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December 5, 2024 6:29 PM

ICG rescues 12 distressed Seafarers in North Arabian Sea in coordination with Pakistani Counterpart

The Indian Coast Guard - ICG rescued 12 crew members of the sunken Indian vessel MSV Al Piranpir from the North Arabian Sea yesterday. The mechanized sailing vessel had departed from Porbandar in Gujarat and was en route to Bandar Abbas, Iran before it sank in the morning hours yesterday due to roug...

December 5, 2024 9:13 PM

Devendra Fadnavis takes oath as Maharashtra Chief Minister

BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis today took oath as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra along with two deputy chief ministers, Shiv Sena’s Eknath Shinde and Nationalist Congress Party’s (NCP’s) Ajit Pawar. The BJP-Shiv Sena-NCP combine had secured a landslide victory in the recently held Maharashtra...

December 5, 2024 5:23 PM

North Korea-Russia treaty comes into force: KCNA

The Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty agreed upon by the leaders of North Korea and Russia in June came into force yesterday with the exchange of ratification instruments in Moscow. North Korea's KCNA news agency reported today that it aims to accelerate the establishment of a mul...

December 5, 2024 9:26 PM

President Murmu calls upon judiciary to focus on giving justice rather than punishment

President Droupadi Murmu has called upon the judiciary to focus on giving justice rather than punishment. Inaugurating the new court complex at Bhubaneswar this evening, the President also called upon the legal fraternity to stop the culture of adjournment as it causes unnecessary problems to the po...

December 5, 2024 5:00 PM

PM Modi meets Bhutan’s King, says both countries committed to advancing unique partnership

Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema Wangchuck today met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. During the meeting, Mr. Modi admired Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck’s vision for Bhutan’s progress and regional development. In a social media post, the Prime Ministe...

December 5, 2024 5:20 PM

ISRO launches PSLV C-59 carrying ESA’s PROBA-3 from Sriharikota

ISRO today successfully launched the PSLV C-59 launch vehicle carrying PROBA 3 spacecraft into a highly elliptical orbit at Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. It lifted off at 16.04 hours from the first launch pad at the spaceport in Sriharikota Range. After the launch, ISRO on social media ...

December 5, 2024 6:23 PM

Parliament gives its nod to Bharatiya Vayuyan Vidheyak 2024

The Parliament has given its nod to the Bharatiya Vayuyan Vidheyak 2024 with the Rajya Sabha passing it today. The Lok Sabha has already passed the Bill in the Monsoon session this year. The Bill empowers the Central Government to make rules regulating the design, manufacture, maintenance, sale, exp...

December 5, 2024 4:35 PM

MOSPI releases results of ASI for April 2022 – March 2023 in New Delhi

The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation today released the results of the Annual Survey of Industries - ASI, for the period April 2022 to March 2023 in New Delhi. The Survey provides valuable input to the National Account Statistics at the national and state levels. ...

December 5, 2024 4:18 PM

Cost of data drastically reduced from ₹269/GB in March 2014 to ₹8.31/GB in June 2024: Govt

The Government today said the cost of data has reduced drastically from 269 rupees per GB in March 2014 to 8 rupees 31 paise per GB in June 2024. In a written reply in Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Communications, Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar said the government has brought various reforms in the t...

December 5, 2024 4:11 PM

Lok Sabha adjourned for the day following opposition ruckus

The Lok Sabha has been adjourned for the day following opposition ruckus after BJP MP Nishikant Dubey made certain allegations against top Congress leaders as well as on the issue of Sambhal violence. When the house met at 3 PM after adjournment, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishaw tried to reply on th...