James P. Allison, Tasuku Honjo win Nobel Prize in Medicine for cancer research
The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been jointly awarded to James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo, by the Nobel committee of the Karolinska Institute.
Indian judiciary strongest and robust, says Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra
“Our judiciary has been strongest judiciary in the world having capability to handle mind boggling number of cases,” Justice Misra, who will retire as the CJI on Tuesday, said while speaking at the farewell function organised at the premises of the Supreme Court.
Koregaon-Bhima case: Delhi HC ends house arrest of Gautam Navlakha
The Delhi High Court on Monday set free journalist and social activist Gautam Navlakha from house arrest while quashing a local court order granting transit remand to Maharashtra police to transfer him to Pune.
Govt to ensure liquidity for IL&FS to prevent defaults; forms a board led by Uday Kotak
The government on Monday said it stands fully committed to ensuring that needed liquidity is arranged for the debt-trapped IL&FS to prevent any more defaults in payment of loans by the non-banking financial company.
Nirav Modi case: ED attaches properties worth ₹637 crore
The Enforcement Directorate has attached immovable properties in the United Kingdom and the United States, besides jewellery and bank accounts, worth ₹637 crore in the Nirav Modi case.
Navy helicopter crashes at Rajali base in Tamil Nadu
A Navy spokesperson said that the Chetak CH442 helicopter crashed while carrying out dry-winching dual sortie.
Indian airspace violation: PoK 'PM' claims helicopter was within Pakistani limits
Pakistan-occupied Kashmir’s (PoK’s) “Prime Minister” Raja Farooq Haider has claimed that the white chopper he was travelling in was “very close” to the LoC but within Pakistan’s airspace, and that there was no need to inform the Indian authorities about the flight as it was not a military helicopter.
UIDAI asks telcos to submit plan to discontinue Aadhaar-based eKYC
Days after the Supreme Court imposed curbs on the use of Aadhaar, biometric-issuing authority UIDAI on Monday asked telecom companies to submit, within the next 15 days, a plan to stop using the 12-digit unique ID number for customer authentication.
Rajkot Test: BCCI’s ‘standard practice’ makes SCA unhappy
BCCI’s decision to send its chief curator Daljit Singh to Rajkot for the first Test between India and West Indies has not gone down well with Saurashtra Cricket Association veteran Niranjan Shah even though it’s considered a “standard practice”.
Sensex surges 299 points on liquidity boost, macro data
Benchmark Sensex jumped 299 points to close at 36,526.14 on Monday as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced measures to shore up liquidity amid the government pressing for a change of management at the crisis-hit IL&FS.
