New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to consider setting up a special bench to hear the Centre’s plea seeking clarification on the applicability of its March 11 judgement on OBC creamy-layer criteria to candidates of the Civil Services Examination (CSE) 2025. The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) seeks directions allowing the government…
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday conducted multi-state searches as part of its investigation into cyber attacks on Indian government websites during Operation Sindoor. The searches were conducted at five locations — Junnar in Pune, Maharashtra, Nadiad in Kheda, Gujarat, Ramagundam in Karimnagar, Telangana, Gopalganj in Bihar and Delhi, a statement issued…
Hyderabad: Telangana BJP president N Ramchander Rao on Tuesday concluded his fast, vowing to continue the party’s struggle for the release of pending dues of students’ tuition fee reimbursement by the Congress government. BJP MP K Laxman offered lemon juice to Rao, marking the end of the fast. Hitting out at the Congress government, Laxman…
Thiruvananthapuram: The Keralam government has sanctioned Rs 2 lakh for Onam celebrations for children staying at childcare centres under the state Women and Child Development Department, officials said on Tuesday. The special allocation will facilitate Onam celebrations for children who remain at the care centres during the festival days, the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said…
Sydney: In 2023, the James Webb Space Telescope revealed something strange: the distant reaches of the universe are filled with “little red dots” that astronomers still can’t quite explain. But a new paper I coauthored, published today in Nature Astronomy, might have found the key to understanding their nature. It turns out these little red…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a plea by Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee seeking an expeditious decision by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on petitions seeking disqualification of 20 rebel party MPs who have aligned themselves with the Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI). A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya…
Moscow: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held wide-ranging talks with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov, with the two leaders discussing bilateral cooperation, global challenges and multilateral issues. The current situation surrounding Ukraine, Iran, and Afghanistan was also discussed by the two foreign ministers, the state-run TASS news agency quoted the Russian foreign ministry as saying….
New Delhi: On completion of a decade of the Unified Payments Interface, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday hailed it as a major turning point in India’s digital payment journey and said its sheer scale is something every Indian must be proud of. The UPI was launched on August 25, 2016 by the National Payments…
New Delhi: Biocon Ltd on Tuesday said its arm Biocon Biologics has received marketing approval for its pegfilgrastim biosimilar from Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW). The pegfilgrastim biosimilar is a cancer supportive care medicine used to prevent infections after chemotherapy. The product, a biosimilar to Neulasta, is developed and manufactured by Biocon…
Amstelveen: Indian men’s hockey team head coach Craig Fulton admitted his team’s slow start and inability to handle the pressure of a must-win game proved costly as they missed out on a place in the World Cup semifinals here on Monday. “It was a difficult day today. We didn’t want to end like that. We…
