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The debate on Budget 2024 in Lok Sabha today saw an explosive exchange between Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and BJP MP Anurag Thakur over the Agnipath scheme. Mr Yadav, MP from Uttar Pradesh’s Kannauj, said this is a “budget of despair” but people in the government are praising it. He said there was nothing in the budget for the unemployed, youngsters and villages. “Those with family know how difficult it is to run the household, provide education to children and take care of the treatment of the elderly,” Mr Yadav said. Shifting focus to Uttar Pradesh, the former Chief…
A young tech graduate, full of potential, steps into the job market, only to find their skills outdated and their opportunities limited. This scenario is all too common in India, where despite substantial investments in higher education, a stark divide has emerged among students, particularly in the computer science stream. I call this phenomenon the ‘Cliff Effect’ as it highlights the precipitous drop in the quality of education beyond top-tier tech institutes like the IITs and IIScs. This ‘cliff’, which leaves many students underprepared and alienated from cutting-edge advancements, underscores the need for comprehensive reform in India’s computer science education.…
A software engineer and a married woman were raped in two separate incidents in Telangana. The software engineer was gang-raped by her childhood friend and their common friend at a hotel in Hyderabad while the other woman was sexually assaulted by the driver of a bus she was travelling in. The software engineer told the police that she was offered a job and joined her childhood friend, Gautham Reddy, and a common friend to celebrate at a bar in Hyderabad’s Vanasthalipuram on Monday evening. Vanasthalipuram Police Inspector D Jalender Reddy said, “They went to a bar and restaurant attached to…
There was a difference of nearly six lakh votes – between those recorded by EVMs and those counted, or not counted – in counting for the 2024 Lok Sabha election, the Association of Democratic Reforms, a special interest group working for electoral and political reforms, said this week. The ADR has claimed a discrepancy of nearly 5.5 lakh votes – i.e., these many appear not to have been counted despite being recorded by the Electronic Voting Machines – in 362 constituencies. The ADR has also claimed around 35,000 more votes were counted than recorded by EVMs in 176 seats. “The…
India vs Ireland, Men’s Hockey, Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: India have started on a strong footing against Ireland in a men’s hockey Pool B match at Paris Olympics 2024 on Tuesday. After drawing against Argentina through a last-minute equaliser by Harmanpreet Singh, India would look to get back to winning ways. India are currently third in the six-team Pool B. Belgium and Australia are the top two teams in the Pool. The top 4 enter the quarter-finals. Here are the Live Updates of Paris Olympics 2024, Men’s Hockey Pool B match between India and Ireland: Original Source
A court has heard that Vanessa Sagnay de la Bastida, the daughter of an Ecuadorian politician, was cruelly killed in front of her fiance, Michael Williams, by a speeding Mercedes. The 28-year-old was crossing a road close to Wandsworth Bridge in west London when the event happened, according to The Metro. This incident happened while Vanessa was crossing the road near Wandsworth Bridge in west London. The news reports mentioned that the driver of the speeding Mercedes, 39-year-old Octavian Cadar, was speeding at more than twice the legal limit at the time of the collision. The impact caused Ms. Sagnay,…
The Supreme Court came down heavily on the Centre on Tuesday for failing to take any decision for years on the pension payable to retired regular captains of the Army in accordance with the One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme and imposed a fine of Rs 2 lakh on it. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and R Mahadevan gave one last opportunity to the Centre till November 14 for resolving the anomalies with regard to the pension of such retired officers under the scheme. It said the cost of Rs 2 lakh shall be deposited in the welfare funds…
The Supreme Court has stayed a Delhi High Court order granting divorce to celebrity chef Kunal Kapur after his estranged wife moved the top court. A Bench of Justices Hrishikesh Roy and SVN Bhatti, while staying the divorce yesterday, referred the case to the Supreme Court Mediation Centre for exploring the possibility of settlement. The Delhi High Court had granted divorce to Mr Kapur in April this year on the grounds of cruelty meted out to him by his estranged wife, saying the woman’s conduct towards him was “devoid of dignity and empathy.” “In the light of the aforenoted facts…
The Yogi Adityanth-led government has introduced the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion (Amendment) Bill, 2024 in the Assembly, which proposes harsher punishment, leading up to life imprisonment in ‘love jihad’ cases. The proposed amendments have been welcomed by the BJP as a step in the right direction while the Samajwadi Party has termed it a ‘divisive’ move, aimed at creating ‘animosity’ in society. UP Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya who reached the Assembly, this morning told reporters that the legislation should be welcomed as this would act as a ‘deterrent’ against such practices. BJP leader Mohsin…
The Indian Army’s 28th Infantry Division was deployed in Kargil following the capture of Siachen by the Army. It was subsequently moved to Kupwara in 1991 as militancy gripped the Valley. Nine years later, Pakistan captured the Kargil heights, leading to the Kargil War. In his book Gorkha Hat and Maroon Beret, Lt Gen Chandra Shekar notes the decision to release the 28th Infantry Division for deployment in the Kashmir Valley. This involved removing dedicated reserves from the Ladakh sector, a necessity that was acutely felt during the Kargil War in May 1999. A large contingent of troops in Kashmir…