Ashwini Vaishnaw

NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet has approved the Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) for Central government employees. The new scheme is set to benefit approximately 23 lakh employees, providing them with the option to choose between the existing National Pension Scheme (NPS) and the newly introduced UPS. Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw outlined the key features of the […]

Hours after the Central Government directed the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to cancel the recent advertisement for lateral entry posts, Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister of Information and Broadcasting, took to X (formerly Twitter) to support the move as a step towards social justice.

How India responded to Microsoft services' failure The global outage in Microsoft's cloud services has caused significant disruptions in flight operations, banking, financial services, and hospitals.

NEW DELHI: Adding to one more tragic incident six coaches of the Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express derailed near Gonda in Uttar Pradesh. The derailment, which occurred around 2:40 PM near the Jhilahi station, has resulted in four reported deaths and dozens of injuries. The train was en route to Dibrugarh when the accident happened. A contingent of […]

NEW DELHI: This year’s Jagannath Rath Yatra was a grand spectacle, marked by the presence of several notable political leaders, underscoring the festival’s immense cultural and spiritual significance. The streets of Puri came alive with fervent devotion as lakhs of devotees gathered to witness the divine journey of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra, and Devi Subhadra. […]

Kharge's sharp critique comes as the Congress party demands accountability for the incident and broader issues within the Indian Railways.

NEW DELHI: In the recent rail accident that took place on Monday, June 17, at least 15 passengers were killed and 60 injured. The accident occurred in West Bengal’s Darjeeling district when three coaches of the Sealdah-bound Kanchanjunga Express derailed after being struck by a goods train. The incident involved the goods train hitting the […]

Eight passengers died and at least 25 others were injured when the Kanchanjunga Express derailed on Monday after being hit

Attendees included prominent BJP figures like Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Nirmala Sitharaman, Dr. S. Jaishankar, Dharmendra Pradhan, Ashwini Vaishnaw, and Piyush Goyal, who were all part of the previous cabinet. Other notable attendees were Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Jyotiraditya Scindia, JDU leader Rajiv Ranjan Singh, HAM leader Jitan Ram Manjhi, RLD's Jayant Chaudhary, JDS leader HD Kumaraswamy, LJP (Ram Vilas) chief Chirag Paswan, and Jitin Prasada.

NEW DELHI: Amid the ongoing controversy in India, where opposition leaders have raised concerns about alleged government-sponsored phone surveillance, it has come to light that India’s nodal agency for cybersecurity, the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), had issued a security warning for iPhone users in the country back in June 2023. The alert specifically focused on […]