Category: India News

16 January 2025 – In a path-breaking initiative that will affect more than one crore central government employees and pensioners, the Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the formation of the 8th Pay Commission. The decision aims to make modification in allowances, pension, etc., with fair degrees of salaries adjusted according to…

New Delhi, January 15, 2025 — The BCCI made bold choices for the ICC Champions Trophy, omitting both seasoned wicketkeepers KL Rahul and Sanju Samson. Along with Rishabh Pant, the up-and-coming Dhruv Jurel will serve the national team in wicket keeping duties. Selection Decisions and Rationale KL Rahul solidly kept wicket in the absence of…

New Delhi, January 15, 2025 — The Commission for Air Quality Management has resurrected Stage IV restrictions under the Graded Response Action Plan, across Delhi and the National Capital Region, in response to a notable degradation in the air quality. This comes as the Air Quality Index enters a ‘severe’ category with readings creeping closer…

New Delhi, January 14, 2025 – The eighth edition of Pariksha Pe Charcha (PPC) closed its registration process with officials indicating that there had never been such participation in this initiative that is personally overseen by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Unprecedented Participation The registration window between December 14, 2024, and January 14, 2025, witnessed unheard-of…

New Delhi, January 14, 2025: In India, a recent remark by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg created quite a stir and prompted plans for the formation of a parliamentary committee to haul up representatives of the tech giant. The argument arose about the observation made by Zuckerberg that in 2024, losing elections-one of those being India-…

Delhi, January 14, 2025 — The revelation from Delhi Police that the juvenile-contractor of a number of hoax bomb threats to schools was associated with an NGO allegedly with political links set the political set-up of Delhi on fire. With this, the BJP ironed out a series of queries for AAP regarding the affliction of…

New Delhi, January 13, 2025– Union Minister of Electronics and Information Technology – Ashwini Vaishnaw slammed remarks by Mark Zuckerberg-CEO of Meta-that suggested the prevailing governments had fallen in 2020-2024 general elections held in various countries, including India, “as factually wrong”. Zuckerberg’s Controversial Assertion In his interview in the podcast “The Joe Rogan Experience,” Zuckerberg…

Lucknow, 13 January 2025 – In a decisive step to improve road safety and prevent fatalities among two-wheeler users, the Uttar Pradesh Transport Department has announced the introduction of a “No Helmet, No Fuel” regulation in the state starting January 26, 2025. Under this initiative, petrol stations are expected to refuse fuel to motorcyclists and…

Chandigarh, January 12, 2025 — A heartfelt message from a Pakistani student to an Indian UPSC mentor has emerged as quite sensational on the Internet as a sterling testimony to the unification that education can render. The exchange, therefore, presents an important transcendence in knowledge-sharing type of paradigm between neighboring nations. The Controversial Message Shekhar…

A tragic bus accident took place at Pauri Garhwal in Uttarakhand on Sunday afternoon killing five people and injuring 18 others. The incident occurred at Dehalchauri when a private bus, heading from Pauri city to Srinagar, skidded off the road and went crashing to the gorge deep below. The mishap occurred around 1600 hours when…