India will sign a $3.3 billion deal with the US for 31 weaponised MQ-9B Predator drones, enhancing its strategic ISR and precision strike capabilities, particularly […]
Year: 2024
Army to use civil helicopters for logistical support
The Indian Army has secured contracts worth Rs 65 crore with three civil aviation firms for the first time to deliver logistical support to 44 […]
Can’t ask Parliament to create BNS equivalent of Sec 377: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court declined to entertain a plea urging the creation of laws punishing non-consensual unnatural sex, stating it falls within Parliament’s legislative duties. Despite […]
Trudeau accuses India of ‘covert ops, coercion, threats’ amid diplomatic row
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused India of conducting activities that jeopardize public safety, including clandestine operations against South Asian Canadians. Trudeau highlighted Canada’s unsuccessful […]
Thalassaemia, TB, asthma drug prices set to rise
The Indian government has approved a 50% increase in the ceiling prices of several essential drugs used to treat various conditions, due to increased costs […]
High court warns Wikipedia for bid to put pressure on judge
Delhi High Court admonished Wikipedia for refusing to reveal user information in a defamation case filed by a news agency. The bench warned Wikipedia could […]
Haryana elections: Ties worsen as Congress claims AAP-BJP plot for farm crisis
Congress has accused the Punjab government, led by Bhagwant Mann, of colluding with the BJP to create a paddy storage crisis, potentially damaging the state’s […]
Widow of slain Bengal Congress neta found dead
Two years after Congress councillor Tapan Kandu’s murder in Purulia, his widow Purnima Kandu also died under mysterious circumstances. Declared dead upon arrival at a […]
Supreme Court bins pleas for probe into Covid jab side-effects
The Supreme Court dismissed a PIL seeking an investigation into alleged side effects of the Covishield vaccine, developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford and produced by […]
15-page letter circulating online accuses IBM China head of misconduct
IBM is investigating allegations against Chen Xudong, its China head, after a former employee’s letter accused him of accepting gifts, leaking confidential information, and violating […]