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September 16, 2024 6:13 PM
Om Birla, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate and MP from Kota, was elected Speaker of the 18th Lok Sabha on Wednesday. The motion, moved by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and seconded by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, was adopted by the house through a voice vote. The opposition INDIA...
June 25, 2024 2:10 PM
As the first session of the 18th Lok Sabha commenced on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi recalled the "dark chapter" of the Emergency imposed by former PM Indira Gandhi 50 years ago to curb dissent. “Tomorrow is the 25th of June. For those dedicated to upholding the dignity of our Constitutio...
September 16, 2024 6:14 PM
Efforts by the BJP's top leadership to broker a consensus on the position of the speaker of the 18th Lok Sabha came to naught when the INDIA bloc decided to field 8-time MP K Suresh for the post. His nomination followed the filing of a nomination by the BJP's Kota MP Om Birla for the post. Birla was...
June 24, 2024 11:25 AM
Security has been increased outside the hotel where the visiting delegation from Pakistan is staying in Jammu. The delegation which arrived in India on Sunday evening in connection with the 1960 Indus Water Treaty is scheduled to visit Kishtwar to see the Dam sites. The Indus Waters Treaty was sig...
June 23, 2024 4:14 PM
A temple in Kerala on Saturday (June 22) introduced a lifelike robotic elephant to be used in rituals in an effort to prevent animal cruelty. The mechanical elephant was donated by the animal rights group PETA to the Pournamikavu Temple in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. The three-metre-tall, 800 kg m...
June 22, 2024 7:34 PM
Growing up on fascinating stories and faint memories, young Tibetan exiles strive hard to keep their culture and identity together in the North Indian town of Dharamsala as they yearn to return to their homeland. These young Tibetans have only heard of Tibet and the Tibetan Independence movement ch...
September 16, 2024 4:37 PM
Researchers from the Agharkar Research Institute (ARI) in Pune have discovered a new genus of diatoms in the unpolluted waters of the Eastern Ghats mountain range. Diatoms are microscopic algae that play a crucial role in our everyday lives, producing approximately 25 percent of the global oxygen s...
June 20, 2024 12:03 PM
Nearly 2 million Muslims will reach the end of the haj pilgrimage this week, but extreme heat has proved fatal for hundreds who began the journey last Friday to the Kaaba at the Grand Mosque in Mecca in Saudi Arabia. At least 562 people have died during the haj, according to a tally based on forei...
June 19, 2024 5:34 PM
China said it was willing to study a plan to connect Malaysia's $10-billion East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) to other China-backed railway projects in Laos and Thailand, potentially expanding Beijing's Belt and Road initiative across Southeast Asia. Chinese Premier Li Qiang, who is on a three-day visit ...
June 19, 2024 11:42 AM
An ambitious overhaul of the Italian constitution to allow for the direct election of a prime minister won the Senate's approval on Tuesday, the start of what is likely to be an uncertain path to the statute books. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has pushed hard for the change, calling it "the mother...
