Author: wakilsahab

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

Source- ndtv.com India on Thursday voiced strong opposition to Pakistan’s reported move to declare Gilgit (Pakistan) as that country’s fifth province. “We have said that the entire state of Jammu and Kashmir has been and will remain a part of India,” External Affairs Ministry Raveesh Kumar said in response to a question at a media briefing.

Source- ndtv.com The Supreme Court today approved the Centre’s draft witness protection scheme and asked all the states to implement it till Parliament comes out with a legislation. A bench headed by Justice AK Sikri said that they have made some changes in the scheme. The issue of witness protection scheme had cropped up earlier when

Source- ndtv.com India and China could gain massive health benefits by tackling climate change, the WHO said on Wednesday. For India, the gains could be $3.28-8.4 trillion. Meeting the goals of the 2015 Paris Climate Change Agreement could save about a million lives a year worldwide by 2050 through reductions in air pollution alone. The latest

Source- greencarreports.com Sit down before you read this. Good. With all the dire warnings about climate-change coming from the most recent studies—from the Fourth National Climate Assessment released on Black Friday to an October report by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change which showed that catastrophic effects could hit by 2040—the latest news is even

Source- ndtv.com As black smoke pours out of an ancient scooter that’s been pulled over, a khaki-clad New Delhi transport official issues a fine to its rider: 100 rupees, about $1.42. It’s hardly Hollywood stuff, but this is progress in a city of 20 million on the front lines of India’s battle against the world’s worst

Source- businesstoday.in As Switzerland continues to shed its image as a safe haven for alleged black money, the Alpine nation has agreed to share with Indian authorities the details about two companies and three individuals who are facing multiple probes back in India. One of the two Indian companies used to be a publicly-listed entity and

Source- ndtv.com India’s first locomotive-less train or Train 18 on Sunday crossed the 180 kmph speed limit during a test run, a top official said in Chennai. In the process, the Rs. 100 crore indigenously designed train has become the country’s fastest, “Train 18 breached the 180 kmph speed limit in the Kota-Sawai Madhopur section. The major trials are

Source- express.co.uk Since the end of World War II, Japan’s military has functioned as a self-defence unit, with the US keeping eye on the once militarised nation following its surrender at the end of conflict on September 2, 1945. But now a Chinese news agency has reportedly responded to Tokyo’s decision to modify an aircraft carrier