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Govt appoints former IAS officers as election commissioners

New Delhi, March 14 -- Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, the government on Thursday appointed former bureaucrats Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu as election commissioners. The two ex-bureaucra... Read More


Election Commission makes electoral bonds data public

New Delhi, March 14 -- Complying with the Supreme Court directive, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday made the electoral bonds data public by uploading it on its website. "The Electio... Read More


BJP condemns burning of PM Modi's effigy in Eastern Nagaland

KOHIMA, March 14 -- In light of the ongoing protests by the Eastern Nagaland People's Organisation (ENPO), the BJP emphasized the importance of resolving the "public emergency" declared by the group t... Read More


EAM Jaishankar explores new areas of collaboration with Ireland Minister

New Delhi, March 14 -- External Affairs Minister, S Jaishankar on Thursday met Ireland's Minister for Enterprise, Trade, and Employment, Simon Coveney and the two held discussions on forging new avenu... Read More


Kenya on 'standby' as US raises funds for Haiti mission

Nairobi, March 14 -- The US says it has increased funding for the Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission in Haiti, as Kenya again said it was on standby to deploy. A day after Nairobi said it w... Read More


'Ban cigarette filters and vapourisers to fight plastic pollution'

Dhaka, March 14 -- The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recently called for a ban on cigarette filters and vapourisers, considering the devastating impact of these products on the environment. Thi... Read More


'Would tear Narendra Modi into pieces if.: ' FIR lodged against Tamil Nadu minister T. M. Anbarasan for threatening PM

New Delhi, March 14 -- DMK Minister T. M. Anbarasan was highly criticised by the BJP for threatening Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a public gathering. Further, an FIR has also been lodged against hi... Read More


Odisha's historic Barunei Hill denuded of greenery!

Bhubaneswar, March 14 -- The historic Barunei Hill, a major tourist spot in Odisha's Khordha, is allegedly losing its sheen amid the mushrooming growth of industrial units, which are posing a threat t... Read More


Supreme Court's 9-judge constitution bench reserves verdict in mineral tax case

India, March 14 -- A nine-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its verdict on a batch of petitions on crucial issues of whether royalty on minerals is a tax and if taxes ... Read More


The things a few calculations tell us

New Delhi, March 14 -- Sometimes it takes the State Bank of India. Sometimes the courts. Sometimes a bridge. I'm grateful to all of them, because they offer me numbers to play with. Let's take the br... Read More