The Centre’s air quality panel has instructed NCR authorities to raise parking fees as part of the ‘Graded Response Action Plan’ (GRAP) to tackle pollution. The plan aims to discourage private transport and improve the use of CNG or electric buses and metro trains. The Commission for Air Quality Management has predicted that Delhi’s...
Read MoreRussia’s President Vladimir Putin is confident that his military can outlast Ukraine as a second winter of war approaches. The Kremlin believes that developments are moving in Putin’s favor and that he will be able to hold on to territories in southern and eastern Ukraine. Russia is playing for time as Putin prepares for...
Read MoreThe Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is expected to release its second list of candidates for the Rajasthan assembly polls and the first list for the Telangana assembly polls soon. The party’s central election committee, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other senior leaders, met on Friday to finalize the candidate selection. The committee also...
Read MoreThe Supreme Court on Friday passed a slew of directions to the Centre and states to completely eradicate manual scavenging while also asking for enhanced compensation in case of death or injury. It asked the central and state governments to pay Rs 30 lakh as compensation to the next of kin of those who...
Read MoreThe Punjab government, led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, has decided to move the Supreme Court against Governor Banwarilal Purohit’s decision to not clear pending bills, which he deemed as “patently illegal.” The governor had warned that if the government persisted with the illegal session, he would consider reporting the matter to the President...
Read MoreChina continues to maintain its significant military presence along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with India, according to the Pentagon’s annual report on China’s military power. The report also states that China is actively developing border infrastructure, including underground storage facilities, roads, villages, airfields, and helipads. The report further reveals that China has...
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