10 security personnel injured in an IED blast by Naxals in Gadchiroli in 2019. | Photo Credit: ANI The story so far: On July 11, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led MahaYuti government tabled the Maharashtra Special Public Security (MSPS) Act, 2024, aimed at curbing the ‘menace of Naxalism’ in urban areas. The provisions of the…
NASA announced that it had to cancel a planned Moon rover after spending $459 million to develop it due to cost overruns and delay in the project. This is a significant setback for the agency’s lunar exploration program, according to a AFP report. The purpose of Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) was to explore…
The Indian stock market benchmark indices, Sensex and Nifty 50, are likely to open flat on Thursday amid weak global market cues. The trends on Gift Nifty indicate a mildly positive start for the Indian benchmark index. The Gift Nifty was trading around 24,665 level, a premium of nearly 25 points from the Nifty futures’…
ANYONE CAN spot a tipping point after it’s been crossed. Also known as critical transitions, such mathematical cliff-edges influence everything from the behaviour of financial markets and the spread of disease to the extinction of species. The financial crisis of 2007-09 is often described as one. So is the moment that covid-19 went global. The…
Smoke billows at a shopping centre following fire in the city of Zigong, Sichuan province, China, in this still image obtained from social media video on July 17, 2024. | Photo Credit: Photographer REUTERS Sixteen people were killed in a fire at a department store in Sichuan province in China’s southwest on Wednesday evening, state…
The Prasaranga of Kannada University at Hampi in Vijayanagar. | Photo Credit: K. BHAGYA PRAKASH In order to develop reading habits among college students, Kannada University, Hampi, has decided to launch a “Mane Manege Pustaka” (books to every house) programme, particularly in the districts that comes under the Kalyana Karnataka region. Prasararanga, the publication wing…
As this week began, Karnataka’s government stirred up a hornet’s nest with its bid to legislate private-sector job reservations. A bill okayed by the state cabinet would have half of all management job roles filled by candidates who have long been residents of the state, as also 75% of non-managerial jobs. Plus, all grade C…
Buy or sell stocks for today: Despite weak global market cues, the Indian stock market ended at a record-closing high on Tuesday. The Nifty 50 index closed 26 points higher at 24,613, the BSE Sensex gained 51 points and ended at 80,716, whereas the Bank Nifty index finished 59 points lower at 52,396. Cash market…
New Delhi: Startups exploring space, crafting high-end chips and developing defence technologies may get long-term loans at low or nil interest rates from a ₹1 trillion government fund to support companies in promising segments struggling for capital. Setting up the fund for deeptech companies, first proposed in the interim budget in February, is part of…
Andhra Pradesh IT, Electronics and Human Resource Development Minister Nara Lokesh. | Photo Credit: K.V.S. Giri Andhra Pradesh IT, Electronics and Human Resource Development Minister Nara Lokesh on Wednesday, July 17, 2024, extended an open invitation to NASSCOM members to set up shop in the state, following concerns raised on neighbouring Karnataka’s proposal to reserve…
