NEW DELHI: With the JPC deciding to defer the report on the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhisthan bill, Trinamool Congress MP Sagarika Ghose said the opposition forced the govt to put a hold on the controversial legislation that would destroy the education sector.Ghose said, “The shelving of the bill is a big win for the opposition….
NEW DELHI: The opening day of Parliament’s Monsoon Session descended into a government-versus-opposition showdown on Monday as repeated protests led to multiple adjournments before both the Houses were adjourned for the day.The opposition demanded discussions on the alleged NEET-UG paper leak and the alleged embezzlement of donations meant for the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, while…
Rajya Sabha LoP Mallikarjun Kharge hits back at PM Modi NEW DELHI: Congress president and leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, has launched a scathing attack on PM Modi on Monday over his vieled criticism of Rahul Gandhi.He condemned the police baton charge on students at Jantar Mantar and demanded accountability from Prime…
PDP leader Iltija Mufti (File photo/PTI) NEW DELHI: As the ruling National Conference (NC) staged a protest in Delhi demanding the restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Iltija Mufti on Monday dismissed the demonstration as a “lacklustre and deliberately understated one-day event.“She argued that had the protest been held…
NTA dismisses discrepancy allegations regarding OMR sheets (Photo: PTI) NEW DELHI: The National Testing Agency on Monday publicly rebutted the claims of five NEET-UG candidates alleging discrepancies in their OMR answer sheets, saying the images circulated by or on their behalf had been digitally altered, regenerated using AI or manipulated by adding responses that were…
The latest seven-year data for QDENGA show continued protection against dengue infection (Representative image) NEW DELHI: India has approved its first dengue vaccine, with the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) granting market authorisation to vaccine QDENGA, developed by Takeda Biopharmaceuticals India. The vaccine is approved for people aged 4 to 60 years and can…
PM Modi takes apparent swipe at Rahul Gandhi NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday took a veiled swipe at leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi while praising India’s young innovators saying he was “referring to the 28-year-old not 56”.Addressing reporters ahead of the commencement of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, PM Modi referred to…
“Country has achieved numerous milestones, a series of accomplishments”, PM Modi said ahead of Monsoon session. NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday addressed the nation ahead of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, expressing optimism for the productive proceedings, which is most likely to be dominated by the issues of donations theft at Ayodhya Ram…
(Representative image) US FDA approves world’s first oral PCSK9 inhibitor (Photo: IANS). NEW DELHI: Patients with difficult-to-control high cholesterol could soon have an oral alternative to powerful cholesterol-lowering injections after the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the world’s first oral PCSK9 inhibitor, a class of medicines that dramatically lowers “bad” cholesterol.The once-daily tablet,…
SRINAGAR: NC president Farooq Abdullah on Sunday met fasting climate activist Sonam Wangchuk’s wife Gitanjali J. Angmo, pledging support for her husband and the people of Ladakh.“May your husband get better. May he remain healthy and may his struggle be successful,” Farooq told Angmo at Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital where he and other NC functionaries had…
