Day: August 24, 2024

Rahul Gandhi reiterated his call for a caste census, claiming that 90% of India’s population is excluded from the system despite having skills and knowledge. Speaking in Prayagraj, he emphasized that a caste-based census is crucial for policy-making and understanding the distribution of wealth and participation of OBCs, Dalits, and workers in various sectors like…

Mahesh Ramesh Kakde, winner of this year’s Vigyan Yuva Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award for Mathematics, is a number theorist at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, who studies polynomial equations. He explains how, rather than look for solutions to the equations, he studies the relations between different objects attached to the equations. Vigyan Yuva awardee Mahesh Ramesh Kakde…

Aug 24, 2024 04:20 PM IST Author of IPCC reports studies the mechanisms involved in causing climate change, particularly marine heatwaves, and what these could mean for the future Roxy Mathew Koll, winner of this year’s Vigyan Yuva Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award for Earth Scientist, is a climate scientist at the Indian Institute of Tropical…

Yavatmal, Maharashtra Chief Minister Ekanth Shinde on Saturday said the Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana has made the opposition nervous and women should strengthen the Mahayuti to see their monthly allowance in the scheme go up to ₹4,000. Ladki Bahin Scheme has made oppn nervous, claims CM Shinde Shinde was speaking at a programme about the…

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of targeting minorities and using bulldozers to instil fear among citizens. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge (File Photo) “Demolishing someone’s home and rendering their family homeless is both inhumane and unjust. The repeated targeting of minorities in BJP-ruled states is deeply troubling. Such actions…

Aug 24, 2024 04:55 PM IST Officials said the labourers were engaged in the centring work of a septic tank at an under-construction toilet in Pukuda village of Jamankria police station Bhubaneshwar: Three labourers died of asphyxiation while carrying out roof-centering work on a septic tank in Odisha’s Sambalpur district on Saturday, while one is…

The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Tamil Nadu government to produce all correspondence exchanged with the office of governor over the grant of sanction to prosecute former minister V Senthil Balaji in the cash-for-jobs scam after victims in the case informed the court that the trial against him was delayed as the request for…

The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Tamil Nadu government to produce all correspondence exchanged with the office of governor over the grant of sanction to prosecute former minister V Senthil Balaji in the cash-for-jobs scam after victims in the case informed the court that the trial against him was delayed as the request for…

Imphal: Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh on Saturday said the Suspension of Operation (SoO) agreement was signed with some Kuki rebel groups to maintain peace in Manipur and improve law and order, however, some militant groups have violated the ground rules. He said that the state is approaching the Centre to withdraw the SoO…

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday claimed that Hindus have not tried to enter India from Bangladesh after the neighbouring country plunged into political crisis after Sheikh Hasina’s ouster as prime minister.  “Hindus are staying and fighting in Bangladesh. In the last one month, not a single Hindu person has been detected trying…