Daily Archives: March 18, 2024

Ammo for opposition states

CAA, Simultaneous Polls By Insaf The timing of the CAA notification and Ram Nath Kovind panel’s report recommending ‘one nation, one election’, other than details of...

Inequality and poverty in India

Editor, Amir Jahan, a mother of three daughters, had been starving for four days in a rented room in Moradabad town in Uttar Pradesh. She...

Not opposed to EVMs but against manipulation: Cong

NEW DELHI, 17 Mar: The Congress on Sunday said that it is not opposed to electronic voting machines (EVM) but against their manipulation, and...

European Union announces an $8 billion aid package for Egypt as concerns mount over...

CAIRO, 17 Mar: The European Union on Sunday announced a 7.4 billion-euro ($8 billion) aid package for cash-strapped Egypt as concerns mount that economic...

Israeli airstrikes hit several sites in southern Syria, soldier wounded

Beirut, 17 Mar: Israeli airstrikes hit several sites in southern Syria early Sunday wounding a soldier, Syrian state media reported. State news agency SANA, citing...

No additional budget to settle dues of Chinese power plants: Pak to IMF

Islamabad, 17 Mar: Pakistan has assured the IMF that it does not plan to allocate an additional budget to settle the USD 1.8 billion...

Traffic accident in southern Afghanistan leaves 21 dead and 38 injured

ISLAMABAD, 17 Mar: A traffic accident in southern Afghanistan left at least 21 people dead and 38 others injured, according to a provincial traffic...

Hunger soars and aid dwindles as gangs in Haiti suffocate the country

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, 17 Mar: A crowd of about 100 people tried to shove through a metal gate in Haiti’s capital as a guard with...

Microplastics may pose a risk to the Indo-Gangetic plain: Study

Panaji, 17 Mar: Polymers in microplastics may pose a risk to the Indo-Gangetic plain, a study on rivers Ganga and Yamuna by the Goa-based...

In 40-hour operation, Indian Navy seizes hijacked ship after Somali pirates downed its drone

New Delhi, 17 Mar: In projection of India's growing maritime power, the Indian Navy executed a dramatic mid-sea operation ending a three-month hijacking of...

1,058 polling stations ‘vulnerable critical’: Manipur CEO

IMPHAL, 16 Mar: Manipur Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Pradeep Kumar Jha on Saturday said that 1,058 polling stations out of 2,955 have been identified...

LS polls: Biggest peacetime movement of men, material in world

NEW DELHI, 17 Mar: Holding of Lok Sabha elections is a mammoth exercise that entails the biggest peacetime movement of men and material in...

Licenced gun holders in Manipur directed to deposit arms

IMPHAL 17 Mar: With the Election Commission of India (ECI) announcing the schedule for the Lok Sabha elections, district magistrates in Manipur have issued...

Why environmental issues are not winning votes in India

NEW DELHI, 17 Mar: Poisonous air is shortening lives across India; Bengaluru is grappling with a severe water crisis, while Sikkim and Himachal Pradesh...

Preparing electoral rolls post-delimitation tough exercise: Assam CEO

GUWAHATI, 17 Mar: Assam Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Anurag Goel on Sunday said that preparation of the voter list post-delimitation in the state was...