Source- ndtv.com Congress leader Sajjan Kumar was found guilty in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots today and sentenced to jail “for the remainder of his natural life” by the Delhi High Court, which cancelled an earlier court order acquitting him of charges in what the judges called “genocide”. Sajjan Kumar, 73, was convicted in the killing of
Source- auto.ndtv.com The Indian Government has finally announced a policy for the rollout of electric vehicle charging infrastructure. In an official document that was sent out by the Ministry Of Power on December 14, 2018, the government has outlined several key facts, figures and a plan to support the expansion of electric vehicles in the country.
Source- ndtv.com The navy and coast guard have been called in to help as rescuers prepared for a cyclone forming over the south-west Bay of Bengal on Sunday. Cyclone Phethai, which is intensifying with a wind speed of around 100 kilometres per hour, is expected to hit the coast in Andhra Pradesh in the next two
Source- ndtv.com In a major accomplishment for India’s Department of Atomic Energy, the 220 MW nuclear reactor at Kaiga in Karnataka has completed a continuous run of 941 days to become the world’s longest running reactor without a shutdown in this marathon run. The earlier record of 940 days of continuous operation was held by a
Source- ndtv.com India successfully test-fired nuclear-capable ballistic missile Agni-5, which has a strike range of 5,000 km, from Dr Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast today. This is the seventh trial of the indigenously-developed surface-to-surface missile, defence sources said. Agni-V is a three-stage missile, 17 metres tall, two metres wide and capable of carrying 1.5
Source- ndtv.com Attorney General K K Venugopal on Saturday expressed concern over the Supreme Court relying on the concept of constitutional morality after it gave a 4:1 verdict in the Sabarimala case and said it might be used now for the purpose of testing laws. On September 28, a five-judge Constitution bench, headed by the then
Source- ndtv.com Water woes on trains will soon be a thing of the past with Indian Railways set to introduce a system which will reduce water filling time from the existing 20 minutes to just five minutes at stations. The Railways will introduce the system in March next year at 142 stations which have the water
Source- hindustantimes.com Pakistan’s military is making an unusually strong effort to mend ties with arch-rival India, as top generals worry about a deteriorating economy amid fractious relations with US President Donald Trump. Current and former Pakistani military officials have told Bloomberg that both a slowing economy and pressure from Beijing to improve ties with the West
Source- ndtv.com Facing intense scrutiny over the misuse of its platform globally during elections, Facebook has announced fresh steps to increase ad transparency and defend against foreign interference ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls in India. Now anyone who wants to run an ad in India related to politics will need to first confirm their
Source- ndtv.com The Indian and Chinese militaries will be engaged in a joint military exercise that will involve tactical level operations in an international counterinsurgency environment, the Defence Ministry said on Thursday. The annual Exercise Hand-in-Hand will commence on December 11 and go on till December 23 at Chengdu in China. The exercise is conducted annually
