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On Monday, the Bhopal district collector issued an order that completely banned begging in all public places within the district’s jurisdiction. This move came after Indore, another city in Madhya Pradesh, banned begging and introduced stringent measures against the violators from January 1, 2025. The authorities in Indore implemented a strict ban on both...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the new income tax bill will be introduced in Lok Sabha in the coming week, after getting cleared from the cabinet.  “Yesterday, Friday, the cabinet cleared the new income tax bill proposal. I hope to have it introduced in the Lok Sabha in the coming week. Post that, it...

A new study published by ISRO has estimated the age of the region where Chandrayaan-3 landed on the moon to be 3.7 billion years old. This goes back to the time when primitive microbial life forms first emerged on planet Earth. A team of ISRO scientists at the Physical Research Laboratory in Ahmedabad performed morphological...

Years after the rape and murder of an Irish backpacker Danielle McLaughlin on one of the beaches of Goa, the Indian court will have its biggest hearing on the case this week. After nearly 8 years of the sensational incident, the court in Goa is expected to deliver the final ruling in the coming...

The Kerala government participated in the World Economic Forum (WEF) held in Davos, Switzerland. The gathering, held between January 20 and January 24, saw participation from Kerala after 19 years. It was also the first time that a Left Democratic Front (LDF) government attended the event. Every year, global elites gather at the WEF...

On 24th January, the world bid farewell to the American Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist and writer, Jules Feiffer. Feiffer’s wife, writer JZ Holden, said that he died of congestive heart failure at his residence in Richfield Springs, New York. Feiffer was surrounded by his friends, two cats, and his recent artwork while breathing his last...

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) successfully launched an Advanced Earth Orbiting Satellite (EOS-08). The primary objective of the mission was to design and develop micro-satellites, with expertise in remote sensing ocean surface wind, soil moisture assessment, cryosphere studies over the Himalayan region, flood detection, and inland water body detection. However, the launch of the...

Adani Ports & SEZ has announced the arrival of the first mother ship at its Vizhinjam port. This is a milestone event marking India’s entry into the global transshipment and ushering in a new era in India’s maritime history, positioning Vizhinjam as a critical player in the international trade routes. The event was inaugurated by...

Data is the new gold. Data is required to identify problems, frame policies, recognise beneficiaries and deliver solutions to them. Over the last three decades, societies across the globe have made tremendous progress in improving the processes of gathering, analysing and using data. This has improved social welfare efforts by government and other entities. July...

The education department of Government of Maharashtra has announced that pre-primary and primary classes in schools will commence no earlier than 9 AM from academic year 2024-25. A Government Resolution (GR) was issued on Thursday, June 13, directing the schools to start classes for pre-primary students till class 4 at or after 9 AM,...

Election is a very important tool in democracy. It is through election that citizens of a nation choose their representatives and select their leaders. Political leaders represent different political parties which work for various goals. In the general election held in 2014, the BJP-led NDA secured 282 seats and formed the government, making Narendra Modi...

We, as a nation, are on a remarkable path and we will definitely surpass it, said, Shri Sudeep Jain (IAS), Additional Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India, referring to the 500GW renewable energy target by 2030. He was speaking at the Curtain Raiser of  PHDCCI conference on Green Energy Financing & Sustainability: Challenges & Solutions held on March 27 at PHD House, New Delhi....