KM Mani, a stalwart of Kerala politics, passed away today. He was 86. Mani, who led the biggest faction of Kerala Congress, breathed his last at Lakeshore Hospital in Kochi. Mani was admitted to the hospital in the first week of April with a respiratory-related illness. A medical bulletin said that he had been suffering […]
An analysis of Tweets associated the visit of Narendra Modi to Tamil Nadu last month showed unprecedented levels of attempted manipulation of Twitter by pro-Narendra Modi and anti-Narendra Modi forces, a Washington-based ‘fake news’ research lab found. Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab) identified two manipulated hashtags during Modi’s visit to Tamil Nadu in […]
As space race is slowly getting heated up between world powers, NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine has confirmed that the United States will send astronauts to Mars by 2023. The United States space agency believe that the landing of astronauts on the moon by 2024 will help them to achieve the ultimate goal of Mars colonization. […]
Prominent psephologist and founder of Swaraj India party, Yogendra Yadav said that Swaraj India, the party he cofounded with others such as Prashant Bhushan, will lend its support to Kamal Haasan’s Makkal Needhi Maiam in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Taking to Facebook, Yadav wrote that Swaraj India will support the party for 40 Lok […]
The picturesque district of Wayanad has attracted the attention of political pundits and media ever since the announcement that Congress President Rahul Gandhi will contest from the place in addition to his traditional stronghold of Amethi. National interest in the constituency shot up after the announcement made by senior Congress leader and former Defence Minister […]
Tata Power Strategic Engineering Division reported that it has delivered the Combat Management System for the Indigenous Aircraft Carrier being built for the Indian Navy . It was developed by Tata Power SED in collaboration with Indian Ministry of Defence’s Weapon and Electronics System Engineering Establishment and Russia’s NPO MARS. Typical functions of the CMS […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India has become the fourth country in the world to bring down a satellite in space. “It was done in three minutes… we took out a satellite rotating around the earth in low earth orbit at a height of 300 km.” It was done using a locally designed anti-satellite missile. […]
A report by Business Standard has claimed that the Congress Party has scrapped its scheme of offering a minimum income guarantee of Rs 12,000 per month to all households in India, replacing it with a simpler, flat-subsidy scheme. In a press conference, the Congress Party has confirmed the changes, and reiterated that the scheme will […]
Responding to widespread confusion, the Congress Party offered further details about Rahul Gandhi’s new Rs 12,000 minimum income guarantee scheme. UPDATE: The Congress on Tuesday changed the scheme announced on Monday, and removed any reference to Rs 12,000. It clarified that the scheme will only apply to the bottom 20%, and their income levels will […]
Rahul Gandhi has caused a flutter in political circles by announcing today that his government will offer Rs 12,000 per month, or about Rs 500 per working day, to any family that does not earn any income from any other source. UPDATE: The Congress Party has clarified that the guarantee of Rs 12,000 per household […]
Tata Power Strategic Engineering Division said it has received a contract worth Rs 1,200 cr to supply 23 ship-borne 3D air surveillance radars to the Indian Navy over the next ten years. The equipment will be produced under a transfer of technology arrangement with Spain’s Indra Sistemas, one of the world’s biggest suppliers of air […]
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is likely to field firebrand leader K Surendran, who rose to prominence in the wake of the recent Sabarimala protests, from the crucial Pathanamthitta constituency. Pathanamthitta is one of the two Lok Sabha constituencies where the BJP is projected to be on a strong wicket, not least because it is home […]
Solar auction activities garnered speed in February after a disappointing performance in January, according to Mercom India, an agency that tracks the solar power sector in India. About 2.7 GW of solar power was auctioned in February, which is 800 MW more than what was auctioned in the same month last year, the firm said. […]
Azim Premji, chairman of Wipro, has allocated shares worth about Rs 52,750 cr to an endowment under the Azim Premji Foundation. This means that the economic benefits of the shares — such as the money that can be obtained by selling or pledging them — can only be used for the activities of the foundation. […]
Jubilant FoodWorks Limited (JFL), which operates the Dominos and Dunkin brands of fast food in India, has entered the Chinese food segment with an aim to make it affordable to the average customer. The company opened its first Hong’s Kitchen outlet today in Eros mall, Gurugram. At present, the market for Chinese food in India […]
Congress President Rahul Gandhi promised to reserve 33% of all government jobs in India to women if the Congress Party comes to power and said his government would correct the North-Indian focus of the current government. Interacting with females students at Chennai’s Stella Maris College, Gandhi said women are smarter than men, and that he […]
Crowds at a poll rally in Gandhinagar in Gujarat chanted ‘Indira! Indira!’ when Priyanka Gandhi was called to address the crowd, perhaps for the first time outside the Congress pocket borough of Amethi. It was not clear if the chanting was being done by Congress office bearers or the crowd that had come to listen […]
An 18-year-old woman from Kerala has been booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act or POCSO, based on the complaint of a 16-year-old. The police complaint by the family of the 16-year-old says that the girl confided in them, and accused the 18-year-old woman of putting pressure on her to have sex […]
The government’s ‘free LPG connection’ scheme, Ujjwala scheme has crossed the 7 crore-target, making it one of the most successful programs of the current government. The scheme launched on May 1, 2016 with a target of providing LPG connections to 5 crore low-income households, and achieved the target in a record of time of 28 […]
The government of India today approved a scheme to give incentives to companies that want to manufacture batteries in India. Briefing media after a cabinet meeting, IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said: “We have taken a big step to give incentives under the Make in India program to encourage the manufacturing of batteries.” The move […]
