At Mallahanpurwa and Jaruva, streetlights are being installed on dark stretches, houses lacking doors are being fitted with ones, and sugarcane fields are being cleared. In the two villages of Bahraich district’s Kaiserganj tehsil, these are some of the preventive measures the administration is taking to prevent further wolf attacks which claimed the lives of...

The tough provisions of India’s nuclear liability laws led to “silent phobia” among industry, prompting the government to bring a new comprehensive Bill to address their concerns and open up the atomic energy sector for private participation, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Wednesday. Singh was replying to a discussion in the Lok Sabha that...

US President Donald Trump is set to deliver a televised address to the nation Wednesday, outlining plans to strengthen America amid declining popularity over economic concerns. Trump previewed his speech to reporters, saying, “The message this evening is we inherited a mess, and we’ve done a great job, and we continue to, and our country...

A webinar on ‘Career Compass: Navigating Your Next Step’ will be organised on December 21 jointly by SASTRA Deemed to be University, Thanjavur, and The Hindu Education Plus. The webinar will seek to offer clarity on career pathways beyond academics for students across disciplines, with a focus on real-world readiness, innovation, informed decision-making, and adaptability...

Economists Gita Gopinath and Sanjeev Sanyal, who appeared Wednesday before a joint committee of Parliament on ‘One Nation, One Election’, were said to have spoken in favour of simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and Assemblies. The panel is headed by BJP MP P P Chaudhary. Parliamentary committee proceedings are privileged and details of exchanges...

A day after the Nashik District and Sessions Court sentenced Maharashtra’s Sports Minister and NCP leader Manikrao Kokate to two years in prison for fraudulent acquisition of flats under the Chief Minister’s Housing Scheme, the government transferred all his portfolios to Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar. Despite the conviction, Kokate remains a minister without a...

Heroes are not born, they are made. A 14-year-old girl is being hailed as a “true heroine” after she shielded two young children with her own injured body during the deadly shooting at Bondi Beach last week.The teenager was attending the Chanukah by the Sea event on Sunday when gunmen Sajid Akram (50) and his...

Sanitary napkins have not yet been notified under the Essential Commodities Act, Advocate General P.S. Raman said. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO Sanitary napkins have not been declared an essential commodity. Yet, the Tamil Nadu government had sanctioned ₹113.10 crore in the financial year 2024-25 towards implementation of menstrual hygiene programme in both rural and...

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday quashed the recruitment of 313 school teachers in the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA), terming their appointment “illegal”. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW VIDEO Stating that the West Bengal School Education Department failed to justify the recruitment process and the approvals given could not withstand judicial scrutiny, the single-judge Bench of Justice...

In this special report, an unidentified speaker breaks down the key differences between the proposed VB-G RAM G Bill and the existing MGNREGA. The new bill, introduced by the Centre, proposes increasing guaranteed employment from 100 to 125 days but shifts the funding model to a 60-40 Centre-State ratio. Unlike MGNREGA, the new legislation mandates...