Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas A major confrontation is brewing over the Centre’s plan to introduce the Higher Education Commission of India (HECI) Bill during the ongoing session of Parliament. CPI(M) MP John Brittas has formally urged Union Ministers Kiren Rijiju and Dharmendra Pradhan to pause the legislative push. warning that the government is attempting…
All tourists – including those from Britain – will have to undergo a social media screening before being allowed entry into the US under new plans being considered by the country’s border force. Currently, Britons are among those who can visit for up to 90 days without a visa. All they need to do is…
BBC Baroness Anne Longfield was the children’s commissioner for England from 2015 to 2021 A former children’s commissioner will chair the government’s inquiry into child sexual abuse by grooming gangs. Baroness Anne Longfield will lead the inquiry, which was derailed in October when four women resigned from its survivors panel and two leading candidates to…
A “cheap ceasefire” between Ukraine and Russia – with Kyiv forced to surrender land – would create an “expensive peace” for the whole of Europe, Norway’s foreign minister has warned. Espen Barth Eide explained that this could mean security challenges for generations, with the continent’s entire future “on the line.” It was why Ukraine, its…
Home Minister Amit Shah asserted that the Congress’s decision to divide Vande Mataram in 1937, as a concession to the Muslim League, initiated appeasement politics that ultimately led to India’s partition. He emphasised the song’s role in cultural nationalism and slammed the opposition for belittling its significance. NEW DELHI: Home Minister Amit Shah asserted Tuesday…
“Danger to life” weather warnings are in place as Storm Bram brings heavy rainfall and strong winds to parts of the UK. The Met Office has put out an alert for areas of Scotland, Wales, and southwest England, with treacherous conditions expected throughout today and into tomorrow morning. “Storm Bram will bring a very wet…
Just weeks after the famous Paris museum lost jewels worth £76m, a water leak at the Louvre has damaged hundreds of books. The Louvre’s deputy administrator Francis Steinbock told French broadcaster BFM TV the leak affected one of the three rooms of the Egyptian antiquities department’s library. Staff, he said, have identified between 300 and…
