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India’s apex food safety regulator, FSSAI, has declared packaged drinking and mineral water a ‘high-risk’ food item. This move aims to enforce stricter quality control for its manufacturers who will have to pass annual inspections and audits before their licences are granted read more What if the water you sip from a sleek, sealed bottle … Read more
NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party member Raghav Chadha on Tuesday demanded that airlines should compensate passengers for every hour of flight delay, saying that delays of three to four hours have become common. Speaking in the Rajya Sabha during a discussion on the Bharatiya Vayuyan Vidheyak Bill 2024, which seeks to remove redundancies and replace … Read more
Former CBI director, Vijay Shankar passed away on Tuesday following prolonged illness at the age of 76. As per his last wish, his mortals will be donated to AIIMS, his family informed.Shankar had been admitted to a private hospital in Noida for quite some time.A recipient of the prestigious President’s Police Medal for Distinguished and … Read more
A 45-year-old theatre actor playing the role of a demon in Ramayana was arrested after he ripped the stomach of a live pig on stage and ate its meat in Odisha’s Ganjam district, police said. The incident sparked a statewide outrage and was condemned in the assembly on Monday. Besides the actor, identified as Bimbadhar … Read more
NEW DELHI: The govt has received over 6.2 lakh applications under the PM Internship Scheme for around 1.3 lakh opportunities, Lok Sabha was informed on Monday.After announcing the scheme in the last budget, the govt launched its pilot project in Oct. The first set of letters were to be handed over this week, but the … Read more
NEW DELHI: With the Rs 32,350 crore contract with the US for 31 armed MQ-9B `Predator’ drones done and dusted, India is now firmly on course to soon ink another two mega defence deals for 26 Rafale-Marine fighter jets and three additional Scorpene submarines, collectively worth around Rs 1 lakh crore, with France.“Both the deals … Read more
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee (PTI file photo) NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday voiced her concerns over prevailing situation Bangladesh and urged the Centre to seek United Nations intervention in the neighbouring country.She proposed the deployment of an internationl peacekeeping mission to restore normalcy and called on PM Modi to … Read more
NEW DELHI: Acting on a complaint from the Maharashtra chief electoral officer (CEO), the Mumbai Cyber Police on Saturday registered an FIR against foreign-based EVM basher Syed Shuja in connection with a video showing him making “false, baseless and unsubstantiated claims” that he could hack and tamper EVMs in the recent state polls by isolating … Read more
NEW DELHI: In the wee hours of November 24, while most people in India were fast asleep, a drama unfolded at a sprawling conference hall of the Olympic stadium in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku. Diplomats from nearly 200 countries, civil society representatives and journalists had gathered to witness a decision that could determine the fate of … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission (EC) has filed a complaint leading to an FIR against Syed Shuja, who claimed he could hack electronic voting machines (EVMs) by isolating their frequency. Mumbai Cyber Police registered the case on November 30 under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and IT Act, officials said.The Maharashtra chief electoral officer (CEO) … Read more
