Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appearance in Parliament wearing a sleeveless jacket made of material recycled from plastic bottles highlighted the importance of transitioning to a ‘reuse economy’ to address plastic pollution. India has taken steps to streamline the collection and recycling of plastic waste through extended producer responsibility (EPR) rules. Globally, countries are working...
Read MoreIndia and the UK on Friday discussed measures to further strengthen their defence cooperation through joint exercises, maritime domain awareness and information exchange as well as defence-industrial collaboration proposals in missile systems and electric propulsion for warships. Potential cooperation in the Indian Ocean Region and regional security issues also figured in the annual bilateral...
Read MoreAn alleged courier arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the Mahadev betting app case on Friday submitted before a special court that he had been framed up as part of a conspiracy and he had never delivered cash to politicians. Asim Das, the alleged cash courier, and constable Bhim Singh Yadav were arrested...
Read MoreAllahabad HC has said that there is no restriction on transportation of beef from any place outside Uttar Pradesh to any location within the state as per the UP Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act, 1955. The court said in a judgment earlier this week that the restriction under the Act is only in respect...
Read MoreThe Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on a plea seeking cancellation of bail granted to him in a disproportionate assets case. A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Pankaj Mithal also issued notice to CBI and sought response of the agency as...
Read MoreThe ECI has served notices on both Congress and BRS regarding use of cusswords during the campaign for the November 30 Telangana elections, reports U Sudhakarreddy. Notices were issued in instances where Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president A Revanth Reddy allegedly said chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao should be beheaded. At the same...
Read MoreDays after promising reservation for Madigas, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday asked Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba and other senior officials to expedite the formation of a committee for sub-categorisation in Scheduled Caste reservation for the community, mainly belonging to Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. “The PM had a meeting with cabinet secretary Rajiv Gauba...
Read MoreAs diplomats owing allegiance to the previous government in Afghanistan announced they were shutting down the embassy, the Afghan consul general in Mumbai, along with the acting consul general in Hyderabad, stepped in to ensure continued operation of the embassy and said there will be no disruption of consular services for Afghan nationals. The...
Read MoreQuestioning the basis for a petition by the Ajit Pawar faction of the NCP urging the EC to allot the party’s name and symbol to it, senior lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi, who is counsel for Sharad Pawar, on Friday said the demand had no legal validity as there was no pre-existing dispute in the...
Read MoreAdvocate Prashant Bhushan, known for filing PILs, faced scrutiny in the Supreme Court for citing old reports of DRI inquiries against the Adani group while suppressing the outcome. Bhushan claimed that Sebi took no action on the DRI alert regarding alleged money siphoning by the Adani group. However, the Solicitor General stated that Sebi...
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