Month: April 2025
Bollywood chips in to urge tourists back to Kashmir, MEA appeals for travel advisories to be dropped
Tourists enjoy shikara ride Dal lake in Srinagar on April 28, 2025. | Photo Credit: Imran Nissar Bollywood stars and country-wide tour operators are joining hands to instil a sense of confidence that was shattered to some extent by the recent Pahalgam terror attack, which left 25 tourists dead. Sources said the Ministry of External…
How power outage in Spain and Portugal unfolded
EPA Customers wait at Lisbon’s airport The first sign of trouble Peter Hughes noticed was when his train to Madrid starting to slow down. Then the TV monitor and lights went off. Emergency lights switched on, but did not last, and the locomotive ground to a halt. Four hours later, Mr Hughes was still stuck…
RBI directs banks and White Label ATM Operators to ensure ATMs dispense ₹100 and ₹200 notes on a regular basis
The RBI has asked all banks and White Label ATM Operators (WLAOs) to ensure that their ATMs dispense ₹100 and ₹200 denomination banknotes on a regular basis. Towards this end, the Central bank directed Banks and WLAOs that 75 per cent of all ATMs should dispense either ₹100 or ₹200 denomination banknotes from at least…
Centre introduces ‘Gyan Post’ to send textbooks at concessional rates
Image for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Department of Posts will provide concessional rates for transporting educational materials like textbooks through a service called Gyan Post, modelled on the book post system, Union Minister of Communications Jyotiraditya Scindia announced on Monday (April 28, 2025). The service will have prices ranging from…
SCR to boost security in trains, tracks
South Central Railway (SCR) General Manager Arun Kumar Jain has instructed officials to boost security at railway stations and trains with the deployment of security personnel from the Railway Protection Force (RPF) and Govt. Railway Police (GRP) wherever necessary for the safety of rail passengers. He also stressed upon the importance of installation of CCTVs…
APCID police question former Intelligence chief P. Sitarama Anjaneyulu for seven hours
Former Intelligence Director-General P. Sitarama Anjaneyulu | Photo Credit: G.N. Rao The Andhra Pradesh Crime Investigation Department (APCID) police on Monday questioned former ADG (intelligence) P. Sitarama Anjaneyulu (P.S.R. Anjaneyulu), who was arrested for allegedly foisting a false case against Bollywood actor Kadambari Jethwani. With the investigation officers filing a petition in the court seeking…
Plea for enhanced pay for police personnel in Tamil Nadu
Political parties across party lines urged the State government to enhance the pay of Grade-II police constables and implement the recommendations of the Fifth Tamil Nadu Police Commission. MLAs representing various parties, including the Congress, CPI (M), PMK, demanded that the constables be paid on a par with other entry level jobs in the government. …
Trump-China tariff war: Who’s winning so far? | Trade War News
After United States President Donald Trump suspended his “reciprocal tariffs” on major US trading partners on April 9, he ramped them up on China’s goods. US trade levies on most imports from China have climbed to 145 percent. Beijing retaliated with duties of its own, at 125 percent on US goods. Trump has long accused…
Mayor’s helpdesk set to open at Thiruvananthapuram Corporation
The Mayor’s helpdesk set to open at the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation Visitors to the Thiruvananthapuram city Corporation will henceforth find it easier to navigate through the various departments spread across the main office at Palayam. The civic body has set up a Mayor’s helpdesk to ease service delivery for city residents. The helpdesk, set to open…
