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Sibal asks Shah if Modi as CM, Vajpayee as PM sang full version of Vande Mataram

India, Aug. 21 -- Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Friday hit back at Home Minister Amit Shah for his "anti-national" barb at the Congress over its decision to sing only two stanzas of Vande Mataram, ask... Read More


Japan executes a man convicted of setting fire that killed 5 at a pachinko parlor in Osaka

New Delhi, Aug. 21 -- A man who killed five people by setting fire to a pachinko parlor in 2009 was hanged Friday in Japan's first execution by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi 's government as the count... Read More


A single shot can prevent JE, but Nepal's vaccination programme leaves adults out

Kathmandu, Aug. 21 -- Sayal Rai was just 12 years old when he contracted Japanese encephalitis. Now 14, he remains in a permanent vegetative state and has been on ventilator support ever since, first ... Read More


SC reduces three-year mandatory legal practice to one year for entry level judicial exam

India, Aug. 21 -- The Supreme Court on Friday modified its May 2025 verdict by reducing to one year the earlier mandatory requirement of three-year legal practice for law graduates for taking entry le... Read More


Approval granted for conferring President's Medal for Gallantry on former cop: Centre to SC

India, Aug. 21 -- The Centre on Friday told the Supreme Court that approval has been granted for conferring the prestigious President's Medal for Gallantry on a former police officer who shot dead two... Read More


India-Singapore identify green economy and shipping, semiconductors to deepen partnership at 4th Ministerial Roundtable

New Delhi, Aug. 21 -- India and Singapore successfully concluded the fourth ministerial roundtable, where the top brass of both countries identified new and emerging areas such as green economy, indus... Read More


Supreme Court judges, lawyers share bench in rare Lok Adalat to clear case backlog

New Delhi, Aug. 21 -- The Supreme Court on Friday held a rare special Lok Adalat where judges, lawyers and senior advocates shared the bench to mediate and settle long-pending disputes, as the top cou... Read More


Health Minister J.P. Nadda to review H1N1 situation in Delhi today amid spike in swine flu cases

New Delhi, Aug. 21 -- Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda will hold a meeting with the Health Minister of the National Capital Territory of Delhi and senior officials of the Ministry of Health and Family... Read More


Petitions challenging 22nd Amendment Bill increase to 13

Srilanka, Aug. 21 -- Two more petitions challenging the constitutionality of the 22nd Amendment Bill have reportedly been filed before the Supreme Court today (21). The petitions were filed by the... Read More


'Modi Chalisa' event triggers controversy

India, Aug. 21 -- The Press Club of India on Thursday clarified that it had not organised an event at its premises where a cutout of Prime Minister Narendra Modi was reportedly worshipped, after visua... Read More