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Garbage spots transformed into beautified spaces in Kasba constituency

India, July 22 -- Twenty-two chronic garbage dumping spots in Pune's Kasba Assembly constituency have been successfully transformed into clean, beautified public spaces, following an initiative led by... Read More


'India confiscated over 2 mn kg of drugs in 2022'

New Delhi, July 22 -- India's crackdown on drug peddling and abuse intensified in recent years, with over 2 million kg of narcotic drugs seized in 2022 alone, according to data placed in the Lok Sabha... Read More


SC to hear Maha's plea on July 24

New Delhi, July 22 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear on July 24 plea of the Maharashtra government against the Bombay High Court verdict acquitting all 12 accused in the 2006 Mumbai train... Read More


No plan to scrap SC/ST post-matric scholarship, says Centre

New Delhi, July 22 -- The Centre has said there is no proposal to discontinue the Post-Matric Scholarship scheme for Scheduled Tribe or Scheduled Caste students. There have been concerns about whether... Read More


Consensus Commission begins talks with political parties

Dhaka, July 22 -- The 17th day of second-round reform talks between the National Consensus Commission (NCC) and the political parties began on Tuesday morning to discuss several constitutional issues.... Read More


PLI schemes: Govt approved 806 applications so far for 14 sectors

New Delhi, July 22 -- The government on Tuesday said as many as 806 applications have been approved under the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) schemes across 14 sectors as on date. The schemes for 1... Read More


Aadhaar, EPIC, ration cards not proof of voter eligibility, EC tells SC

India, July 22 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday defended its ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, telling the Supreme Court that Aadhaar, voter iden... Read More


PSU banks' gross bad assets drop to 2.58% in FY25 from 9.11% in FY21: Govt

New Delhi, July 22 -- The government on Tuesday said that the gross non-performing assets (NPA) ratio of public sector banks (PSBs) has declined from 9.11% in March 2021 to 2.58% in March 2025, markin... Read More


President accepts resignation of VP Jagdeep Dhankar: RS Chair informs house

New Delhi, July 22 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Ghanshyam Tiwari, who was in the Chair, on Tuesday announced that Jagdeep Dhankhar's resignation as Vice President of India has been accepted by t... Read More


Dangers of ethnicising Dalits

Nepal, July 22 -- On July 15, 2025, the final round of a caste-based beauty pageant called "Mr and Miss Bishwakarma" took place in Kathmandu. It was the fourth annual event organised by a company of t... Read More