Pritinanda Behera

Time Magazine’s list of emerging leaders includes only one Indian, Akash Ambani

September 29, 2022

Akash Ambani, chairman of Reliance Jio, has been named to Time Magazine's Time100 Next list, which recognises 100 rising stars from around the world. The only Indian on the list of emerging leaders is Mukesh Ambani, the 30-year-old son of Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani. According to the global publication,...

Calcutta HC is seeking voluntary resignations from people who were hired fraudulently

September 29, 2022

The Calcutta High Court has asked candidates who allegedly obtained jobs as teachers and non-teaching staff at state-run schools through deception to resign voluntarily or face harsh punishment. According to Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya, a senior advocate, a bench of Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay ruled on Wednesday that they may be barred...

SC: Unmarried women can have abortions up to 24 weeks of pregnancy

September 29, 2022

The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that an unmarried woman, like married women, can have an abortion up to 24 weeks under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act. According to the Supreme Court, sexual assault by husbands can take the form of rape, and the definition of rape under the...

Jayanti Patnaik, a veteran Congress leader, dies at the age of 90 in Bhubaneswar

September 29, 2022

Jayanti Patnaik, a four-time Congress MP and the first chairperson of the National Commission for Women (NCW), died on Wednesday evening in a hospital in Bhubaneswar. She was 90 years old. Jayanti Patnaik, the wife of former Odisha Chief Minister and Assam Governor JB Patnaik, was rushed to a private...

Centre orders the blocking of PFI websites, social media accounts, and affiliates

September 28, 2022

People familiar with the development said that hours after the Popular Front of India (PFI) and its eight affiliate or frontal organisations were banned under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), the Centre issued a "takedown" order to block these organisations' websites and social media accounts so that they could...

Indian rupee falls 40 paise to a record low of 81.93 per US dollar

September 28, 2022

The rupee fell 40 paise to an all-time low of 81.93 against the US dollar in early trade on Wednesday, as the strengthening of the US currency and risk-averse investor sentiment weighed on the local currency. Furthermore, a downward trend in domestic equities and significant foreign fund outflows dampened investor...

Eight people killed and several others injured in a bus-truck collision in Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh

September 28, 2022

According to police, a head-on collision between a private bus and a mini truck in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri on Wednesday killed eight people and injured 14. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has expressed his condolences for the accident and has directed officials to ensure that the injured are...

YouTuber arrested for making ‘derogatory’ memes about Mamata Banerjee

September 28, 2022

A 29-year-old YouTuber was arrested in West Bengal's Nadia district on Tuesday, and seven others are being sought for allegedly creating provocative, derogatory, and abusive memes about chief minister Mamata Banerjee. According to the police, the content creator, Tuhin Mondal, was arrested from his home in Bapujinagar by officers from...

Amit Shah takes the plunge and bans PFI and its affiliates for five years

September 28, 2022

Although the ban on the Islamist Popular Front of India has been debated within the national security establishment since the 2010 handcuffing case of Kerala college lecturer T J Joseph, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah bit the bullet this morning and banned the organisation and its...

Dipankar Dutta, Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court, recommended his elevation to the Supreme Court

September 27, 2022

Following a flurry of deliberations, the Supreme Court collegium has recommended Bombay High Court Chief Justice Dipankar Dutta for appointment as a judge to the highest court. According to a resolution posted on the court's website, Justice Dutta's name was finalised at the collegium meeting on Monday. The collegium is...

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