shankaracharya's 2529th birth anniversary festival, where there will be a discussion about how to construct a great India.

May 5, 2022

Delimitation panel suggests Govt to follow Puducherry pattern in J&K to empower displaced communities [details]

After getting memorandums from representatives of displaced communities commission suggests nominations of Kashmiri migrants and displaced persons from PoJK in the J&K assembly

May 5, 2022

J&K Delimitation Commission releases final report; full text of of order copy [read now]

Here's the full text of the final order copy released by the J&K Delimitation Commission.

May 5, 2022

Don't throw away masks, Israel study nods to another COVID outbreak this summer

The Covid pandemic that originated in Wuhan, China has already claimed the lives of over 6.2 million people

May 5, 2022

2 in 5 Indian users happy at Musk's Twitter acquisition: Survey

Around two in five (37 per cent) Twitter users in India are happy about the micro-blogging platform's acquisition by tech billionaire Elon Musk, with urban millennial users being most likely to say this (at 43 per cent), a report said on Thursday.

May 5, 2022

Struggling Auto industry faces another hurdle as RBI move makes loans costlier

The automobile industry is still not out of the woods and the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) move to increase the repo-rate by 45 basis points will make vehicle loans expensive, said a top official of the Federation of Automobile Dealers Association (FADA).

May 5, 2022

LIC IPO Day 1: 67% issue subscribed; policyholder, employee portion oversubscribed

The biggest initial public offering (IPO) in the history of Indian markets, the LIC IPO, was subscribed 67 per cent on Wednesday, the first day of bidding.

May 5, 2022

Drug cos recording profits; COVID treatment still out of reach for poor: WHO

Even as Covid drug makers are posting record profits, the lifesaving treatments often remain out of reach for the poor, the World Health Organisation said.

May 5, 2022

CDS, Secretary DMA posts, formerly held by Gen Rawat, to split; CISC could get new role [details]

While the appointment of new Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) is still in process, the government is considering splitting Secretary, Department of Military Affairs (DMA), which was also held by the Office of CDS.

May 5, 2022

Restoring democracy in J&K; Delimitation Commission finalizes report, nine seats reserved for STs [details]

While BJP hails the "excellent" work of the Delimitation Commission, the opposition charges panel with working in a fixed mindset to give benefit to a particular party.

May 5, 2022