India

SC strikes down Tribunal Reforms Act, 2021, over violation of judicial independence

19 Nov 2025 | 1:10 PM

New Delhi, Nov 19 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down the Tribunal Reforms Act, 2021, holding that the legislation violates constitutional principles of separation of powers and judicial independence.

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MSMEs in UP absorbs US tariff shock, need industry bodies’ support, say state’s policy makers

19 Nov 2025 | 12:19 PM

Lucknow/New Delhi, Nov 19 (UNI) With cost cutting measures and boosting value chain, Medium, Small and Micro Enterprises (MSMEs) in Uttar Pradesh, especially artisans associated with the handloom and handicraft sector have been able to withstand the shocks of high tariffs imposed by the US on India, said UP’s industrial and infrastructure policy makers.

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Australian FM Penny Wong to visit India for 16th bilateral dialogue

19 Nov 2025 | 11:34 AM

New Delhi, Nov 19 (UNI) Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong will travel to India on Wednesday for the 16th Australia-India Foreign Ministers’ Framework Dialogue, aimed at enhancing collaboration across cyber and strategic technology, trade, and defence.

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Congress leaders honor Indira Gandhi on 108th birth anniversary

19 Nov 2025 | 10:55 AM

New Delhi, Nov 19 (UNI) Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and former party chief Rahul Gandhi paid rich tributes to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on Wednesday, marking her 108th birth anniversary. In a personal message, Rahul Gandhi, her grandson, credited her with inspiring his political conduct.

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PM Modi lauds Kiren Rijiju for enhancing Parliamentary productivity on his birthday

19 Nov 2025 | 9:31 AM

New Delhi, Nov 19 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended birthday wishes to union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday, praising his dedication to making Parliament more productive and focused on pro-people legislation.

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PM Modi honours Rani Lakshmibai on birth anniversary

19 Nov 2025 | 9:21 AM

New Delhi, Nov 19 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to Rani Lakshmibai, the warrior queen of Jhansi, on her birth anniversary on Wednesday.

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SPECIAL STORY India mulls lifting FDI ban on Inventory-based E-commerce

19 Nov 2025 | 9:02 AM

By Arjun Menon
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has circulated a draft note seeking comments from various central government departments on a proposal to permit Foreign Direct investment (FDI) in inventory-based e-commerce models, but only for export-related activities. An inventory-based e-commerce model is one in which the e-commerce company itself owns the inventory of goods and sells these products directly to consumers.

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Delhi court grants 13-day ED custody of Al-Falah varsity chancellor in money laundering case

19 Nov 2025 | 8:49 AM

New Delhi, Nov 19 (UNI) A Delhi court has granted the Enforcement Directorate the 13-day remand of Jawad Ahmad Siddiqui, the Chairman and Chancellor of Al-Falah University, Faridabad, in a money laundering case linked to alleged fraudulent accreditation claims.

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PM Modi pays tribute to Indira Gandhi on 108th birth anniversary

19 Nov 2025 | 8:16 AM

New Delhi, Nov 19 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her 108th birth anniversary on Wednesday.

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SPECIAL STORY How India’s premier strategic think tank IDSA was built

19 Nov 2025 | 8:15 AM

By Uttam Kumar Sinha
When India confronted its most severe strategic shock in the early 1960s, it was forced to re-examine what national security truly meant. The 1962 war with China exposed not just military weaknesses but a glaring absence of strategic thought.

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Delhi govt resolving legacy issues, people can apply for power connection at ‘booked properties’: Sood

19 Nov 2025 | 1:31 AM

New Delhi, Nov 18 (UNI) Delhi's Power Minister Ashish Sood on Tuesday said that the various legacy issues that were being faced by the people in the national capital are being resolved at a rapid pace, adding that long imposed restrictions on electricity connections at properties 'booked' by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, have now been removed.

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Greater Noida tops AQI charts in the country with ‘severe’ air

19 Nov 2025 | 1:28 AM

New Delhi, 18 Nov (UNI) Air quality in Greater Noida on Tuesday witnessed a huge dip with AQI readings falling in the ‘severe’ category. At 454, with PM10 as the primary pollutant, the city recorded the poorest air in the country, according to the data of Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).

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Prompt social welfare services under one roof at new office in NW Delhi

19 Nov 2025 | 1:15 AM

New Delhi, Nov 18 (UNI) Residents of 15 assembly constituencies in North-West Delhi would now receive prompt and direct services with the newly constructed District Social Welfare Office, (North West- I & North West- II), which was inaugurated by the union Territory's Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Tuesday.

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Gujarat Congress to launch “Jan Aakrosh Yatra”; Rahul Gandhi to join march

19 Nov 2025 | 12:35 AM

New Delhi, Nov 18 (UNI) The Gujarat Congress will launch a statewide “Jan Aakrosh Yatra” from Friday in protest against the Gujarat BJP government's stand concerning farmers, students, youth, women and small traders. The Jan Aakrosh Yatra will begin from Dhema in North Gujarat and, in its first phase, pass through seven districts, 40 talukas, and 12 cities covering 1,100 kilometres before concluding on December 3.

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Visitors at UP's Dudhwa National Park spots three tiger cubs: UNI video

19 Nov 2025 | 12:32 AM

New Delhi, Nov 18 (UNI) In Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri district, visitors at Dudhwa National Park once again spotted three tigers together on Tuesday.

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