Home » Nation » Current Affairs

Current Affairs - Page 1902

Planning Board vice-chairman B. Vinod Kumar. (Twitter/@vinodboianpalli)

Centre says no provision to release old MPLAD funds

Centre was responding to a letter from Planning Board vice-chairman B Vinod Kumar, seeking release of pending bills for...

19 Sept 2020 12:42 PM IST

Representational image.

COVID-19 lockdown affects organ donations and transplants in Telangana

Patients who had registered with Jeevandan, the government scheme, and with private hospitals face a long wait

19 Sept 2020 12:27 PM IST

Sumedha, the victim

Hyderabad horror: 12-yr-old washed away in drain

Her body was found on Friday in Banda Cheruvu, into which the nala that runs through the residential area, empties.

19 Sept 2020 11:56 AM IST

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. (PTI Photo)

Sitharaman assures Lok Sabha: Not reneging from responsibility on GST...

Sitharaman also accused the Opposition of trying to twist her -'Act of God-' remark.

19 Sept 2020 10:19 AM IST

Representational image.

NIA nabs nine al-Qaeda operatives from Murshidabad and Ernakulam

The NIA conducted simultaneous raids at multiple locations in Ernakulam and Murshidabad early morning today

19 Sept 2020 9:43 AM IST

The Indian Army has said an internal inquiry has shown that its troops killed three young men working as labourers in an apple orchard in Shopian. (DC file photo by H U Naqash)

Indian Army admits troops killed three young orchard workers in July

Army inquiry finds that its personnel exceeded the provisions of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA)

18 Sept 2020 7:21 PM IST

This June 22, 2020, satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows the Line of Actual Control (LAC), the border between India and China. (AP)

Indian troops amused by Punjabi songs played by PLA in mind game...

The tactics date back to a battle between the Han Chinese and Chu dynasty 2200 years ago

18 Sept 2020 2:18 PM IST

The mugger crocodile which was swept to the shores of the Musi river in Hyderabad following heavy rains in the past two days. Officials of the Nehru Zoological Park could not catch the reptile as it went back into the water by the time they reached the spot. | DC Photo by P. Surendra

Crocodile appears on banks of Hyderabad-'s Musi river

As news of a crocodile being seen spread, crowds gathered on the roadside to catch a glimpse of it.

18 Sept 2020 1:09 PM IST

Representational Image

Centre tells Supreme Court: TV channels are nice, go after digital...

Centre says setting up a committee to lay down guidelines for the regulation of content on TV channels neither warranted...

18 Sept 2020 12:31 PM IST

Migrant workers from West Bengal state, wait after queueing up overnight on a roadside pavement to register for home bound trains in Kochi. AP Photo

Every third professional has lost his job since corona

That is some 6.6 million jobs down the drain, according to CMIE survey findings

18 Sept 2020 10:54 AM IST

Farmers return home after lifting their block on a national highway during the third day of a protest against agriculture-related ordinances brought by the Union government, in Beas, some 55 kms from Amritsar on September 16, 2020. (AFP)

Amid farmer protests, Lok Sabha passes two contentious farm Bills

The three bills will now be tabled in Rajya Sabha and become laws after the Upper House also passes them

18 Sept 2020 2:32 AM IST

General MM Naravane, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) on a two-day visit to Kashmir, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020. COAS arrived in Srinagar today and proceeded to undertake a firsthand assessment of the situation along the Line of Control (LC) in North Kashmir. (PTI Photo)

Army chief Gen. Naravane takes stock of security in Kashmir Valley

In the evening, Gen. Naravane who is on a two-day visit of the Valley met J-K Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, at the...

17 Sept 2020 11:32 PM IST