When will the crisis within the Supreme Court be resolved? Even though the Bar Council of India assured things will be fine soon, Chief Justice Dipak Misra is yet to reach out to the four rebel SC judges. With the Bar Council scheduled to address a press conference on Monday afternoon, here’s a quick look at the top developments in the CJI vs SC judges case: 1. A seven-member BCI […]
Democracy in India is at stake, said four senior Supreme Court judges today as they went public with complaints against the Chief Justice of India, Dipak Misra. The “rebel” judges – the four most-senior at the top court after the Chief Justice – said that “things are not in order” with what they described as “the administration of the Supreme Court”. An independent judiciary is essential for a functioning democracy, […]
INTRODUCING ONE of the most significant changes since its inception, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has added another layer of protection on the use of Aadhaar as proof of identity. The UIDAI said Wednesday that it has introduced Virtual IDs (VID) that Aadhaar holders will be able to generate for a temporary period and can use in place of Aadhaar numbers to validate their identity. This temporary number, […]
Who is Ashish Chaturvedi? Hailing from Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh, 27-year-old Ashish Chaturvedi is a post graduate in Political Science and one of the prime whistleblowers in the Vyapam scam. He shot to fame after a picture of him dragging his bicycle with a police constable following him became viral on social media a few years ago. What was the Vyapam scam? It was an admission & recruitment scam that […]
Kapil Mohan, the chairman and managing director of the first-known brewery in India – Mohan Meakin – died reportedly due to a cardiac arrest in Ghaziabad’s Mohan Nagar on January 6, Saturday. He was 88. He was the man behind famous brands like Old Monk, Solan No. 1 and Golden Eagle. Old Monk is the third-largest selling rum in the world and has been the biggest Indian Made Foreign Liquor […]
The death of Major Prasad Mahadik on December 30 last year in a fire incident in Tawang district of Arunachal Pradesh near the Indo-China border has instilled single-minded determination in his 30-year-old wife Gauri Mahadik to pay tribute to her husband. And she wants to do that by joining the Indian Army. Gauri, who lives in Bolinj, Virar, is a qualified Company Secretary (CS) and a lawyer. She has been […]
Google Doodle paid a tribute to Fearless Nadia on her 110th birth anniversary. Mary Ann Evans, better known by her stage name Fearless Nadia was an actress and stuntwoman from Australia who made her mark in the Hindi film industry by her death defying acts. She is most remembered for her role in Hunterwaliin 1935 which was one of the earliest female-lead Indian films. Nadia married Homi Wadia, a film maker […]
The much-awaited theatrical trailer of ‘Power Star’ Pawan Kalyan’s Agnyaathavaasi was released. The trailer, which has since gone viral on social media, promises an action-packed film. “Behind every comfort we wish for, there is a mini-war,” Pawan’s character declares in the trailer. Agnyaathavaasi is Pawan’s third film with director Trivikram Srinivas, who earlier directed Jalsa and Attarintiki Daredi. Music for the film is by Anirudh Ravichander, who is making his […]
A report in The Tribune on Thursday revealed that access to any Aadhaar holder’s details could be gained, through a mere payment of Rs 500, via an anonymous service on Whatsapp. As per the report, the payment allowed the person to be designated as an ‘agent’, which in turn granted him access to the grievance redressal system. Entering an Aadhaar number into the system revealed the holder’s information, including name, […]
This video to remind adults of the waste management crisis. Beautiful landscapes have turned into despicable sights with heaps of garbage dump lying around, and the unaware dwellers and residents are to blame for it. There is a lot that both citizens and civic authorities can do to tackle the garbage problem, which is already gargantuan in its proportion. It’s a shame that children have to speak up – or, as […]
