NHRC says its intervention saved jobs of more than two lakh primary-level school teachers
New Delhi: The jobs of these teachers of various government-run, government-aided and private-unaided schools were at risk as they did not meet the eligibility criteria of 50 per cent marks in Class 12
PTI / 29 Sep, 2022
Govt appoints Lt Gen Anil Chauhan (retd) as new Chief of Defence Staff
New Delhi: The post of Chief of Defence Staff has been lying vacant since the death of Gen Rawat along with his wife Madhulika Rawat and 12 others in a helicopter crash on 8 December last year
PTI / 29 Sep, 2022
R Venkataramani next Attorney General of India, to succeed K K Venugopal
New Delhi: Venkataramani enrolled in the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu in July 1977 and moved to the Supreme Court in 1979
PTI / 29 Sep, 2022
Students enrolling in DU have to mandatorily register in Academic Bank of Credits
New Delhi: The ABC is a virtual storehouse for records of academic credits secured by a student
PTI / 29 Sep, 2022
FIFA releases three-episode series on Chhetri’s life and career on FIFA+
New Delhi: The 38-year-old Chhetri is third in the list for active footballers with most international goals with 84 strikes to his name, behind Cristiano Ronaldo (117) and Lionel Messi (90)
PTI / 28 Sep, 2022
Spike in oil price due to Russia-Ukraine conflict breaking India’s back: Jaishankar
Washington: India's crude oil imports from Russia have jumped over 50 times since April and now it makes up for 10 per cent of all crude bought from overseas
PTI / 28 Sep, 2022
Centre gives 4 pc hike in DA to its employees and Dearness Relief to its Pensioners
New Delhi: The Central Government employees and pensioners will become entitled to higher amount of Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief respectively, w.e.f. 01.07.2022
PTI / 28 Sep, 2022
ASI to seek world heritage status for Barabar and Nagarjuni caves in Bihar
Patna: These are considered to be the "oldest surviving rock-cut caves in India dating back to the Maurya period", an archaeologist said
PTI / 28 Sep, 2022
Govt launches Jaldoot app for capturing water level of wells in villages
New Delhi: The ground water data collected by the app could be utilised as part of the Gram Panchayat Development Plan and MGNREGA planning exercises
PTI / 28 Sep, 2022
SC live-streams proceedings of three Constitution benches, gets over eight lakh viewers
New Delhi: On 27 September 2018, the then Chief Justice of India CJI Dipak Misra, heading a bench delivered the landmark judgement on a live telecast or webcast of important proceedings in matters of constitutional importance, saying "sunlight is
PTI / 28 Sep, 2022
Govt bans PFI, associates for alleged terror activities
New Delhi: The action of the Central government came days after a countrywide crackdown on the 16-year-old PFI, arrest of over a hundred of its activities and seizure of several dozen properties
PTI / 28 Sep, 2022
Modi pays tribute to Abe, calls him ‘phenomenal’, ‘someone who believed in India-Japan friendship’
Tokyo: Abe was assassinated while giving a campaign speech on a street in Nara, a city in western Japan
PTI / 27 Sep, 2022
