Category: India News

President hails judiciary for pursuing cherished goal of gender justice

New Delhi, Feb 23: President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday hailed the efforts of the Indian judiciary in pursuing the “cherished goal of gender justice” and said that the Supreme Court has always been “pro-active and progressive”. Speaking at the International Judicial Conference 2020 – ‘Judiciary and the Changing […]

Three-day International Conference on EMMDA

open view news desk Although remarkable success has been achieved in improving forecast skill by employing state of the art numerical prediction systems and adopting latest data assimilation techniques, it is well known that some amount of uncertainty associated with numerical weather prediction is inevitable.  In order to […]

CSIR-CDRI Scientist Dr. Niti Kumar gets SERB Women Excellence Award-2020

She will be honoured by the President of India on National Science Day (NSD) 2020, as this year’s theme for NSD is “Women in Science” open view news desk Dr Niti Kumar, Senior Scientist from Division of Molecular Parasitology and Immunology, CSIR-CDRI, Lucknow has received SERB Women Excellence […]

U.S. firm Hughes fears Indian closure, bank disruptions over unpaid fees – letter

NEW DELHI – U.S. satellite broadband provider Hughes Network Systems may have to shut its Indian operations due to unpaid levies owed to the government, which could put thousands of banking services at risk, a company letter seen by Reuters showed. India’s Supreme Court late last year ordered […]

Terrorists, corrupt have no right to privacy: Ravi Shankar Prasad

New Delhi, Feb 22: Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday said terrorists and corrupt people have “no right to privacy” and such persons should not be allowed to abuse the system. Speaking at the International Judicial Conference 2020 ‘Judiciary and the Changing World’ at the Supreme Court, […]

US Prez’s visit: Forth cargo plane lands at Ahd airport

Ahmedabad, Feb 22: Another cargo plane of the US Air Force landed at the Ahmedabad international airport on Saturday ahead of the February 24 visit of US President Donald Trump to the city. The C-17 Globemaster cargo plane, fourth in the last few days, carried security equipment and a […]

3 women killed in fire in Chandigarh house

Chandigarh, Feb 28: Three young women died when a fire broke out at a house in Chandigarh on Saturday, police said. The women, aged 19-22, were staying as paying guests on thr first floor of the building in Sector 32, Chandigarh Superintendent of Police Vineet Kumar said. Four fire […]

Manipur university VC dismissed over irregularities

New Delhi, Feb 22: Manipur University Vice Chancellor Adya Prasad Pandey was dismissed by the government following complaints of financial and administrative irregularities, according to an HRD Ministry order. The human resource development (HRD) ministry on Friday dismissed Pandey after an inquiry. In an inquiry report, he was found […]

India set to dazzle Trump with pomp and circumstance as trade rows fester

NEW DELHI/WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump will be accorded the biggest public reception given to any foreign leader in years during his visit to India beginning on Monday, officials say, one that could help paper over the two countries’ growing friction over trade. Close political and security […]

Uddhav Thackeray meets PM Modi

New Delhi, Feb 21: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Friday, his first visit to the national capital after taking over the reins of the state. The chief minister’s son Aditya Thackeray, who is a minister in his cabinet, also accompanied him. The […]

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