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In a first, foreign secretary engages Taliban; India may restart development projects

Times of India - Wed, 01/08/2025 - 18:20
Foreign secretary Vikram Misri met Afghanistan's acting foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi in Dubai, discussing India's readiness to support Afghan development needs and receiving assurance on security concerns. The meeting, amid strained Afghan-Pakistani relations, focused on humanitarian aid, health sector support, and strengthening diplomatic and trade ties, including using Chabahar port for humanitarian purposes.
Categories: National News

Elon Musk donates 268,000 Tesla shares for 'year-end tax planning'

Times of India - Wed, 01/08/2025 - 18:19
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has donated 268,000 shares worth nearly $112 million to undisclosed charities as part of his year-end tax planning. This is not his first such donation; in 2022 and 2021, Musk also gifted significant Tesla shares to charitable causes. Musk holds approximately 13% of Tesla's total shares.
Categories: National News

Ahead of Union Budget, Finance Secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey entrusted with Revenue department

Hindu - Wed, 01/08/2025 - 18:16
Centre has shifted Arunish Chawla, the recently appointed Revenue Secretary, to the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management
Categories: National News

Inspiring odyssey of world’s first woman national hydrographer

Hindu - Wed, 01/08/2025 - 18:05
Hailing from Thrissur, Savithri Narayanan is world’s first woman national hydrographer from Canada. Her memoir, Jeevitha Sagaram, has been released at Kerala Legislative International Book Festival
Categories: National News

Call for promotion of natural farming

Hindu - Wed, 01/08/2025 - 18:00
Categories: National News

Police use drones to bust ganja smuggling racket

Hindu - Wed, 01/08/2025 - 17:55
Accused abandoned vehicles along the NH and fled; special teams formed to nab the smugglers, says DCP
Categories: National News

Atishi writes to CEC again, seeks meeting over alleged voter deletion in New Delhi seat

Hindu - Wed, 01/08/2025 - 17:50
Delhi CM Atishi writes to CEC Rajiv Kumar regarding alleged electoral roll manipulation in New Delhi constituency
Categories: National News

Surrendered Maoists to be produced in court

Hindu - Wed, 01/08/2025 - 17:49
Categories: National News

Veliyamkode’s tsunami emergency readiness put to test

Hindu - Wed, 01/08/2025 - 17:48
The State Disaster Response Force, police, fire and rescue service, health, fisheries, Coast Guard, revenue and the civic body officials took part in the mock drill
Categories: National News

Uttarakhand family reunites with man presumed dead for 24 years, thanks to social media

Times of India - Wed, 01/08/2025 - 17:47
Pramod Singh Negi, missing for 24 years, was reunited with his family after being spotted in a social media post. Negi, suffering from memory loss, had been living in a temple in Baluwakot. His family, who presumed him dead, experienced a mix of joy and sorrow during the reunion. He is currently receiving treatment in Dehradun.
Categories: National News

Who’ll Delhi bin? Garbage may play a big role

Times of India - Wed, 01/08/2025 - 17:44
Residents in New Delhi face persistent garbage and landfill mismanagement issues, impacting Feb 5 election decisions. AAP and BJP exchange blame over ineffective waste disposal efforts, while waste segregation and management projects see delays due to political wrangling and lack of public cooperation.
Categories: National News

Hathras Stampede: Allahabad HC asks former DM, SSP to appear before it on January 15

Hindu - Wed, 01/08/2025 - 17:40
121 people, including 113 women, have lost lives in Hathras stampede
Categories: National News

Gandhi’s views on caste premised on critique of capitalist modernity, says scholar

Hindu - Wed, 01/08/2025 - 17:40
Akeel Bilgrami points out that Gandhi’s views on caste keep changing over the decades of the national movement
Categories: National News

Prize money of Malabar River Festival winners delayed again

Hindu - Wed, 01/08/2025 - 17:37
Foreign athletes await prize money even after five months have passed since the festival; MRF technical director expresses concern over delays impacting the event’s reputation
Categories: National News

KIIFB approves ₹17.95-crore Thuruthimukku Bridge project

Hindu - Wed, 01/08/2025 - 17:33
The project, delayed since its initiation in 2019 due to setbacks like contractor withdrawal and land acquisition issues, has gained new momentum
Categories: National News

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