Jawaharlal Nehru University students’ union (JNUSU) president Aishe Ghosh catapulted to national political discourse after violence at the university campus in which she was injured. Ghosh was rushed to the hospital with injuries on her head and arm, but was soon back at JNU to join fellow students during a […]
UP govt sanctions Rs 234 cr for Shaheed Ashfaqullah Khan zoo in Gorakhpur
The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday sanctioned Rs 234 crore for the Shaheed Ashfaqullah Khan Zoological Garden in Gorakhpur. The decision to this effect was taken at a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. “The government has sanctioned Rs 234.36 for the Ashfaqullah Khan garden. It will be […]
On JNU V-C’s ‘put the past behind’ advice to students, Chidambaram’s twist
Congress leader P Chidambaram urged the Vice-Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) M Jagadesh Kumar to follow his “put the past behind” exhortation to students and leave the institution as he is “past”. “The VC of JNU wants students to “put the past behind”. He should follow his advice. He […]
Odisha varsity postpones exams for nationwide strike
Utkal University in Odisha on Tuesday declared to postpone the examinations scheduled to be held on Wednesday due to the nation-wide strike called by major trade unions against alleged anti-labour policies of the Central government. “In view of the Bharat Bandh called by different organisations on January 8 and keeping […]
Banking, transport services may be hit due to trade unions’ strike today
Banking, transport and other services across the country are likely to be hit as trade unions have called a nationwide strike on Wednesday. Nearly 25 crore people are said to be taking part in this all-India strike to protest against the government’s “anti-people” policies. Ten central trade unions like INTUC, […]
India’s first manned mission Gaganyaan may take 1 astronaut
Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) chief K Sivan detailed the country’s first manned mission to space on Tuesday, saying the four men shortlisted for the programme will receive physical fitness training in Russia for 11 months, but the first spaceflight in December 2021 may carry just one person. Under the […]
New data relay satellites to keep Gaganyaan crew in touch with Earth
India plans to ring in its own era of space-to-space tracking and communication of its space assets this year by putting up a new satellite series called the Indian Data Relay Satellite System. The IDRSS is planned to track and be constantly in touch with Indian satellites, in particular those […]
JNU violence: Midnight to sunrise, Mumbai takes stand
Mumbai: The spontaneous midnight meet at the Gateway of India on that kicked off hours after a mob attack at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) continued across various parts of the city on Monday. Students, teachers, researchers, celebrities and citizens poured out onto the streets of Mumbai condemning the attack and […]
‘Will continue to protest against CAA’: Jailed activist Sadaf Jafar released
Social activist and Congress worker Sadaf Jafar was released from jail on Tuesday, 19 days after she was arrested for her alleged involvement in the violent protests against the amended citizenship act in Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow. Jafar, Pawan Rao Ambedkar, former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer SR Darapuri and nine […]
‘Matter of national interest’, says SC on plea over Kashmir group defacing notes
The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta to examine a plea alleging that the Jammu branch of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) allowed exchange of currency notes worth Rs 30 crore which were allegedly stamped with anti-India slogans by Kashmiri Graffiti, a separatist group. The bench of […]
Nirbhaya rape case: Delhi court issues death warrant against all 4 convicts, execution on Jan 22
Delhi court issues death warrant against all 4 convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya rape case. The execution will be held on 22nd January at 7 am. However, the court said that the convicts can use their legal remedies within 14 days. “We will file curative petition in Supreme Court,” said […]
JNU professor quits govt panel on data citing ‘situation’ in university
Eminent economist and JNU professor CP Chandrasekhar on Monday said he had withdrawn from the newly constituted 28-member Standing Committee on Statistics (SCES), chaired by former chief statistician Pranob Sen, citing the situation in the university. The committee was constituted last month to improve the quality of data amid criticism […]
‘Big leaps in science are unplanned’: German Nobel laureate Stefan Hell at 107th Indian Science Congress
Nobel Laureate Stefan Hell, while addressing the ongoing 107th Indian Science Congress in Bengaluru, said governments need to back “blue sky” science. He emphasised that real giant leaps in science were unplanned and were a result of curiosity. Hell, who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing fluorescence microscopy […]
‘India-US ties have grown from strength to strength’: PM in call to Trump
India-US ties have grown from “strength to strength”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told US President Donald Trump in a new year greeting call, the Prime Minister’s office said in a statement early on Tuesday morning. The Prime Minister extended new year greetings to President Trump, his family and the people […]
Delhi gang-rape victim’s mother seeks death for rapist, court hears plea today
A Delhi court will on Tuesday hear a plea by the mother of the December 16 gang-rape victim seeking directions from the court to issue death warrant against her 23-year-old daughter’s tormentors. In the last hearing, the court had directed the Tihar jail authorities to issue a notice to the […]