India, Australia to ink fresh extradition pact
India is all set to sign a revamped extradition treaty with Australia that would enable both countries to exchange information on spies, terrorism and human traffickers. A senior government official told The Hindu that a team is all set to visit Australia to finalise the pact.
J&K Governor revokes order on zero stamp duty for women
J&K governor Satya Pal Malik has revoked the widely-welcomed move of the previous government to impose zero stamp duty on the purchase of property, including land, by women of the State.
SC to hear plea against changes to pension scheme
The Supreme Court has posted for hearing on February 28 a petition filed by retirees and members of the Employees Pension Scheme (EPS), 1995, against the government and the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), which administers the scheme.
Under Rahul Gandhi, everybody will get his own place in the Congress: K.C. Venugopal
The new Congress general secretary says the party will be a mixture of experienced and new faces, and the organisation has many stalwarts
Soon, you can see how the Harappans looked
A team is on the brink of recreating the faces of a few skeletal remains, dug up during the excavation of a Harappan site at Haryana’s Rakhigarhi village in Hisar.
Alwar’s government schools make a turnaround with model project
Battling declining enrolment and rising number of dropouts two years ago, the Government Girls’ Senior Secondary School in remote Ramgarh tehsil of Alwar district in Rajasthan has recorded a remarkable 98% pass result in Class XII this year.
The Sarus crane takes flight with people’s help
The population of the Sarus crane, a bird distinguishable by its red upper neck and white collar, has climbed to 15,938 as per the 2018 census (summer). This is a jump of 5.2% from 2017, when there were 15,138 Sarus cranes across U.P., as per the State Forest and Wildlife department.
