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Govt introduces Bill to overhaul Indian Statistical Institute governance; faculties flag autonomy concerns

New Delhi, Aug. 4 -- The Union government on Monday introduced the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) Bill, 2026 in the Lok Sabha, proposing to repeal the 67-year-old Indian Statistical Institute Act,... Read More


Lok Sabha passes bill to raise Supreme Court judges' strength to 38

New Delhi, Aug. 4 -- The Lok Sabha on Monday passed the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026, raising the sanctioned strength of judges in the top court from 34 to 38, including the C... Read More


Illegal construction: Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation identifies 4632 properties, action soon

Bhubaneswar, Aug. 4 -- The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has announced a major enforcement drive against unauthorised constructions and the illegal commercial use of residential properties a... Read More


J&K achieves fully literate status under ULLAS scheme: LG Sinha

Srinagar, Aug. 4 -- Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday said that Jammu and Kashmir has achieved the status of a fully literate Union Territory under the ULLAS (Understanding Lifelong Learning ... Read More


HC stays order declaring Chandigarh Golf Club 'public authority' under RTI

Chandigarh, Aug. 4 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court (HC) has stayed a single judge order that declared the Chandigarh Golf Club a "public authority" under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005.... Read More


Maharashtra's pharma exports surge to USD 5.94 billion in FY26, accounting for 19% of India's total: Piyush Goyal

New Delhi, Aug. 4 -- Maharashtra is one of the country's leading pharmaceutical exporting States, contributing about 19 per cent of India's pharmaceutical exports. Its pharmaceutical exports rose from... Read More


SC says 10-km radius buffer for mining extends to all wetland reserves

New Delhi, Aug. 4 -- The Supreme Court orally clarified on Tuesday that a direction banning mining activities within a 10 km radius of the Asan wetland conservation reserve, a Ramsar site in the State... Read More


7 years on, former Jet Airways Boeing 777 flies out of Mumbai

India, Aug. 4 -- Seven years after Jet Airways ceased operations, the first of its former Boeing 777 aircraft flew out of Mumbai on Monday evening. The aircraft, sold to Malta-based Ace Aviation earl... Read More


Meet The 20 Startups Selected For Google Play Accelerator India

India, Aug. 4 -- Alphabet-owned Google has picked 20 homegrown startups for the 2026 cohort of its "Google Play Accelerator India" programme. This is the third cohort of the programme, which was intr... Read More


State allows CCMP-qualified homeopaths to register with Medical Council

India, Aug. 4 -- The Maharashtra government on Monday issued a government resolution (GR) initiating the process of conditional registration for Bachelor of Homeopathic Medicine and Surgery (BHMS) doc... Read More