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Flights resume at Heathrow Airport after brief suspension due to drone sighting
London's Heathrow airport, the busiest aviation hub of Europe, yesterday suspended all departing flights for a brief period following reports of a drone sighting. In a similar incident three…
Nawaz Sharif seeks early hearing of pleas for suspension of sentence
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has filed a miscellaneous application in the Islamabad High Court seeking early hearing of his plea for suspension of sentence in Al Azizia…
I&B Ministry hikes ad rates for print media by 25%
Information and Broadcasting Ministry has hiked advertisement rates for print media by 25 per cent that will be valid for a period of three years.
These rates will be over and above the…
Lok Sabha passes general category poor quota bill
The Lok Sabha has passed the Constitution 124th (Amendment) Bill, 2019 to provide ten per cent reservation to economically backward sections (EWS) in the General category. The bill…
Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2019 passed in Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha passes the Citizenship Amendment bill which seeks to provide Indian citizenship to non-muslim immigrants from Bangaldesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan. The Bill seeks to…
Lok Sabha passes DNA (Use and Application) Technology Regulation Bill
The Lok Sabha today passed the DNA Technology (Use and Application) Regulation Bill, 2019 by voice vote after a brief discussion.
It seeks to provide regulation for the use and…
Bill to provide 10% quota to EWS in general category tabled in Lok Sabha
The Bill to provide 10 per cent quota in government jobs and education for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) among the general category was tabled in the Lok Sabha today.
The…
Alok Verma reinstituted as CBI Chief by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today put back Alok Verma as the CBI chief. However, the Court said, the committee constituted under the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act will have to consider the…
Indian origin Gita Gopinath appointed as Chief Economist in IMF
India origin Gita Gopinath has joined International Monetary Fund as its chief economist.
Gita is first woman to occupy the top IMF post. Gopinath succeeds Maurice (Maury) Obstfeld as…
Pakistan violates ceasefire at Khari in Poonch dist of J&K
Pakistani forces violates ceasefire along the LoC. Pak forces resorted to mortar shelling in Khari in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir today.
Defence sources said, Pakistani…