1. Bank Employees On Nationwide Strike Today Banking Operations came to a halt on Tuesday as United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) has called a nationwide strike against the government’s ‘anti-people banking reforms’. The strike covers around 10 lakh bank…
St. Stephen All Set Seek Autonomous Status and 4 Other Updates
1. St. Stephen all set seek autonomous status. St. Stephen’s all set to go ahead with the proposal to make the institution autonomous. While the news of this step was going around from last year, an official statement regarding the…
UP Polls: Voting in Fifth Phase Underway and 4 Other Updates
1. UP Polls: Voting in Fifth Phase Underway Polling in the 5th phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections kicked off on Monday for 51 seats across 11 districts. A total of 608 candidates and 1.84 crore voters, including 96 lakh…
Waymo, Google’s Self-Driving Car Division, Sues Uber And 3 Other Updates
1. Ignoring Indian Talent is China’s Biggest Mistake: State Media China has made a “mistake of ignoring” Indian science and technology experts, Chinese official media (Global Times) said on Friday, underlining the fact that the Communist giant should attract and…
Indian Shot Dead at a Bar in Kansas and 5 Other Updates
1. Indian Shot Dead at a Bar in Kansas Srinivas Kuchibhotla, a 32-year-old engineer from Hyderabad was killed after a man, reportedly a US national fired at him and his friend, also an Indian, at a bar in Kansas, on…
Kerala Will Now Have Public Registry Of Sex Offenders and 3 Other Updates
1. Kerala will now have a public registry of sex offenders. On Thursday, while speaking on the inaugural day of the budget session, Governor P. Sathasivam announced that Kerala will set up a public registry of sex offenders in the…
Three Soldiers, One Civilian Killed in Militant Attack in Kashmir and 5 Other Updates
1. Three Soldiers, One Civilian Killed in Militant Attack in Kashmir Three army soldiers and a woman were killed on late Wednesday night after militants attacked a patrolling party of 44 Rashtriya Rifles in Mulu Chitra Gam area of Kashmir’s…
Violent Protests Taking Place Outside Ramjas College and 4 Other Updates
1. Violent Protests Taking Place Outside Ramjas College A huge ruckus has been going on outside Ramjas College between the ABVP party members and AISA. The protests have been carried out against the cancellation of a seminar invite to JNU…
Watch: The Answers To All The Questions About Lesbians In India
India as a country, still suffers a lot in relation to have a real understanding of the LGBTQ community in our country. While the stigma is still breaking with one progressive family at a time, there’s a long road to…
Fake Rs 2000 Notes Dispensed From SBI ATM in South Delhi
People are still adjusting to the new 500 and 2000 currency which has already created a lot of fuss. While the police are recovering the new currency in a huge amount from some, others are being victim to the fake…
Shobhaa De’s ‘Fat’ Shaming Didn’t Go Well With Mumbai Police
Shobhaa De has been in news more time for shaming others than for her actual literary work which makes us think if simply bad-mouthing about someone is the best way to be controversial? I guess Shobhaa De has the answer…
Six Killed In A Fire Breakout At A Factory In Hyderabad and 4 Other Updates
1. Six Killed in a Fire Breakout at a Factory in Hyderabad. Six killed in an air cooler godown due to a major fire breakout on Wednesday morning. The police team noticed flames blowing up from the factory at around…
7 Naxalites Executed In Chhattisgarh and 4 Other Updates
1. 7 Naxalites Executed in Chhattisgarh. In Narayanpur district of Chhattisgarh today, seven Naxals were gunned down in a gun-battle between them and the security forces. As per Special Director General of Police DM Awasthi, the gunfight took place at…
This Indian Photographer Clicked New Zealand With Gandalf By His Side.
An Indian photographer, while travelling New Zealand for six months, did something unusual with his landscape photographs which gave his work much more depth and character, according to him. 21 years old Akhil Suhas has a rather dream-like and unusual…
Sonia Gandhi Will Not Campaign in Rae Bareli and 6 Other Updates
1. Sonia Gandhi Will Not Campaign in Rae Bareli Congress president Sonia Gandhi has not attended a single campaign rally in Punjab, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa, and now she didn’t figure in the party’s campaign schedule for Tuesday in Uttar…
Ben Stokes Became The Most Expensive Player In IPL history and 4 Other Updates
1. Paytm to invest Rs 600 crore in order to boost its QR code payment. Paytm made an announcement to invest Rs 600 crore by December, in order to boost its QR code payment mode. The money invested on this…
“Lonar Crater Lake”: The Mysterious Lake In Maharashtra, One Of The Most Well Kept Secrets!
“Lonar Crater Lake” is located in Buldhana district, Maharashtra and has people bewildering over its existence for more than 50,000 years. The story says that a meteor hit in Buldhana district over 52,000 years ago and that’s how Lonar Lake…
Congress To Approach Election Commision Over Modi’s Remark and 5 Other Updates
1. Congress To Approach Election Commission Over Modi’s Remark The Congress is likely to approach the Election Commission (EC) on Monday over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘controversial’ remarks, during a recent rally. Modi, while addressing the rally in Fatehpur said…
Govt. Shortens SEBI Chairman’s Tenure By 2 Years and 4 Other Updates
1. Govt. shortens SEBI Chairman’s tenure. The Government on Friday shortened Ajay Tyagi’s tenure by 2 years, he would now join as the Chairman for the initial period of three years. Just a week ago this, Tyagi’s name was cleared…
3 Provisions for the Real Estate Sector in the 2017 Union Budget
Post demonetization, people throughout the country, including the salaried employees and the business owners, were looking forward to the 2017 Union budget. This budget has been presented in the month of February for the first time ever. Also, the railway…
Watch: BJP Takes A Dig Against Shiv Sena With The Help Of A Cartoon
Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiv Sena recently parted their ways for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMP) elections in Mumbai and Nagpur, and both the parties are present at a very tight spot now. While they have already started playing…
Priyanka Gandhi To Campaign With Rahul Gandhi in Rae Bareli and 6 Other Updates
1. Priyanka Gandhi To Campaign With Rahul Gandhi in Rae Bareli Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is all set to campaign with her brother, Rahul Gandhi in Rae Bareli, the parliamentary seat held by Congress President Sonia Gandhi. Priyanka, who is a…
Edappadi Palanisamy Appointed As Tamil Nadu CM and 4 other Updates
1. Edappadi Palanisamy appointed as Tamil Nadu’s Chief Minister. On Thursday afternoon, Edappadi was appointed as Tamil Nadu’s Chief Minister. Tamil Nadu’s Governor has given him the time span of 15 days to form the government and prove his majority…
A Love Story Of Delhi And The Deadly Air It Breathes
Recently some ground-breaking reports came into existence which can simply change the way we see pollution in our world. While China was for forever known as The most polluted country in the world, India (with Delhi as its prime face)…
Uttar Pradesh Sees 65% Polling, Record Turnout in Uttrakhand and 5 Other Updates
1. Myanmar Opens Border Gate With Bangladesh, Security Still Tight With the situation in northern Rakhine returning to normalcy, the Myanmar-Bangladesh border gate was reopened on Thursday, which has been stalled since insurgents attacked on three border outposts on 9th…