India
China Brings its Indian Border Guarding Troops Directly Under the Military
Troops that were formerly part of the armed police and managed by institutes of the State Council have now officially withdrawn from this system in a bid to fully implement the party's absolute leadership over the People's Liberation Army.
AP PGECET 2018 Application Process Begins at sche.ap.gov.in, Apply Before 20th April to Avoid Late Fee
APSCHE is scheduled to organize the Andhra Pradesh Postgraduate Engineering Common Entrance Test 2018 (AP PGECET 2018) from 10th May 2018 to 12th May 2018.
Man Dies After His Head Gets Trapped in Theatre Seat While Recovering Phone
British media say the man suffered a heart attack in a cinema in Birmingham on March 9 after his head became trapped while he was trying to find his phone. Witnesses said he panicked and had trouble breathing after his head became stuck.
India Lacks Legal Infrastructure to Deal With Data Theft: Justice Srikrishna
Cambridge Analytica has denied media accusations that it improperly accessed millions of Facebook users' information and said it deleted the data after learning that it did not adhere to data protection rules.
World Water Day: 'Water crisis: Bengaluru might head Cape Town way'
According to a statement issued by CSE ahead of World Water Day, the water table in Bengaluru has shrunk from 10-12 m to 76-91 m in just two decades while the number of extraction wells has gone up from 5,000 to 0.45 million in 30 years.
Congress Demands Review of SC Order on Arresting Public Servants Under SC/ST Act
In a bid to protect honest public servants discharging bonafide duties from being blackmailed with false cases under the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes Act, the apex court diluted its stringent provisions mandating immediate arrest under the law.
Here’s What the Websites of Cambridge Analytica, Partner Firms Say About Ties to BJP and Congress
Cambridge Analytica, the firm at the centre of the row over illegal mining of Facebook data to influence elections, claims to have worked in India during the 2010 Bihar Assembly Elections on its website.
WCD Recruitment 2018 - 7 Posts, Apply Before 4th April 2018
WCD aims to recruit candidates for the National Nutrition Resource Center-Central Project Management Unit (NNRC-CPMU). Interested and eligible candidates must apply for the relevant post on or before 4th April 2018.
Govt Got DNA Sample on Pretext That They Found Few Hostages: Father of Man Killed in Mosul
Sandeep Kumar was 27 years old when he left for Mosul in the hope of a better future for his family. On March 20, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj read out his name as the first Indian to be confirmed dead
PM Modi Calls Xi Jinping to Congratulate Him on His Re-election
Modi said that Xi's re-election shows that he enjoys the support of the whole Chinese nation, state-run Xinhua news agency said in a report.
JNU Professor Atul Johri Arrested for 'Sexually Harassing' Students After Days of Protests, Gets Bail
Duty magistrate Ritu Singh directed Atul Johri to furnish a bail bond of Rs 30,000 for each of the eight FIRs registered against him
AAI GATE Recruitment 2018: 542 Vacancies of Junior Executive Engineer with Airport Authority of India
The online registration for the same is scheduled to begin from 28th March 2018, next week, and interested candidates must apply online on or before 27th April 2018.
Mosul Survivor Harjit Masih Says he Told Govt About Death of Indians; Swaraj Denies
The lone survivor of the Mosul kidnapping Harjit Masih said External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj’s statement on Tuesday about the death of 39 Indians in Mosul confirms what he has been telling the government for the last three years.
Bengalureans' Ola Rides to North Korea, Canada and Great Wall of China
Courtesy a technical glitch, Ola users in Bengaluru are scheduling rides to New York, Canada, Saudi Arabia, Norway, Las Vegas and Great Wall of China for the last three days.
No Immediate Arrest of Public Servants in Cases Under SC/ST Act, Says Supreme Court
The bench, which passed a slew of directions, said a public servant can be arrested in cases lodged under SC/ST Act only after prior approval by the competent authority.
Hindu Group Begins 9-day Mahayagya to Reduce Pollution, Will Burn 500 Quintals of Wood
Nearly 350 Brahmins from Varanasi have gathered at the Bhainsali ground of Meerut city where 108 hawan kunds (fire pits) were made in a 125x125 square feet yagyashala (where priests sit to perform rituals).