New Delhi. Jan 15 (UNI) Giving a push to the Lakhpati didi initiative and including more women, the Ministry of Rural Development has launched a National Campaign on Entrepreneurship. Through this campaign, launched on January 12, about 50,000 Community Resource Persons (CRPs) in enterprise promotion and Entrepreneurship Development Programme (EDP) will provide training to about…
New Delhi, Jan 15 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to publicly display the list of voters deleted during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Kerala, taking note of concerns that nearly 24 lakh names were removed from the draft rolls without adequate opportunity for…
New Delhi/Islamabad, Jan 15 (UNI) Pakistan on Thursday rejected the charges by Indian Army Chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi about the presence of terrorist camps across the Line of Control (LOC) and International Border (IB) and said Islamabad continues to contribute to peace in the region and beyond. Pakistan Foreign Ministry spokesman Tahir Hussain Andrabi said…
New Delhi, Jan 15 (UNI) The Supreme Court today granted interim bail to former Minister Kawasi Lakhma and other accused in connection with the multi-crore liquor scam, while directing that their petitions be listed along with the main matters for detailed consideration. A Bench led by the Chief Justice of India, Justice Surya Kant, heard…
Mumbai, Jan 15 (UNI) Despite the chilly weather, citizens turned out in large numbers as voting began in Maharashtra’s municipal corporation elections, with Bollywood celebrities, politicians, and ordinary voters arriving early at polling stations. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, who cast his vote in Nagpur, urged people to exercise their democratic right, saying, “Voting is our…
Shahid K Abbas New Delhi, Jan 15 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday projected India’s parliamentary democracy as a model that combines diversity with development, asserting that “in India, democracy delivers.” Inaugurating the 28th Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth (CSPOC) in the Central Hall of the Samvidhan Sadan in Parliament…
New Delhi, Jan 15 (UNI): Air India on Tuesday said it has rerouted several flights and cancelled some services due to the emerging security situation in Iran and the subsequent closure of the country’s airspace. In a travel advisory issued on social media, the national carrier said flights overflying the region are now operating on…
Pankaj Jain New Delhi, Jan 15 (UNI) Social media platform X has rolled out new safeguards for its AI chatbot Grok following complaints about inappropriate content. The updates include blocking the editing of images of real people in revealing clothing, restricting image creation to paid users, and introducing geoblocking in jurisdictions where such content is…
New Delhi, 15 Jan (UNI) A biting cold continued its grip on Delhi as cold wave conditions persisted in the region for the fifth consecutive day. The temperature at Safdarjung, the city’s base weather station, plunged to 2.9°C, the season’s lowest, leaving millions of residents shivering. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Palam recorded…
New Delhi, Jan 15 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in a programme marking a decade of the Startup India initiative on January 16 where select startup founders will share their entrepreneurial journeys. The event will be held at 1 pm at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. It will bring together key stakeholders from…
