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Par panel summons Education Ministry officials, CBSE chief on Jun 2 to review NEET, OSMA parliamentary panel will meet Union Education Ministry and CBSE officials on June 2. They will review the On-Screen Marking system for Cl...
China weaponises Taiwan’s own voices in escalating information warChina is using social media platforms like Douyin to spread messages from Taiwanese opposition figures. These clips are then shared on plat...
Parliamentary panel pulls up DoT on internet shutdowns; asks to keep record, assess its impactAs per one media report, there were 518 government-imposed internet shutdowns across India between January 2012 and March 2021, resulting i...
Another comeback for Gandhi family loyalist Margaret AlvaBarring a brief lull in 2008 triggered by her standoff with Congress President Sonia Gandhi over the issue of family entitlement in ticket ...
All PVC pipes to carry warning sign on presence of lead
A year to 2019 polls, BJP plans advertisements on promises keptThe BJP’s 2014 manifesto is being studied threadbare by a team which has sought inputs from all ministries on the progress of specific prom...
Nepal PM Sushil Koirala learnt of earthquake from my tweet, says PM ModiPM Modi told reporters that Nepal's Prime Minister Sushil Koirala, who was away on an official visit to Thailand, learnt about the earthqua...
Poll mandates an opportunity to enact good legislators: Sumitra Mahajan"People have become aware about the things. The recent results show that people say if you want to do it... do it," Mahajan said.
- Freedom fighter and ex-MLC Indra Kumar no more
Freedom fighter and former MLC Indra Kumar passed away at his residence in Krishna Nagar here, his family said today.
First-time MPs to get lessons in legislative processAn orientation programme has been organised for them from tomorrow, the second such exercise undertaken at the initiative of Speaker Sumitr...
Margaret Alva to be sworn in as Goa Governor tomorrowAlva, was given the additional charge of Goa after Wanchoo resigned on July 4, a day after CBI quizzed him in VVIP chopper deal case.
Delhi MLAs to get lessons on Assembly's working from tomorrowFor the next two days, the newly elected Delhi MLAs, more than half of whom are first timers, will get lessons on the working of Assembly.
- Transgenic crops should be adopted "carefully":Bioversity Intl
Rome-based agri-research body Bioversity International today said transgenic crops should be adopted on a 'case to case basis'.
- Through the third eye
Shashi Tharoor has quite been a case of ‘owner’s pride’ (the Sonia-Rahul-Manmohan establishment) and neighbours’ (fellow Congress leaders) ...
- 'Climate change is hurting India's crops'
R K Pachauri, chairman of the IPCC, took on the government, saying that climate change is affecting Indian agriculture unlike what 'some le...
- CPI seeks ban on 'pesti' colas
The CPI, a constituent of the Left Front, on Thursday sought a ban on Coca-Cola and Pepsi under the Food Adulteration Act.
- Rival lab questions CSE credibility
The credibility of Centre for Science and Environment's testing labs, which detected high levels of pesticide residue in soft drinks, has b...
- Deadly drinks: Malathion found in soft drinks
A new CSE study finds Malathion, a pesticide that can damage human brain in some softdrink samples.
- Colas to get a taste of things to come
The govt is all set to launch a campaign against cola cos in the wake of the pesticide controversy.
- Colas continue to be toxic
The study conducted on 57 samples from 25 manufacturing plants of Coke and Pepsi across 12 states has revealed a cocktail of three to six d...