Breaking: India enters Guinness Book for waving 78,000 national flags at once

Modi, Macron likely to meet in May first week

Involve children in sports, or else they will be engaged on screen: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court cited the example of National Cricket Academy chief VVS Laxman whose parents were doctors, and yet he chose cricket as his career. “We need more and more such people to emerge,” the bench said

8-month-old tiger cub found dead in Madhya Pradesh, 6th tiger to die in a month

A senior Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve official said the cub was killed in a territorial fight by a tiger, possibly the one spotted in the vicinity two days before the cub was found dead on Sunday evening

Chhattisgarh records 62.5% drop in malaria cases in 4 years: Govt

Director of Chhattisgarh’s National Health Mission (NHM) director, Dr Priyanka Shukla, the API (annual parasite index), which is used to calculate the severity of malaria spread, has also declined significantly in Bastar.

Centre, states asked to reply to proposals for greater physical literacy 

In his submission,  amicus curiae Sankaranarayanan said physical literacy is not just about sports, but it’s about knowing own body and staying fit throughout one’s life.

BJP upbeat, Congress in a bind over I-PAC working for TRS

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The Telangana Rashtra Samithi’s decision to work with Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC), a popular political advocacy group founded by political strategist Prashant Kishor, for the next year’s assembly elections has generated diverse response from the two major opponents in the state – the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress

Maoists torch bus in AP to protest leader’s death

The Maoists called for a Dandakaranya bandh on Sunday and Monday as a mark of protest over the death of Narmada while she was in judicial remand.

Tamil Nadu passes bills empowering state govt to appoint V-Cs

Andhra bags national award for curbing malaria

The Union health ministry on Monday acknowledged Andhra Pradesh as the best performing state in the control of malaria for bringing down the total number of cases by five times in three years

Four of family killed, 8 hurt in road accident near Tirupati

The deceased were identified as Arjunaiah (45), his wife Narasamma (40), Maremma (43) and Dharani (10).

BJP sets up panel to bolster party in 74,000 booths

The four senior BJP functionaries who have been assigned to carry out the task are national general secretary CT Ravi, national vice-presidents Baijayant Panda and Dilip Ghosh, and party’s SC Morcha chief Lal Singh Arya, a senior party leader said.

SC stays Manipur HC order permitting seven Rohingya to seek refugee status

A bench of justices AM Khanwilkar and AS Oka issued notice to Haksar and stayed the May 3, 2021 HC order “provided the same has not been acted upon by the concerned authority so far”.

SC seeks Centre’s stand on plea for developing a ‘judicial vista’

Central Vista redevelopment project is the ongoing construction work to revamp Parliament, central government’s offices, and other key buildings in New Delhi’s Lutyens zone.

Madhya Pradesh high court orders police protection for inter-faith couple

Dindori district officials demolished the house and three shops of Asif Khan, the Muslim man who married Sakshi Sahu, a day after her relatives alleged she had been abducted. The high court has ordered the police to protect the inter-faith couple.