By Special Correspondent Bhopal: The National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), Bhopal, on Monday staged a protest against what it described as repeated derogatory, indecent and condemnable remarks made by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders against women. Led by NSUI State General Secretary Syed Altamas, activists burnt an effigy symbolising the “anti-women mindset” of the…
New Delhi, Dec 23 (UNI) The recently signed India-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is set to facilitate increased bilateral investment, institutional presence, and services delivery, the Ministry of Finance said on Tuesday. At present, two Indian banks, namely, Bank of Baroda and Bank of India, maintain subsidiary operations in New Zealand with a combined…
New Delhi, Dec 23 (UNI) NITI Aayog India’s top policy think tank, that replaced the Planning Commission has come out with a comprehensive report on “Internationalisation of Higher Education in India: Prospects, Potential, and Policy Recommendations”. The report, produced through a collaboration between NITI Aayog and an IIT Madras-led consortium of knowledge partners, marks a…
New Delhi Dec 23 (UNI) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday accused the BJP-led Delhi government of withholding official data on Yamuna river pollution, alleging a lack of transparency in environmental governance. AAP Delhi state president Saurabh Bharadwaj said the government has stopped publishing monthly Yamuna pollution reports over the past three months. Bharadwaj…
New Delhi, Dec 23 (UNI) Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday expressed serious concerns and doubts following recent clarifications by the union Minister of Environment, Forests, and Climate Change on the contentious issue of mining in the Aravalli mountain range. In a detailed statement, Ramesh questioned the validity of the data cited by the…
New Delhi, Dec 23 (UNI) The US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) on Tuesday welcomed the passage of the SHANTI (Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India) Act, 2025, calling it a “comprehensive overhaul” of India’s civil nuclear framework that will strengthen bilateral cooperation in clean energy. The legislation, which received Presidential assent…
New Delhi, Dec 23 (UNI) Activists of the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal staged a protest outside the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi on Tuesday, condemning the brutal lynching of a Hindu man in Bangladesh whose body was set on fire while hung on a tree. Protesters gathered in large numbers outside…
Melbourne, Dec 23 (UNI) Australia will take the field without skipper Pat Cummins and veteran spinner Nathan Lyon for the Boxing Day Test against England after the hosts named a 15-member squad for the fourth match of the Ashes series. According to the International Cricket Council (ICC) website, Steve Smith has been appointed captain in…
New Delhi, 23 Dec (UNI): Delhi residents woke up to a thick blanket of smog on Tuesday as air quality in the national capital deteriorated to hazardous levels. At 7:05 am, Delhi’s Air Quality Index (AQI) breached the ‘severe’ threshold, spiking to 414, according to data from the Sameer app. Of the 40 active air…
Rajgir, Dec 23 (UNI) Congress MP Shashi Tharoor and Bihar Governor Arif Mohammad Khan jointly inaugurated the first Nalanda Literature Festival in Rajgir, with Tharoor calling for literature festivals to serve as vital platforms for dialogue beyond academic institutions. The inaugural Nalanda Literature Festival brought together scholars, writers, and students for two days of intellectual…
