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New National Mission Aims to Create 100 Million Jobs in India Over Next Decade

New National Mission Aims to Create 100 Million Jobs in India Over...

Despite being among the world's fastest-growing major economies, India has seen employment growth lag output expansion.

5 Jan 2026 7:40 PM IST

Odisha Resolves Over 1.3 Lakh Grievances, Says CM Mohan Majhi

Odisha Resolves Over 1.3 Lakh Grievances, Says CM Mohan Majhi

The Chief Minister said that in the last 15 phases alone, 12,748 out of 13,358 grievances about 95 per cent had been...

5 Jan 2026 7:13 PM IST

No Speeding, No Drunk Driving: Odisha Puts ‘Ama Bus’ Drivers Under Oath As Road Deaths Rise

No Speeding, No Drunk Driving: Odisha Puts ‘Ama Bus’ Drivers Under...

The oath-taking exercise is being implemented across the state, including in major urban centres such as Bhubaneswar and...

5 Jan 2026 6:39 PM IST

In this Tuesday, July 11, 2017 photo supplied by Joop van der Linde, a leopard cub suckles on a 5-year-old lioness in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in Tanzania. In the incredibly rare sight, the small leopard, estimated to be a few weeks old, nurses in the photographs taken this week by a guest at a local lodge. (Joop van der Linde/Ndutu Safari Lodge via AP)

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Gujarat: Tracker Killed After Dart to Tranquilize Lioness Hits Him

The lioness had killed the 4-year-old boy, belonging to a farm labourer's family, near Nani Monpari village in Amreli's...

5 Jan 2026 6:28 PM IST

Goa AAP in Turmoil: Former State Chief Palekar, Acting President Parab Resign

Goa AAP in Turmoil: Former State Chief Palekar, Acting President Parab...

The resignations come shortly after the AAP's dismal showing in the Zilla Panchayat elections, where they secured only...

5 Jan 2026 6:09 PM IST

The Centres move to increase the wage ceiling for employee coverage under the Employees Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952, to Rs 25,000 per month from the existing Rs 15,000 per month limit is expected to benefit a larger working population.

Current Affairs

SC Asks Centre to Consider Revising Wage Ceiling for Employees...

Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), which administers social security schemes for employees, currently...

5 Jan 2026 6:05 PM IST

SC Assures Representation for Specially Abled Lawyers in Bar Councils

SC Assures Representation for Specially Abled Lawyers in Bar Councils

During a recent hearing, the Supreme Court emphasized the need for institutional representation of specially abled...

5 Jan 2026 5:07 PM IST

Mamata to Move Court on Tuesday Over ‘Inhumane’ Conduct of SIR

Mamata to Move Court on Tuesday Over ‘Inhumane’ Conduct of SIR

Banerjee expressed her determination to seek legal action against the electoral roll revision, claiming it has unjustly...

5 Jan 2026 4:16 PM IST

SC Rejects Plea Seeking to Bar PM Modi from Offering ‘Chadar’ at Ajmer Sharif

SC Rejects Plea Seeking to Bar PM Modi from Offering ‘Chadar’ at Ajmer...

Chief Justice Surya Kant emphasized that the court would not intervene in the ceremonial practices related to the Ajmer...

5 Jan 2026 3:50 PM IST

Forced Hugs Did Little Good: Congress Dig at Govt Over Trump Tariff Threat

Forced Hugs Did Little Good: Congress' Dig at Govt Over Trump Tariff...

The opposition party's dig came after Trump said Prime Minister Narendra Modi knew he was not happy with India's...

5 Jan 2026 3:28 PM IST

Oppose NEP, It Is Anti-federal: Derek OBrien To ICSE-ISC School Principals

Oppose NEP, It Is Anti-federal: Derek O'Brien To ICSE-ISC School...

He pointed out that several states, including West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, have their own state education...

5 Jan 2026 3:20 PM IST

Delhi HC Issues Notice On Lalu Yadavs Plea Against Framing Of Charges In IRCTC Hotel Case

Delhi HC Issues Notice On Lalu Yadav's Plea Against Framing Of...

The court has not granted a stay on the order. The court has listed the matter for hearing on the Stay application on...

5 Jan 2026 3:14 PM IST