The whirlwind around the allegations of the use of animal fat in Tirupati laddus spilled over to this week, with the Tirumala temple conducting a ritual to restore the sanctity of the prasadam and other naivedyams, to the matter reaching the Supreme Court. It all happened on Monday. The events continued to unfold after Andhra […]

Registrations for the 21st edition of The Hindu businessline Cerebration Corporate Quiz 2024, a prestigious quiz championship presented by JK Tyre, are now open. Corporate executives, business professionals, MBA aspirants, and students from B-schools can participate. Registration for the quiz will remain open till September 26. Participants will be asked to answer 25 questions to […]

In the last 10 years, mobile tariff rates have come down by 95 per cent in terms of voice calls and 97 per cent in terms of data, Minister of Telecommunications, Jyotiraditya Scindia said here on Monday. “The tariff in India has come down from 51 paise to 3 paise which is a 95 per […]

Red soil will become black. Bounce and carry will be fleeting. And don’t expect a rank turner. In a nutshell, that is likely to be the nature of the pitch at Green Park in Kanpur, where the second and final Test of the India-Bangladesh series starts on September 27. It is understood that unlike the […]

Under a large marquee, hundreds of Congress supporters on Monday gathered in Srinagar’s Zainakote area, on the outskirts of the city, to attend an election rally led by Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi.  Gandhi showed up in Srinagar on Monday afternoon after addressing a similar rally in Jammu division’s Surankote area to drum up support for […]

The Health Ministry has issued a show-cause notice to one of the companies that supplied ghee to the Tirupati temple, sources said. The notice has been sent by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), the government’s food regulatory authority. Four samples of the concerned ghee-supplier were tested and all of them were […]

Members of the scientific and research community have called on the need for “scientific disagreements,” in the interest of science. Over 600 voices including doctors and civil society representatives have signed an open letter that is addressed to Bharat Biotech and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), calling on them to withdraw a case […]

India and Uzbekistan are to sign a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) during the Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s official visit to the latter country from September 24-28. The treaty aims to promote more extensive economic cooperation for the mutual benefit of both countries on a long-term basis. During the official visit, Sitharaman will […]

President Droupadi Murmu will inaugurate the 16th Assembly of the Asian Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (ASOSAI) on Tuesday, kicking off key discussions on the evolving role of Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) in promoting transparency and accountability. A key highlight of this year’s assembly is the assumption of the chair of ASOSAI by the CAG […]

The Indian Army has projected to buy spares, medicines, and work modules worth ₹16,000 crore through Government e-Marketplace (GeM) in the coming financial year, scaling up its procurement through this preferred platform from ₹21 crore in 2017 to over ₹15,433 crore in FY 2023-24. This digital transformation of acquisition will enable nearly 50 per cent […]