Wednesday, 25 December 2024
Wednesday, 25 December 2024
Women's Reservation Bill had been passed in Lok Sabha. 454 MPS voted in favour of bill, 2 MPS voted against the bill.
India advised its nationals in Canada and those contemplating to travel there to exercise utmost caution in view of anti-India activities in some parts of that country. The MEA said the Indian High Commission and consulates general will continue to be in contact with the Canadian authorities to ensure the safety and well-being of the Indian community in Canada.
Terming Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's allegations about India's involvement in the killing of a Sikh separatist leader as 'very serious', a top US official has said that Washington supports Ottawa's efforts to investigate the matter and encourages New Delhi to cooperate. Australia has described Canada’s allegations about India’s involvement in the killing of a Sikh separatist leader as 'concerning' and said Canberra is 'monitoring these developments closely' and has raised the issues with its Indian counterparts.
The Supreme Court posted for hearing on November 21 the pleas challenging the constitutional validity of extending reservation to scheduled castes and scheduled tribes in Lok Sabha and the state assemblies beyond the original 10-year period contemplated in the Constitution. The top court clarified that it will not go into the validity of the earlier extensions given for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes reservations through earlier amendments.
A man, who had recently returned from Kerala, was admitted to the city-based Beliaghata ID Hospital with symptoms of Nipah virus infection, a senior official of the health department said. Requisite tests on the youth, who is in the mid-20s, to confirm the infection is yet to be done, one of his family members said.
A Delhi court acquitted former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar in a case related to the killing of a person during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, giving him the 'benefit of doubt'. Kumar was accused of various offences punishable under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) including promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race etc. (Section 153A), abetment of any offence (Section 109), murder (Section 302) and rioting (147).
WhatsApp announced the expansion of its payments service in India to make it easier for people transacting with businesses to pay for purchases directly in the chat, with a choice of UPI apps, including rival digital payment options, as well as credit and debit cards. WhatsApp said it is working with partners Razorpay and PayU 'to make paying for something as simple as sending a message', as the Meta-owned platform unveiled a host of new features to woo businesses in India's booming commerce market.
After India’s solar mission Aditya L1 began its journey towards Lagrange point 1 following a key manoeuvre, it has started studying energetic particles in the solar wind from space, and will continue to do so for the rest of its life, a senior astrophysicist said. The study of the solar wind, the continuous flow of charged particles from the sun which permeates the solar system, will be carried out with the help of a device named Supra Thermal & Energetic Particle Spectrometer (STEPS), a part of the Aditya Solar wind Particle EXperiment (ASPEX) payload.
Indian pacer Mohammad Siraj has regained his number one spot in the men's ICC ODI bowling rankings after his six-wicket haul in the final of the recently-concluded Asia Cup. Left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav has moved down three places to ninth.
TotalEnergies SE will invest USD 300 million in a new clean energy joint venture with the Adani Group, marking the French energy giant's first public deal since a US short-seller levelled fraud allegations against Gautam Adani's business empire. The joint venture will hold a portfolio of 1,050 MW, including 300 MW of already operational capacity, 500 MW under construction and 250 MW under-development assets with a blend of solar and wind power.
