Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Thursday inaugurated a ‘Jan Kaushal Kendra’ in Moti Nagar, aimed at providing young people with training in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and other future-ready skills. Ms. Gupta said the centre was in line with the Prime Minister’s vision of “youth as job creators, not job seekers”. Though small, she said,...
The United States on Thursday warned allies and China to join President Donald Trump’s new campaign to isolate the Iranian economy, vowing that Washington would “collapse this regime” in Tehran. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s comments underscored how Trump is shifting to economic rather than military pressure on Tehran as his unpopular war drags toward...
As Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his Japanese counterpart Shinjiro Koizumi held bilateral talks, India and Japan on Thursday (August 20, 2026) signed a Memorandum of Arrangement (MoA) on Maritime Security Cooperation and agreed to deepen operational cooperation — including information sharing, naval exercises, ship repair and logistics support. According to the Defence Ministry, the two...
Delimitation, protection of the southern states’ political representation, NEET examination, Cauvery water-sharing and greater fiscal autonomy emerged as some of the key issues raised by Chief Ministers at the Southern Zonal Council chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Tamil Nadu on Thursday. While Karnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar sought a formal resolution to protect the South’s parliamentary strength, Tamil Nadu...
A section of structures outside the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi was demolished after authorities found them to be beyond the mission’s approved boundary, official sources said on Thursday (August 20, 2026). The action was carried out by the agencies concerned using a JCB machine, which removed the structures and barricades erected along the...
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday announced its new national office-bearers and organisational functionaries under party president Nitin Nabin. The appointments include several changes to the party’s top organisational team. Ram Madhav has been appointed as a national vice president, marking his return to a key organisational role in the BJP. Smriti Irani and...
Delhi’s cleanest municipal ward will get Rs 1 crore every month under a new year-long competition announced by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Monday. But there is a catch. A complaint about garbage in a ward could put it out of the race. The Chief Minister said wards will be judged using reports from an...
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Monday said the state government would soon cancel the JSSC-CGL examination amid an ongoing protest by job aspirants over alleged irregularities in recruitment exams. Soren said all exams conducted by TSR Data Processing Pvt Ltd since will be cancelled and added that the government will constitute exam reforms committee,...
Senior officials from BRICS member countries on Monday held discussions on key environmental priorities, climate change and sustainable development at a meeting in Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi. The Senior Officers’ Meeting of the BRICS Environment Working Group and the Contact Group on Climate Change and Sustainable Development was held under India’s BRICS Chairship 2026. The...
The ruling BJP is all set to revamp its organisation, with national president Nitin Nabin said to have finalised his new team. The organisational overhaul could be announced as early as Monday or during this week. The focus, sources say, will be on inducting next-generation leaders with a significant representation to youth and women. This...