What steps taken?: SC to Delhi govt on cracker ban

Expressing serious concern over high pollution levels in Delhi during Diwali festival, the Supreme Court took exception to the violation of court orders and said its directives on firecrackers ban......

Canada lists India as cyberthreat, MEA reacts strongly

Amid an ongoing diplomatic row, Canada has for the first time named India in a list of cyberthreat adversaries and suggested state-sponsored actors could be spying against it, an allegation that......

Can SC's new measures put a curb on child marriage?

The Supreme Court on Friday stressed legal enforcement, judicial measures and technology-driven initiatives to prevent child marriages in the country. IMAGE: Children dressed in traditional attire......

Quota fraud: Puja Khedkar sacked from IAS with immediate effect

The central government has discharged Puja Khedkar from the Indian Administrative Service with immediate effect, over a month after the Union Public Service Commission cancelled her selection,......

War brews between HUL, Sebamed over soap ads

Sebamed's campaign for its cleansing bar of the same name, released across print, television, digital and outdoor, has also named Santoor, a popular soap brand from Wipro Consumer Care. German......

Jaguar cars can 'purify' air! CSE slams comment

'These kind of vehicles drive like a hoover... Air they suck in is far dirtier than the air which comes out of it.'     Slamming Jaguar Land Rover for calling Delhi air sucked in by its......

Delhi is crumbling under its own weight

While Delhi boasts of one of the best metro systems in the world and decent infrastructure, reckless construction, legalising unauthorised colonies, and the worsening water and air quality dent its......

PM re-constitutes climate panel; CSE's Narain, Ratan Tata out

Prime Minister Narendra Modi re-constituted a high-level climate panel and dropped well-known environmentalist Sunita Narain and top industry leader Ratan Tata from the council. TERI chairperson R......

National Games: Niraj stuns Olympic medallists to win gold

IMAGE: Niraj Kumar shot a remarkable score of 464.1 to win gold in the men's 50-metre rifle 3 positions event at the National Games in Dehradun on Thursday. Photograph: RF Youth Sports/X Indian......

Should Sania Mirza disassociate from 'misleading' advertorial?

Letter informed Mirza that how on one hand countries across the world are addressing the public health crisis of antibiotic resistance, and on the other, the Indian poultry sector continues to use......

Sports Shorts: India demolish Australia in Thomas and Uber Cup

A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday IMAGE: Saina Nehwal in action. Photograph: Robertus Pudyanto/Getty Images Indian men's and women's badminton teams expectedly......

Dhoni's Aadhar details leaked! UIDAI blacklists agency

IMAGE: Mahendra Singh Dhoni with his wife Sakshi. Photograph: PTI Taking a serious view of public sharing of Aadhaar details of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the Unique Identification Authority of India......