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New Delhi, June 14 -- A formal investigation has been launched by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) into the deadly crash of Air India flight 171 that killed at least 260 people, Union... Read More


Arctic sounds anotherwarning on climate

India, June 13 -- The climate foghorn has been going off at increasingly shorter intervals over the past few years - from the 1.5 degrees C threshold being breached for the first time to record glacia... Read More


Rolling out the women's quota

India, June 13 -- In September 2023, Parliament passed the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, the law that mandates setting aside one-third or 33% of the total seats in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies f... Read More


Private sector will drive defence manufacturing

India, June 13 -- India's defence sector is in the midst of a transformative shift. From being largely dependent on public sector undertakings and imports, the country is now building a strong and sel... Read More


Chasing Dalit vote without addressing the social divide

India, June 13 -- At the 15th Convention of the Uttar Pradesh Scheduled Caste Federation held at the Ramlila ground in Agra on March 18, 1956, BR Ambedkar shared the reasoning behind his assertion tha... Read More


Train to Kashmir runs on the track of trust and hope

India, June 13 -- For more than a century, the idea of a railway to Kashmir remained a dream postponed by wars, terrain, and political hesitation. Now, with the completion of the Katra-Baramulla secti... Read More


BEST mulls reducing bus fares and route rationalisation a month after 100% hike

MUMBAI, June 13 -- In a little over a month after it hiked bus fares by 100 percent, the BEST Undertaking is set to bring them down. The authorities are working on reducing the fares by Rs.2-3 as well... Read More


army constable beaten to death in Raj, two held

Jaipur, June 13 -- Police have detained at least two people for allegedly beating an army constable to death in Jhunjhunu, officials said on Thursday. "The incident took place when Vikram Singh went t... Read More


BSP bid to woo OBCs to regain lost ground ahead of 2027 polls in U.P.

LUCKNOW, June 13 -- The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has launched an outreach programme to mobilise support from the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in a bid to regain lost ground in Uttar Pradesh ahead of... Read More


Two Unnao boys drown in Sai river; bodies retrieved

LUCKNOW, June 13 -- In a heartbreaking incident, two teenage boys drowned while bathing in the Sai river in Unnao on Wednesday. Their bodies were recovered on Thursday morning near Lalloomar village i... Read More