India

Delhi govt to procure school desks from Tihar Jail's factory

02 Dec 2025 | 8:30 PM

New Delhi, Dec 2 (UNI) The Delhi Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta has approved a proposal to procure 10,000 dual desks to address furniture shortage in state government schools, and they will be sourced from the Tihar Jail factory.

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Delhi Assembly to end paper submissions; bills & questions to be digital in upcoming winter session

02 Dec 2025 | 8:13 PM

New Delhi, Dec 2 (UNI) Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta while addressing a digital training programme at the legislature on Tuesday said that, "Every document we digitise is a promise we keep to the environment."
Gupta has expressed confidence that this digital transition will eliminate large volumes of paper used earlier for legislative procedures.

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Toxic haze in Delhi as mercury climbs; transport, industries top polluters

02 Dec 2025 | 7:59 PM

New Delhi, Dec 2 (UNI) Delhi remained veiled in noxious smog on Tuesday as the city logged another day of foul air, with the average air quality index (AQI) rising to 372, nearly 70 points higher than the previous day. The spike in air pollutants was noted despite the warmer temperatures recorded in Delhi.

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Headway in pilot safety: DRDO conducts complex high-velocity ejection trial

02 Dec 2025 | 7:44 PM

New Delhi, Dec 2 (UNI) The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully carried out a high-speed rocket-sled test of a fighter aircraft escape system at control velocity, validating canopy severance, ejection sequencing and full aircrew recovery at its Rail Track Rocket Sled facility in Chandigarh.

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Navy adds 'No War, No Peace' dictum to its updated maritime doctrine

02 Dec 2025 | 7:38 PM

New Delhi, December 2 (UNI) Signalling India’s evolving maritime outlook and its ambition to leverage the seas as a cornerstone of Viksit Bharat 2047, the Indian Navy on Tuesday unveiled the updated Indian Maritime Doctrine, which for the first time recognises ‘No War, No Peace’ as a distinct operational space and incorporates newer threats such as grey-zone, hybrid and irregular warfare.

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India rejects Pakistan's 'ridiculous' claim of delaying overflight clearance for Sri Lanka

02 Dec 2025 | 7:34 PM

New Delhi, Dec 2 (UNI) India on Tuesday rejected as "ridiculous", Pakistan's claim that New Delhi had delayed overflight clearance by "60 hours" for sending humanitarian assistance to Sri Lanka, and said the request was cleared in less than five hours on the same day.

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India-Maldives Joint Military Exercise Ekuverin 2024 Begins in Thiruvananthapuram

02 Dec 2025 | 7:28 PM

New Delhi, December 2 (UNI) The 14th edition of the Joint Military Exercise Ekuverin between the Indian Army and the Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF) started at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala on Tuesday. The exercise will be conducted from 2-15 December.

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Navy Day: As Pakistan Fleet Stays Harbour-Bound, India Readies New Nuclear Subs, Rafale Fighter Jets

02 Dec 2025 | 7:17 PM

Parwinder Sandhu New Delhi, December 2 (UNI) With India’s third indigenous nuclear ballistic missile submarine INS Aridhaman now in the final stages of trials, the Indian Navy is poised to commission the strategic platform shortly, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi said in the national capital on Tuesday.

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Russia backs India against terrorism, says international cooperation needed

02 Dec 2025 | 7:07 PM

New Delhi, Dec 2 (UNI) Throwing its weight behind India on its war on terror, Russia on Tuesday said that it is ready to support India in its ongoing fight saying it was already a victim and understands the pain.

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Russia: We want to secure trade with India from third party interference

02 Dec 2025 | 7:06 PM

New Delhi, Dec 2(UNI) Russia wants to create a trading order which is "secure from third party interference" and feels that the global trend of de-dolllarisation has started, albeit slowly.

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Winter Session Day 2: Heated Protests Over Voter Roll Revision and Digital Surveillance Disrupt Parliament

02 Dec 2025 | 7:00 PM

New Delhi, Dec 2 (UNI) The second day of the winter session of the Parliament was marked by persistent disruptions as opposition parties intensified protests over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and the government’s "digital surveillance initiative," leading to multiple adjournments in both the Houses. Ultimately, both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha were adjourned for the day.

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Russia sees world turning 'Multi-polar', looks to India as anchor

02 Dec 2025 | 6:48 PM

By Jayanta Roy Chowdhury and Arti Bali
New Delhi, Dec 2 (UNI)
As President Vladimir Putin prepares for a two-day state visit to New Delhi beginning December 4, Russia signalled a sweeping ambition to reshape its partnership with India for what it describes as an emerging multipolar world, one defined, Moscow implied, as much by American unpredictability as by the rise of new centres of power.

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Delhi CM reviews winter action plan, asks officials to safeguard homeless

02 Dec 2025 | 6:39 PM

New Delhi, Dec 2 (UNI) Chief Minister Rekha Gupta has told Delhi government departments to safeguard the homeless, and also other vulnerable groups from cold in the winter season, as she reviewed the winter action plan for the year.

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700 drugmakers under probe over cough-syrup deaths: Health Minister

02 Dec 2025 | 6:36 PM

New Delhi (UNI): The government intensified its crackdown on cough syrup manufacturers after 26 children died in Madhya Pradesh due to contaminated cough syrups. Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare, Anupriya Patel on Tuesday informed the Parliament that over 700 manufacturers were audited, and central and state regulators have beefed up surveillance of the manufacturing facilities to ensure safety.

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Parliamentary stalemate eases as govt agrees to discuss Special Intensive Revision in Lok Sabha

02 Dec 2025 | 6:30 PM

New Delhi, Dec 2 (UNI) After two days of intense disruptions over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, a parliamentary deadlock appeared to ease on Tuesday with the government agreeing to hold a detailed discussion on electoral reforms, including the contentious SIR process. This breakthrough came during an all-party meeting of the Lok Sabha’s Business Advisory Committee (BAC), chaired by Speaker Om Birla.

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