New Delhi, October 29, 2025: India’s flagship youth engagement initiative, Mera Yuva Bharat (MY Bharat), has achieved a historic milestone, crossing over 2 crore registrations. The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports announced that this milestone marks a new chapter in empowering the nation’s youth to take active roles in…
Month: October 2025
Cabinet Clears 8th Pay Commission Mandate
The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the Terms of Reference (ToR) for the 8th Central Pay Commission (CPC), marking the first official step toward revising pay and service conditions for central government employees. Commission to Submit Recommendations Within 18 Months The 8th Central Pay Commission…
Fed Cuts Rates Again, Powell Hints No December Easing
The US Federal Reserve has approved its second consecutive interest rate cut, lowering the benchmark federal funds rate to a range between 3.75% and 4%. However, Fed Chair Jerome Powell has signaled uncertainty over whether another reduction will follow in December, dampening market optimism. Rate Cut Aimed at Supporting Slowing…
Microsoft Azure Outage Disrupts Global Services
New Delhi / Global, Oct 29, 2025 Microsoft’s cloud platform Azure suffered a major global outage on Wednesday that knocked large swathes of services offline including Microsoft 365 productivity apps, Xbox services and several company websites and airline apps as engineers worked to roll back a problematic configuration change. 0…
Delhi Cloud Seeding Fails as Low Moisture Blocks Smog Plan
New Delhi, 29 October 2025: Delhi’s first cloud seeding experiment in over five decades failed to produce rain on Tuesday as moisture levels remained critically low. The trial, led by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur and the Delhi government, was part of an ambitious attempt to reduce the…
Home Voting Begins for Elderly, Disabled in Bihar Polls 2025
Patna, 29 October 2025: In a landmark step towards inclusive democracy, elderly and disabled voters in Patna began casting their votes from home on Wednesday, ahead of the first phase of the Bihar Assembly Elections 2025 scheduled for November 6. The two-day “home voting service,” launched by the Election Commission…
Shivraj Chouhan Thanks PM Modi for ₹38,000 Cr Fertiliser Aid
New Delhi, October 29, 2025: Union Agriculture, Farmers’ Welfare and Rural Development Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for approving a ₹38,000 crore fertiliser subsidy aimed at easing the financial burden on farmers and ensuring affordable access to essential agricultural inputs across India. Government’s…
AI-Generated Tiger Video From MP’s Pench Debunked
A video showing a man allegedly feeding liquor to a tiger in Madhya Pradesh’s Pench has taken social media by storm. The clip, which claimed that a 52-year-old man named Raju Patel mistook a tiger for a stray cat and offered it alcohol, spread rapidly across multiple platforms. However, a…
President Murmu Takes Historic Rafale Sortie in Ambala
Ambala, 29 October 2025: President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday carried out a 30-minute sortie in a Rafale fighter jet from the Air Force Station Ambala in Haryana, reaching altitudes of around 15,000 ft and speeds of about 700 km/h. This historic sortie makes her the first President of India to…
AI Tools Empower Hindi in Science & Tech: Dr. Jitendra Singh
New Delhi, October 29, 2025: Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh has underscored the transformative role of artificial intelligence (AI) in promoting Hindi within the realms of science, technology, and governance. Speaking at the first meeting of the Hindi Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Science and Technology, he emphasized that…
