Reena Choudhary

Chhattisgarh: 2 women Naxals killed in an encounter

Officials say two women Naxalites were killed in an exchange of fire with District Reserve Guards (DRG) in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada on Wednesday. Dantewada DRG teams were launched from Nahadi Chhattisgarh Armed Forces (CAF) on the basis of information of the presence of senior Darbha Divisional cadres in the Nagaram-Poro Hirma...

Asia Pacific Forum: President Murmu calls for protecting human rights, nature

Droupadi Murmu, India's President, inaugurated the Asia Pacific Forum on Human Rights' Annual General Meeting and Biennial Conference in New Delhi on Wednesday, underlining the interdependence of human rights and environmental conservation. President Murmu addressed the audience, emphasizing the importance of viewing human rights and environmental protection as interwoven causes....

Delhi: HC dismisses plea seeking ban on display of images in anti-tobacco ad campaign at cinemas

The Delhi High Court dismissed a petition seeking an order prohibiting the use of graphic imagery in anti-tobacco health spots/advertisements played before and during film screenings in cinema halls, on television, on OTT platforms, and other audio-visual mediums of screening/streaming movies on Wednesday. The Petitioner Divyam Aggarwal, a practising advocate,...

India’s space programme about continuity, says Jairam Ramesh

Rajya Sabha member Jairam Ramesh said India's space program has been about continuity since its inception in the 1960s, regardless of who was in power, and he blasted the Centre for failing to give "due credit" to previous governments. “The glorious space journey that the Leader of the House wants...

MEA issues advisory for Indian nationals in Canada

A day after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's allegation of Indian complicity in the assassination of Khalistani leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar sparked a diplomatic crisis, India cautioned its citizens in Canada to take "utmost caution" due to rising anti-India sentiment and hate crimes. Trudeau's accusation of a "potential link" between Indian...

Women’s Bill brought with intention to ‘allure’ women before upcoming elections, says Mayawati

As the Women's Reservation Bill is debated in the Lok Sabha, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) head Mayawati claimed in a media briefing on Wednesday that the Bill is a "allurement" to women in preparation for the Lok Sabha elections in 2024. She also asserted that the bill is not designed...

Thierry Mathou takes charge as new French envoy in India

Israel making efforts to reach normalization agreement with Saudi Arabia

According to The Jerusalem Post, Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoan met on Tuesday to discuss efforts to negotiate a normalization agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia, as well as other regional and international issues. The Jerusalem Post is a broadsheet daily published in the...

Centre won’t implement Women’s Reservation Bill, says Bihar CM Nitish Kumar

Kerala to study population sample to find cause of repeated Nipah outbreaks

Kerala's Chief Minister, Pinarayi Vijayan, has announced that the state will initiate a seroprevalence investigation regarding the recurring occurrences of the Nipah virus in the Kozhikode district. As per the World Health Organization (WHO), these population-based seroprevalence surveys are essential for estimating the infection rate and immunity levels within a...