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India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish (Photo: ANI). India on Thursday strongly condemned attacks against commercial vessels, advocating freedom of navigation and unimpeded maritime commerce at the United Nations.India’ permanent Representative to the United Nations, Harish Parvathaneni, stressed the need to protect seafarers in accordance with international law.Speaking at the UN Security…

Amid heaps of trash, countless underprivileged children in India sort waste to earn a meager living, an invisible workforce fueling the country’s recycling economy. NEW DELHI: India has lifted an estimated 496 million people out of poverty between 2011 and 2023, recording one of the world’s fastest declines in poverty over the period. However, significant…

SC said it is not inclined to completely ban firecrackers but warned authorities that orders are meaningless without ground-level enforcement NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Thursday said it was not inclined to completely ban firecrackers, but there was no point in passing orders and directions every year unless authorities implement them on the ground.“It concerns every…

NEW DELHI: Road transport minister Nitin Gadkari’s recent announcement that he has asked authorities not to issue challans to cars travelling up to 20% above the prescribed speed limit on expressways — effectively allowing speeds of up to 140 kmph — cannot be implemented under the existing legal framework and may be detrimental to road…

SC slammed the corporate affairs ministry for “completely hijacking” NCLT and NCLAT, citing infrastructure failures, large vacancies and contractual hiring that undermine the tribunals’ autonomy. New Delhi: In an outburst sure to embarrass the govt, Supreme Court Thursday slammed the ministry of corporate affairs for “completely hijacking” the two most important quasi-judicial financial adjudicatory bodies…

File photo: Union minitister Kiren Rijiju NEW DELHI: BJP is banking on twin planks of combativeness and persuasion directed at the opposition and the masses, respectively, as it looks to step up its nationwide mobilisation of people in the coming days, with top organisational functionaries and Union ministers Thursday giving shape to the party’s strategy…

File photo: Jammu and Kashmir high court SRINAGAR: In a setback to J&K govt, the high court (HC) of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh Thursday struck down the 2010 Water Resources Act, ruling that water usage charges levied on hydropower projects amounted to a tax on electricity generation, a subject beyond the erstwhile state legislature’s…

File photo: Election Commision of India NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India has revised the schedule for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Haryana, Telangana, Nagaland, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Delhi, extending the deadline for final publication of voter lists.According to separate letters issued by the commission on October 29, the…

The university has also decided to hold students’ union elections within six weeks of the commencement of the next academic session NEW DELHI: Jamia Millia Islamia has set May 15, 2027, as the deadline for approving and implementing its students’ union constitution and decided to revoke disciplinary action against protesting students. The university has also…

As Delhi-NCR braces for Diwali celebrations, concerns over firecracker emissions and worsening air pollution put the spotlight on the festival’s environmental cost. NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday said it was not inclined to impose a complete ban on firecrackers in Delhi-NCR, but warned authorities against pushing it to take a “very harsh stand”…