New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) Chief Election Commissioner of India and Chairperson International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IIDEA) Gyanesh Kumar met Sonam Pelden Thaye, Election Commissioner of Bhutan, at Nirvachan Sadan here on Thursday. Democratic best practices featured prominently in discussions between Gyanesh Kumar and the Bhutanese Election Commissioner, an official said.India assumed the annual Chairship from the 2025 Chair, Switzerland, at a Council meeting in Stockhol…
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Kathmandu, June 4 (IANS) Nepal’s Foreign Minister, Shisir Khanal, is set to pay an official visit to India from June 5 to 7 at the invitation of India’s External Affairs Minister (EAM), S Jaishankar, Nepal’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Thursday. The three-day visit to New Delhi comes on the heels of ruling Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) President Rabi Lamichhane’s visit to India, which began on June 1.Although Khanal held discussions with EAM Jaishankar and other regional lead…
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) Mera Yuva Bharat (MY Bharat), the flagship youth engagement platform of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, was awarded the Guinness World Records certificate for the “Most Users to Take an Online Quiz in One Week” with 390,812 participants, said an official on Thursday. The Certificate was presented to My Bharat by Guinness World Records Adjudicator Rishinath at a ceremony held on Thursday at Shram Shakti Bhawan, New Delhi, in the presence of Union Minister of…
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) Nearly eight in 10 smartphone users, or 79 per cent of users, experience call drops or connectivity interruptions while travelling on Indian highways, a report said on Thursday.The report from CyberMedia Research (CMR) said the survey of 2,000 smartphone users aged 18–35 across New Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Kolkata found disruptions are impacting working professionals both financially and emotionally.“India has made real progress in expanding mobile coverage, yet …
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has invited applications for the appointment of two Members of the National Sports Tribunal (NST), a statutory body established under the National Sports Governance Act, 2025.The National Sports Tribunal has been constituted to adjudicate and hear disputes relating to sports under the provisions of the National Sports Governance Act, 2025. The Tribunal is headquartered in New Delhi, and the selected Members will be posted in Delhi…
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) The New Delhi-based National Dope Testing Laboratory (NDTL) on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Shree Guru Govind Singh Tricentenary University, Gurugram, Haryana, to advance sports science, anti-doping research and athlete welfare in the country. This strategic partnership marks a significant milestone in advancing sports science education, anti-doping research, and the broader mission of drug-free sports in India. The MoU between NDTL, an A…
Kolkata, June 3 (IANS) Trinamool Congress General Secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, on Wednesday approached a single-judge vacation bench of the Calcutta High Court challenging the summons from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the West Bengal Police for interrogation in the signature mismatch case.The case involves a mismatch in the signatures of some of the party’s MLAs on a resolution nominating party MLAs to four crucial slots in the Assembly, whic…
Bengaluru, June 2 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister-designate D.K. Shivakumar on Tuesday late night said that the names being circulated in the media regarding the composition of the new state Cabinet were not official and that the final list would be sent by the Congress high command on Wednesday. He declined to comment on whether a decision has been taken to create the post of Deputy Chief Minister.Speaking to reporters in Bengaluru after returning from New Delhi, Shivakumar said the party leade…
Bengaluru, June 2 (IANS) Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Karnataka Leader of the Opposition R. Ashoka on Tuesday questioned the Congress leadership over the delay in expanding the state cabinet, alleging that internal power struggles and concerns over the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections were holding up the process. In a statement, Ashoka said the developments within the Congress had raised more questions than they had answered. Referring to reports that Chief Minister-designate D.K…
Kampala, June 2 (IANS) A special C17 Globemaster aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) arrived in Uganda on Tuesday with further medical assistance from New Delhi amid the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the continent. “An Indian Air Force special C17 Globemaster Aircraft delivered today the 2nd tranche of India’s medical assistance at Entebbe International Airport, Uganda,” the High Commission of India in Kampala wrote on X.India dispatched the second tranche of medical assistance to the Afric…