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Divorce, maintenance and punishment in armed forces
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Divorce, maintenance and punishment in armed forces

Science & Tech 15/02/25 09:16 AM IST
by Mahesh

'The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently ruled that evidence of sexual intercourse was necessary to prove adultery as a ground for cancellation of maintenance.' The ruling effectively restates the Read More...

Income Tax Bill, 2025
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Income Tax Bill, 2025

Science & Tech 14/02/25 09:41 AM IST
by Mahesh

'The Income-tax Bill, 2025, which was introduced in Lok Sabha, intends to simplify India’s six-decade-old structure of direct taxation by streamlining provisions, removing obsolete references, a Read More...

Should convicted persons be allowed to contest elections?
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Should convicted persons be allowed to contest elections?

Science & Tech 13/02/25 10:17 AM IST
by Mahesh

'The Supreme Court is hearing petitions filed by Ashwin Upadhyay and others, seeking a life time ban on convicted persons from contesting elections.' Section 8(3) of the Representation of the Peopl Read More...

UGC decentralised’ system
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UGC decentralised’ system

Science & Tech 13/02/25 09:38 AM IST
by Mahesh

'Four months after scrapping the UGC-CARE (Consortium for Academic and Research Ethics) system of listing quality journals, the University Grants Commission (UGC) this week announced it would follow a Read More...

Scientists discover ‘Einstein ring’ around nearby galaxy
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Scientists discover ‘Einstein ring’ around nearby galaxy

Science & Tech 12/02/25 18:43 PM IST
by Mahesh

'The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Euclid space telescope has discovered a rare ring of light, known as an Einstein ring, around a galaxy nearly 590 million light-years away from Earth.' The Read More...

UK-India Young Professionals Scheme
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UK-India Young Professionals Scheme

Science & Tech 12/02/25 09:41 AM IST
by Mahesh

'The ballot for this year’s United Kingdom-India Young Professionals Scheme (YPS) will open next week. ' The scheme offers both British and Indian nationals the opportunity to live, study, tr Read More...

International Criminal Court
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International Criminal Court

Science & Tech 11/02/25 09:43 AM IST
by Mahesh

'US President Donald Trump has authorised economic and travel sanctions targeting people who work on International Criminal Court investigations of US citizens or US allies such as Israel.' The mov Read More...

Supreme Court directive on sacred groves
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Supreme Court directive on sacred groves

Science & Tech 06/02/25 09:54 AM IST
by Mahesh

'The Supreme Court directed the Forest Department of Rajasthan to map on the ground and via satellite every ‘sacred grove’ in detail.' They were to be identified irrespective of their s Read More...

Story of NavIC
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Story of NavIC

Science & Tech 06/02/25 09:46 AM IST
by Mahesh

'India’s space agency reported the partial failure of its NVS-02 navigation satellite due to the non-firing of its engines in space.' This was the latest in a series of setbacks suffered by t Read More...

NAAC bribery case
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NAAC bribery case

Science & Tech 06/02/25 09:36 AM IST
by Mahesh

'The CBI recently arrested ten people, including members and chairperson of a National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) inspection team and office-bearers of Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Fou Read More...