India
Personal Data Protection Bill Likely to Be Tabled in Parliament in Budget Session
The draft of the bill, approved by the Cabinet in December 2019, proposes a penalty of up to Rs 15 crore and up to three-year jail term for company executives for violating privacy norms.
Its Power of Resolving Crisis is What Makes Gandhism Relevant in Today’s Times
Gandhism opens a window of fresh wisdom which has the power to resolve this crisis, the ability to dissolve differences, capability to make you face yours adversary and perhaps even galvanise you to take a stride forward to embrace the other.
Man Held In Kota For Spying For Pakistan, Interrogation Underway
Army officials detained a 30-year-old carpenter from Uttar Pradesh, currently engaged in contract work in Kota Army area, from his work site here on Saturday as he was allegedly spying for Pakistan through social media platforms. An interrogation joint...
Religare Funds Scam: Delhi Court Dismisses Bail Plea Of Former Laxmi Vilas Bank Vice President
A Delhi court has dismissed the bail plea of former Laxmi Vilas Bank Vice President Pradeep Kumar in a case related to alleged misappropriation of funds at Religare Finvest Ltd. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vijeta Singh Rawat said as per the...
Will Reach Pre-COVID Levels By Year-end: Civil Aviation Minister
Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri Saturday said domestic passenger traffic could reach the pre-COVID level by the end of current year. He said the daily domestic traffic has reached 1.76 lakh passengers from 30,000 passengers when the civil a...
Guj: Former BJP MP Gets 2 Years In Jail In Cheque Bounce Case
A court in Gujarat's Gandhinagar on Saturday sentenced a former BJP Lok Sabha MP to two years in jail and fined him Rs 2.97 crore in a cheque bouncing case. Principal Senior Civil Judge DS Thakur at Kalol also ordered that former Surendranagar MP Devji...
PCB Gives One-month Contracts To Senior Players
The Pakistan Cricket Board has given one-month contracts to senior national team players Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Aamir, Shoaib Malik and Kamran Akmal after they refused to sign the annual full season domestic contract. The one-month contr...
Stokes To Arrive In UAE On Sunday, Will Join Royals After Six-day Quarantine
World's top all-rounder Ben Stokes is set to arrive in the UAE for the Indian Premier League on Sunday and will join his side Rajasthan Royals after serving a six-day quarantine period. Stokes missed the initial matches of the tournament as he was in N...
State of Mind to Commit Crime Must Be Visible to Prove Offence of Abetment: SC
A bench headed by Justice N V Ramana said this while setting aside the March 2010 order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court which had upheld the trial court's verdict convicting the man for the offence under section 306 (abetment of suicide) of the India...
Delhi Records 37 New COVID-19 Deaths, 2,920 Cases
Delhi recorded 37 COVID-19 fatalities and 2,920 cases on Friday, pushing the death toll to 5,438 and the caseload to over 2.85 lakh, officials said. On September 29, 48 deaths were reported, the highest number of fatalities recorded in a day since July 16...
EU Regulator Studies Virus Drug Effect On Kidney
London (AP) The European Medicines Agency has started a safety review after some patients taking the coronavirus drug remdesivir reported serious kidney problems. The EU regulator says it isn't clear whether remdesivir is causing the reports of acute ki...
Sisodia Launches Coffee Table Book On Mahatma Gandhi
DeputyChief Minister Manish Sisodia launched a coffee table book 'Bapu The Unforgettable'to commemorate the 151th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi on Friday. Sisodia said in the current times of social decline, we are in dire need of Gandhian philos...
Gandhi's Principles Will Continue to Be Guiding Light to Overcome Challenges Facing Humanity: VP Naidu
He also said that in a world raven with social, political, economic as well as environmental problems, revival of Gandhian ideals is the need of the hour.
India and Germany to Hold Talks on October 6 on Resumption of Flights
On Tuesday, Lufthansa had announced cancellation of all "planned flights" between India and Germany from September 30 to October 20 because of an "unexpected rejection" of its flight schedule by the Indian authorities.
UN Chief, Envoys Underscore Relevance of Gandhi's Message of Non-violence and Equality
UN Secretary-General Guterres, in his video message, said: In marking the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, this International Day highlights the remarkable power of non-violence and peaceful protests.
Uttar Pradesh Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya Tests Positive for Coronavirus
"After initial symptoms of coronavirus infection, I got the test done in which my report has come up positive today," Maurya said in a tweet in Hindi, urging all those who have come in contact with him to get tested.