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The good, bad, and ugly in poverty alleviation

In April 2022, I joined a group of donors on a trip to the interiors of Jharkhand's tribal belt to see the early results of a pilot project aimed to lift 1,200 families in the region out of extreme poverty.

NCP WILL CONTEST DELHI ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS: AJIT

Following its recent success in the Maharashtra elections, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Ajit Pawar on Thursday announced his party will contest the Delhi assembly polls in its bid to regain the national party status.

Air India group to have 400 aircraft by '27: CEO

The Tata Group-owned Air India will have a fleet of 400 aircraft by 2027, the airline's chief Campbell Wilson said on Thursday.

SC agrees to examine CBI plea to transfer Yasin's trial to Tihar

The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to examine the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) plea to transfer the trial of Yasin Malik, a terror convict and former Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief, from a Jammu court to Delhi.

MUTILATED BODY OF JHARKHAND WOMAN FOUND

The mutilated body of a 25-year-old woman was found near the Kharkhai river bank on Thursday morning in Seraikela-Kharswan district in Jharkhand, a senior police officer said.

HC RESERVES ORDER IN PUJA KHEDKAR CASE

The Delhi high court on Thursday reserved its order in an anticipatory bail petition filed by Puja Khedkar, the sacked Indian Administrative Service (IAS) probationer accused of cheating and faking her identity to fraudulently availing benefits under OBC and disabled quotas in the civil services examination.

‘All militias in Manipur must give up arms’

Mizoram chief minister Lalduhoma of the Zoram People's Movement created a buzz in September, when media reports emerged of a speech he had given in the US, of the need to reunify the Zo people's traditional lands, now split across India, Myanmar and Bangladesh.

MP teenager raped in moving ambulance

A 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped in a moving ambulance in Mauganj district of Madhya Pradesh, police said on Thursday.

'Smugglers used Starlink for navigation'

The Andaman and Nicobar Police on Thursday recovered sophisticated satellite communication equipment and saved navigation coordinates from a Myanmarese vessel caught earlier this week with what officials called the largestever drug haul in the region approximately 6,000kg of methamphetamine worth over ₹36,000 crore.

Let athletes other than cricketers get benefits too: SC on job delays

SC HAS PULLED UP HIMACHAL GOVT FOR MAKING AN ASIAN GAMES GOLD MEDALLIST RUN PILLAR TO POST FOR GETTING EMPLOYMENT

India seeks 'scope', 'principles' of treaty on plastic phase-out

India has called upon UN member states to develop a clear scope and principle for the new legally binding instrument on phasing out plastic pollution, currently being negotiated during the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5) in South Korea's Busan.

MP CM visits Germany, calls for bolstering ties

Madhya Pradesh chief minister Mohan Yadav on Thursday said that coordination between Germany and India would open new doors for industrial development in Madhya Pradesh.

UGC releases norms for faster completion of degrees

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has released guidelines allowing students to complete undergraduate degrees faster or slower than the standard duration by earning required credits.

Any order suspending telecom services must be public: New rule

The government has made it mandatory to make public all orders suspending telecom services, including internet shutdowns, with specific reasons, geographical area and duration, which cannot exceed 15 days.

34-YR-OLD WOMAN HELD FOR HOAX CALL TO KILL PM

A 34-year-old woman from Nalasopara in Palghar district was detained for allegedly making a hoax call to the city police, claiming that there was a plan to eliminate Prime Minister Narendra Modi, adding that the weapons to be used had already been finalised.

Collegium picks Delhi HC chief justice for SC

The Supreme Court collegium on Thursday recommended the elevation of Delhi high court Chief Justice Manmohan to the apex court.

Critical telecom infra rules come into effect

THE SECTION EMPOWERS THE CENTRE TO NOTIFY TELECOM NETWORKS AS CTI IF THEIR DISRUPTION IS SEVERELY IMPACTFUL

Priyanka makes Parliament debut, sworn in as LS MP from Wayanad

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra commenced her legislative career on Thursday by taking oath as the Lok Sabha member from Wayanad constituency in Kerala on Thursday amid a rapturous welcome from the party lawmakers.

Jagan rejects bribery charges in Adani deal

YSRCP top leader and former Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday refuted the allegations of payment of bribes to state officials by the Adani Group for solar power purchases during his tenure, and said his name was not mentioned anywhere in a US court's indictment on the matter.

Soren takes oath as CM, calls House session in Dec

Hemant Soren took oath as the 14th chief minister of Jharkhand on Thursday in a grand ceremony attended by top INDIA bloc leaders, including Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and party leader Rahul Gandhi, days after his JMM-led alliance swept the state assembly elections.

ED OPPOSES PC'S PLEA AGAINST COURT ORDER IN INX MEDIA CASE

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday opposed senior Congress leader P Chidambaram's plea challenging a city court's order taking cognizance of the charge sheet filed by the probe agency in the INX media case, saying that the actions in question did not form a part of his official duties.

COURT ORDER ON AJMER DARGAH SPARKS PROTESTS

The Opposition on Thursday took objection to a Rajasthan court issuing notices in a lawsuit filed by Hindu groups that alleged a Hindu temple existed under the Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti shrine at Ajmer, while the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said the decision was as per law.

SC to hear today plea on Sambhal mosque survey

The Supreme Court is set to hear on Friday a petition challenging a trial court's order directing a survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal, raising questions over its legality and manner in which it was ordered.

2 INDIANS KILLED IN ISRAEL-HAMAS CONFLICT, THREE INJURED, RS TOLD

Two Indians have been killed and three others were injured in the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, minister of state for external affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh told the Rajya Sabha in a written response on Thursday.

LS approves motion to extend Waqf JPC term

The Lok Sabha on Thursday extended the term of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) scrutinising the controversial amendments to the Waqf Act till the last day of the budget session in 2025, in a temporary reprieve for the Opposition parties that wanted more parleys.

Consular officials were under surveillance in Canada, RS told

THE MEA TOLD PARL THAT PRIVATE COMMUNICATIONS OF CONSULAR OFFICIALS IN CANADA WERE ALSO INTERCEPTED

Monuments to the blue

Two historic landmarks for these polluted winter days

Gr Noida: Farmers threaten Delhi march

Thousands of farmers, under the banner of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) and other farmer groups, shifted their ongoing protest to outside the office of the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (Yeida) in Omega 1 on Thursday, demanding the allocation of 10% developed plots for farmers displaced by land acquisition, implementation of new legal benefits, and the adoption of recommendations by a state committee.

GANGSTER HELD AT IGI AFTER FLEEING TO EUROPE OVER MURDERS IN DELHI

The Delhi Police on Thursday arrested a 22-year-old gangster who was hiding in various European countries after he arrived at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport, officers said.

JE patient 'isolated' case, no fear of outbreak in city

The recent diagnosis of Japanese encephalitis (JE) in a 72-year-old patient from Delhi is an \"isolated case\" and does not indicate an outbreak in the Capital, people familiar with the matter at the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said on Thursday.