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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked whether money from the state treasury should be used to create housing, health and educational facilities for the poor or to install cycle paths in the country. A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan, which heard a petition seeking to create separate cycle lanes…
IAS trainee officer Puja Khedkar (file photo) NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered that no coercive action will be taken against Indian Administrative Service (IAS) trainee officer Puja Khedkar till February 14.A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Satish Chandra Sharma issued notice to the Delhi government and the Union Public Service Commission…
BENGALURU: SpaceX, early on Wednesday, launched satellites of three Indian startups into orbit: Bengaluru-based digontara and Pixeland Hyderabad-based XDLINX Spacelabs aboard its Transporter-12 rocket that took off from Vandenberg Space Force BaseCalifornia.Digantara’s inaugural space surveillance satellite, SCOT (Space Camera for Object Tracking), is one of the world’s first commercial space situational awareness satellites (SSA) satellites,…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday criticized Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat’s comment that India gained its “true independence” after temple of the ram was built, calling it “betrayal.”Addressing party workers after inaugurating the ‘Indira Bhavan’, Rahul Gandhi said Bhagwat’s claim that India did not gain independence in 1947 is disrespectful…
NEW DELHI: The Union home ministry has granted approval to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to prosecute former chief minister and AAP coordinator Arvind Kejriwal along with former deputy chief minister of Delhi. Manish Sisodia under the Money Laundering Prevention Law (PMLA) in connection with the alleged liquor scam, news agency ANI reported citing sources.A special…
NEW DELHI: In a sign of the Indian private sector’s growing space technology prowess, three indigenous space startups — Bengaluru-based Digantara and Pixxel and Hyderabad-based XDLINX Spacelabs — are set for satellite launches at aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-12. The satellites are scheduled to launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, US, around 10:45 am Pacific…
NEW DELHI: The BJP on Tuesday cited CM Atishi’s parents’ support for the campaign for clemency for Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru to allege that the Aam Aadmi Party had links with NGO who supported a terrorist who was sentenced to death by the Supreme Court for planning the attack, which almost sparked a war…
NEW DELHI: World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Secretary General Celeste Saulo on Tuesday said the rise in global average temperature violated the Paris Agreement The 1.5 degrees Celsius threshold in 2024 does not mean that the global climate agreement is dead.While referring to the average global temperature rise of 1.55 degrees Celsius in 2024 during the…
MUMBAI: Sebi proposes to issue all shares in demat mode in case a company splits or consolidates the face value of its shares. The regulator also proposes to issue demat shares in case of corporate restructuring.The inherent benefits of demated actions, primarily the elimination of risks associated with physical certificates i.e. loss, theft, mutilation and…
NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on Tuesday said they were probing a broader conspiracy behind the spate of school bomb hoaxes that had kept the city on edge until 2024. Forensic probe into seized laptop and phone A student identified and located last week has allegedly led police to an NGO that was supported by and…