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50% of stubble yet to be cleared; fires still rising
Officials in Punjab on Thursday said that nearly half of the state's paddy stubble remains standing in fields, signaling that the peak of farm fires—and the resulting impact on air quality—is yet to come.
Behind the curve, but Grap 3 finally in place
After two suffocating days of \"severe\" air quality and more than two weeks of persistently \"very poor\" air, members of the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) finally initiated Stage 3 of the Graded Response Action Plan (Grap) across the National Capital Region (NCR) on Thursday.
AAP's Okhla MLA gets bail in money laundering case
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator Amanatullah Khan — arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with alleged irregularities in the Delhi Waqf Board (DWB) — walked out of jail on Thursday, hours after a Delhi court refused to take cognisance of a supplementary charge sheet filed by the federal probe agency, and ordered his release on bail.
Candidates asked to share clean-up report tomorrow
The Delhi University (DU) management on Thursday asked candidates who contested the DU Student Union (DUSU) elections to file reports on work undertaken to clean up defacement of property by Saturday, officials said.
Airport gears up for wider low-visibility ops
THREE OF THE 4 RUNWAYS HAVE BEEN EQUIPPED WITH CAT III INSTRUMENT LANDING SYSTEM
Court summons Wiki users who edited ANI page
The Delhi high court on Thursday issued summons to users accused of adding \"defamatory\" statements about news agency Asia News International (ANI) on its Wikipedia page.
UGC may allow 3-yr undergrad degrees to be finished early
UGC WILL ALSO GIVE STUDENTS THE OPTION TO EXTEND THEIR 3-YEAR DEGREE BY A YEAR, SAID THE PANEL'S CHIEF M JAGADESH KUMAR
Socioeconomic equality is the key, not caste divisions
Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari has expressed concerns about the Opposition's demand for a caste census, pointing out that backwardness has become an issue for political exploitation.
India to pursue Dalla's extradition with Canada
India said on Thursday that it will renew a request made to Canada in 2023 for the extradition of designated terrorist Arsh Singh Gill alias Arsh Dalla following reports of his arrest in that country.
Afspa back in parts of restive Manipur areas
CENTRE REMOVED AFSPA FROM THESE PLACES IN APRIL '22, MARCH '23 CITING AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE LAW AND ORDER SITUATION
Bitcoin Bonanza? Don't Overlook Tax And Reporting
Bitcoin has surpassed its all-time high each day for the past week. On Wednesday, the token's price peaked at about $89,828, a 112% year-to-date surge.
Mahayuti to pick CM after polls through a democratic process'
The Mahayuti is headed towards a strong showing in the upcoming Maharashtra assembly elections and the winning lawmakers will sit together and take a decision on the chief minister's position in a democratic process, deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar said on Wednesday.
Top court cracks down on bulldozer justice by states
Describing a house as \"an embodiment of the collective hopes of a family or individuals' stability and security\", the Supreme Court on Wednesday laid down nationwide guidelines to curb arbitrary demolitions by state authorities, marking a significant moment in the battle against what has come to be known as \"bulldozer justice\"-- the practice of razing the properties of people accused of crimes, and, sometimes, of their families, often using earthmovers or bulldozers, without following due process.
Batting time: Preparations in lockdown mode for India
All-out attack failed against New Zealand, and Aussie opener Usman Khawaja seems to have a point
Number of crorepati taxpayers surges 323% in 10 yrs
The number of taxpayers with 1 crore plus gross annual income surged 323% to 350,129 in 2023-24 from 82,836 in 2013-14 while the number of income-tax assesses saw a 120% jump in last one decade to 79,212,146, signifying the government's policy nudge to deepen and widen the tax base while shielding the middle class, according government officials aware of the matter.
WHOLESALE PV SALES SLOW IN OCTOBER DESPITE FESTIVE DEMAND
India's wholesale passenger vehicle sales grew marginally year-on-year to 393,000 units in October despite two major festivals celebrated during the month.
Fox News host picked as US def chief
President-elect Donald Trump has said that the new secretary of defence Pete Hegseth is a true believer in America First approach
Biden meets Trump, promises smooth transition of power
Donald Trump left White House on January 20, 2021, as a bitter man angry at the 2020 election results that he continued to reject, as an isolated man whose own party sought to distance itself from Trump after the mob insurrection on US Capitol, as a politician whose political obituary was being widely written in Washington DC and beyond, and as a president who had broken the tradition of peaceful transfer of power.
COP29: Developing nations start work on new climate finance text
After developing countries rejected the first draft on the new collective quantified goal (NCQG), on Tuesday, co-chairs of the programme on NCQG at the COP 29 climate talks in Baku released another iteration, on Wednesday morning that runs into 34 pages.
Cautious rebuilding of Delhi-Kabul ties
The Taliban's appointment of a consul for the Afghan mission in Mumbai appears to be part of a nascent and cautious process of engagement between the two sides.
Looking beyond the CPI numbers
Volatile food prices, abetted by the climate crisis, and geopolitical unrest complicate policy choices
Maha hitmen who shot each other were hired to kill techie
On September 5 evening, panic gripped the crowded Badlapur railway station when a man fired a couple of rounds from his pistol. Police had said it was a fallout of a professional rivalry among sharpshooters hired for the same job.
Tiniest habitat can be conserved, says Rahmani
No species or habitat can be left to disappear. With timely intervention, even species with the smallest population and tiniest habitat can be conserved, veteran ornithologist and former director of Bombay Natural History Society, Asad Rahmani explains in his memoir.
Himachal HC nullifies 6 Cong MLAs' selection as chief Parl secretaries
THE SUKHVINDER SINGH SUKHU-LED GOVERNMENT HAD APPOINTED THE SIX CHIEF PARL SECRETARIES IN JANUARY 2023
US DEPUTY SECY TO ATTEND FIRST INDIA-U.S. INDIAN OCEAN DIALOGUE
US deputy secretary of state Kurt Campbell will participate in the first India-US Indian Ocean Dialogue that will focus on efforts to promote security and prosperity across the Indo-Pacific region.
GLOF IN SOUTH LHONAK WAS A WAKE-UP CALL FOR INDIA: PK MISHRA
The Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) in Sikkim's South Lhonak last year was a wake-up call, PK Mishra, principal secretary to the Prime Minister, said on Tuesday, calling for collaboration across agencies and borders to tackle such global challenges.
Mahayuti striving to win over 175 seats as an alliance
Barely five months after a bruising electoral battle in Baramati in the Lok Sabha, NCP chief Ajit Pawar, 65, is back in his pocket borough.
43 J'khand seats record brist polling as Phase 1 concludes
The fate of 683 candidates across 43 constituencies in the first phase of the Jharkhand assembly elections was sealed on Wednesday with the provisional turnout figure at 66.48%, officials said.
|'Adani not present at 2019 alliance meeting': Ajit amid row
A day after a controversy broke out over Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar's statement that industrialist Gautam Adani participated in a meeting to discuss the possibility of a Bharatiya Janata Party and Nationalist Congress Party coalition government in the state with senior leaders from the two parties, the NCP chief appeared to backtrack from his comment.
FAKE VIGILANCE OFFICERS DECAMP WITH #25L CASH IN KOLHAPUR: POLICE
Five people, posing as vigilance officers enforcin election code of conduct, duped a businessman in Kolhapur of 25.5 lakh by allegedly tricking him into handing over the cash, police said on Wednesday.