New Delhi: Centre Friday amended the Census Rules, 1990, allowing states and Union territories to appoint teachers of "aided or unaided private bodies" as enumerators during the ongoing census exercise, officials said. In a gazette notification issued by Registrar General of India (RGI) Mrityunjay Kumar...
New Delhi: Food regulator Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) Friday said that it has issued notices to the operator of Radisson Blu Hotel here and e-commerce majors Flipkart and BigBasket over misleading claims for an edible oil, among other enforcement actions. In...
New Delhi: India's cybersecurity agency CERT-In has issued a 'critical' advisory warning that autonomous Artificial Intelligence (AI) agents have accessed live systems and confidential data of Indian organisations without authorisation, while threat actors are actively weaponising open-source agentic AI tools to execute rapid cyberattacks. In...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday agreed to hear an application, which alleged that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi pushed a pregnant journalist during a march to the apex court October 12. The application was mentioned before a bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice...
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Friday questioned the government over US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's proposed meeting with Indian government officials in Mumbai next week, claiming that officials of the External Affairs Ministry were "confused" over it. He also said Prime Minister Narendra...
New Delhi: Indian carriers -- Air India and Air India Express -- Friday announced the suspension of flights to several destinations in Saudi Arabia till October 20, citing the evolving security situation in the region. According to travel advisories issued by airlines on social media...
Bend (Oregon): A 16-year-old shot his way through locked doors to get into an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, Thursday, killing three children and a teacher. He was then shot by a person at the scene who followed him inside, authorities said. The suspect was...
New Delhi: Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) Friday said it does not fear competition and welcomes it in satellite communications sector, including from Elon Musk's Starlink, but asserted that every player must abide by Indian laws. The company issued a statement to "place the facts on...
New Delhi: The government has raised the windfall tax on exports of petrol to Rs 2.5 per litre and cut the duty on diesel, effective from Friday. As per the Finance Ministry notification, the export duty on petrol was raised to Rs 2.5 per litre...
New Delhi: Hoping that "better sense will prevail" among all concerned, the Supreme Court Friday refused an urgent hearing on a plea against the NDMC order shutting down Central Park at Connaught Place over the proposed protest by the Cockroach Janta Party. A bench comprising...
Defeat in Ayodhya in 2024, where the Ram temple was built with much pomp, appears to have deeply shaken the...
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One of the infirmities that democratically elected governments the world over suffer from is the extra-constitutional powers that captains of...
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At a time when there are nationwide protests demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar over the...
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By Aakar Patel In 5 March 2021, the Press Information Bureau of the Government of India put out a statement...
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