Category: National

Hindu hardliners force meat sellers to shut shop in Gurugram

Gurugram, India – Indian Hindu hardliners are forcing meat sellers to shut shops in Gurugram, which is home to global outsourcing firms, saying they must respect the feelings of majority Hindus celebrating a nine-day festival. The drive against the mostly Muslim shopkeepers in Gurugram during the Navaratri festival […]

Maneka proposes to set up committee of legal experts to look into #MeToo cases

    open view web desk New Delhi, Oct 12:  The Women and Child Development Ministry plans to set up a panel of legal experts to look into the allegations of sexual harassment that have surfaced in the #MeToo campaign, minister Maneka Gandhi said Friday, asserting that she believes […]

About time everyone learns to treat women with respect, dignity: Rahul on MeToo

New Delhi, Oct 12: Congress president Rahul Gandhi Friday came out in support of the #MeToo movement, saying it was about time that everyone learns to treat women with respect and dignity. He also said he is happy that the space for those who don’t treat women with respect […]

Mobile Health app for citizens of India Launched by IAF on Air Force Day

open view web desk On the occasion of 86th anniversary, the Indian Air Force has launched an innovative mobile health App named ‘MedWatch’ in keeping with the Prime Minister’s vision of ‘Digital India, Ayushman Bharat and Mission Indradhanush’. The app is conceived by the doctors of IAF and developed in house […]

Leader of Opposition of Canada Andrew Scheer calls on Prime Minister

open view web desk Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada and Leader of Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition of Canada, Mr Andrew Scheer, called on the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today. Noting that the relationship between the two countries was elevated to strategic partnership during his visit […]

NITI Aayog to hold Workshop on Best Practices in International Arbitration

open view web desk In an effort to strengthen dispute resolution mechanisms and to not only encourage ‘Make in India’ but also to ‘Resolve in India’, a workshop is being organised on ‘Best Practices in International Arbitration’ by NITI Aayog, in collaboration with ICC International Court of Arbitration […]

IPS Probationers of 2017 batch call on PM

open view web desk Posted On: 08 OCT 2018 About 100 Probationers of the 2017 batch of the Indian Police Service, today called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Interacting with the Probationers, the Prime Minister emphasized the importance of working with dedication, to perform with distinction, the various roles […]

An Indian village’s fight to take the ‘poo to the loo’

open view web desk Indian farmer Kokila Damor always looked forward to visiting the city hospital, but only so that she could use its toilet. Now she is not only a proud toilet owner but a sanitation champion for other villagers in the state of Rajasthan who have […]

Define the term ‘urban naxal’, asks Romila Thapar

open view web desk New Delhi, Sep 30: Eminent historian Romila Thapar, who petitioned the Supreme Court against the house arrest of five Left-leaning activists, has asked government to define the phrase ‘urban naxal’, saying either they do not understand the meaning of the term or the activists like […]

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurates Conference on Academic Leadership on Education for Resurgence in New Delhi

open view web desk The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the Conference on Academic Leadership on Education for Resurgence in Vigyan Bhawan today in which the Vice-Chancellors/Directors from more than 350 universities participated. The conference was organized jointly by UGC, AICTE, ICSSR, IGNCA, IGNOU, JNU and SGT University. […]

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