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Parliament approves landmark SHANTI Bill which opens nuclear power sector to private players

India, Dec. 18 -- Parliament passed the Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India (SHANTI) Bill on Thursday. The Bill, which was cleared by Lok Sabha on Wednesda... Read More


Department of Space - Year End Review 2025

Bhubaneswar, Dec. 18 -- PSLV-C60 successfully launched the SPADEX (Space Docking Experiment) satellites into a planned 474 km circular orbit on December 30, 2024. The two-spacecrafts docked successful... Read More


Electoral politics in South Asia

Nepal, Dec. 18 -- Three important elections are going to take place in the northeastern part of the South Asian region, promising transformational politics. Myanmar will conduct the first phase of its... Read More


Kolkata lowest in crimes against senior citizens: Centre tells RS

Kolkata, Dec. 18 -- Kolkata recorded the lowest number of crimes against senior citizens among India's metropolitan cities in 2023, with just six cases registered, according to National Crime Records ... Read More


Omar demands Nitish should apologise to lady doctor

Mumbai, Dec. 18 -- Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday demanded an apology from Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over an incident in which a woman doctor's veil was pulled down... Read More


PMAY-U houses crosses 45,000 Mark in J&K, 1,434 sanctioned in Ladakh

New Delhi, Dec. 18 -- More than 45,000 houses have been sanctioned under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U) and PMAY-U 2.0 in Jammu and Kashmir, the government of India informed the Lok Sab... Read More


Farmers descend on Brussels to protest EU Mercosur trade deal

France, Dec. 18 -- Hundreds of tractors began rolling into the European quarter of the EU capital on Thursday morning, ahead of a high-stakes summit among European Union leaders. Convoys of farmers h... Read More


Mamata opens Christmas Festival, calls for 'harmony & compassion'

Kolkata, Dec. 18 -- At the inauguration of the 15th Kolkata Christmas Festival in Park Street's Allen Park, Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee called for harmony and compassion, saying "humanity is... Read More


TMC MPs protest MGNREGA name change, accuses Centre of 'desecrating' scheme's soul

Kolkata, Dec. 18 -- Trinamool Congress (TMC) MPs on Thursday staged a protest in the national capital, holding portraits of Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore to oppose what they described as the ... Read More


Eco Park slum fire doused after 18 hrs, 150-200 families affected

Kolkata, Dec. 18 -- The massive fire that broke out at a slum near Eco Park's gate number 6, adjacent to Ghuni village, on Wednesday evening was finally doused on Thursday afternoon after nearly 18 ho... Read More