World Affairs

Cabinet clears ₹14,500 crore energy storage plan

The Viksit Bharat Initiative for statistical transformation, analytics and research (VISTAR) scheme is for five years till 2030-31.

Mahadev betting app case: CBI gets eight-day custody of kingpin Saurabh Chandrakar after extradition from Oman

Chandrakar, who was recently extradited from Oman, was sent to a two-day CBI transit remand on November 2, as the agency wanted to bring…

Tamil Nadu’s demand for a separate flag is over 50 years old

It was Karunanidhi who raised the issue with the Centre in 1970 and subsequently the Centre rejected Tamil Nadu’s request to have a…

'U-turn out of fear': Cong links Centre's Agniveer move to upcoming assembly polls

Ulterior motive in UDF govt. push for power purchases from private trading platform overriding KSEB objection: Elamaram Kareem

The KSEB had calculated that the purchase 500 MW electricity from GNA Energy OTC platform at ₹8.63 per unit would entail an additional…

'Mann smelled of alcohol in Parliament by 11 am’: Rahul Gandhi launches all-out attack on AAP at Sangrur rally

Rahul Gandhi, kicking off Congress’s Punjab poll campaign at Sangrur, alleges CM Mann smelled of alcohol in Parliament by 11 am and attacks…

SC stays Madras HC order on Chidambaram temple

Questions whether High Courts have parens patriae jurisdiction only over public temples and not places of worship of other faiths

Tamil Nadu government releases three-year BESS policy

The policy aims to deploy 2.5 GW/10 GWh of Battery Energy Storage System during this period. The TNPDC will procure BESS capacity…

Consider regulated timings for firecrackers, Bombay High Court tells Maharashtra government

The Supreme Court had directed that the bursting of approved green crackers during Deepavali be restricted to specific windows between 6…

Apollo Foundation’s hospital in Aragonda blends healthcare with education, nutrition and sanitation

Tamil Nadu Fire Service Department issues NOCs for over 10,000 firecracker shops in State

The applicants will have to approach competent authority such as District Revenue Officer in districts and Commissioner of Police in cities…

Ravi Shankar Prasad says two blots stain Punjab’s soul: anti-Sikh riots, and drugs

The BJP MP and former Union Minister spoke at a day-long conclave titled ‘Zakhm 84 De’ (the wounds of 1984) organised by the Punjab BJP on…

Tamil Nadu Cooperative Consumer Federation cancels onion orders, cites poor quality

Around 25% of the onions were rotten, had sprouted or were affected by fungus; and 50% did not meet the requisite size standards

Five shot dead in Guwahati hotel

A Lufthansa crew member has died after a freak swimming pool accident (Picture: Eckel/imageBROKER/Shutterstock) Two people have died after…

Four food establishments shut, FSSAI licences of 13 others suspended in Telangana’s Nizamabad

A total of 14 enforcement teams inspected 28 food establishments involved in the manufacture of spices, packaged drinking water, sweets and…

U.S. midterm results may matter less for India-U.S. ties than for India’s room to manoeuvre in geopolitics

With Mr. Trump’s Republicans facing a major loss, the results could affect India’s position on the Iran war, Russian oil, the trade deal,…