New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) Fake news is a threat to democracy, said Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday, while stressing the need to develop legal frameworks to curb the AI-driven deepfakes in the country.
New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) During a hard-hitting supplementary question at Question Hour, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal accused the Punjab government of gross misuse of Central funds meant for fighting the drug menace in the state. The House also took up the grave issue of drug abuse among schoolchildren in Bihar despite the state’s complete liquor prohibition policy.
New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday commended India's advances in natural farming, pointing to the Centre's initiatives such as the National Mission on Natural Farming, measures encouraging exports, and the significant expansion of institutional credit through the Kisan Credit Card, along with PM-Kisan, which together have strengthened farmers engaged in natural farming practices.
New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) Work on the indigenous space station Bharatiya Antariksh Station’s first module is progressing well, and is expected to launch by 2028, the government informed the Parliament on Wednesday.
New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) The government informed the Parliament on Wednesday that Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) has initiated design and development works on small modular reactors (SMRs), including 200 MWe Bharat Small Modular Reactor (BSMR-200), 55 MWe Small Modular Reactor (SMR-55), and up to 5 MWth high temperature gas cooled reactor meant for hydrogen generation.
New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) A new analysis of India’s higher education landscape reveals a dramatic shift in caste-wise enrolment patterns over the past decade, with Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), and Other Backward Classes (OBC) now forming the overwhelming majority of students across the country’s universities and colleges.
New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Article IV annual assessment of India’s economic framework released last week states that the country’s strong economic performance has benefitted from sound macroeconomic policies and earlier structural reforms. It further states that despite external headwinds, growth is expected to remain resilient, with inflation remaining subdued.
New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) The optical fibre cable network has expanded from 17.5 lakh kms in March 2018 to 42.36 lakh kms in September 2025, while the number of Base Transceiver Stations has increased from 17.3 lakh in March 2018 to 31.4 lakh in October 2025, the Parliament was informed on Wednesday.
New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) During Zero Hour in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, Neeraj Dangi of Congress strongly criticised the inadequacy of the current Rs 5 lakh deposit insurance cover provided by the Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC) and demanded that the limit be immediately raised to at least Rs 25 lakh per depositor.
New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) Investigating agencies have learnt that the members of the Faridabad terror module which executed the Delhi Red Fort blasts, were trying to get in touch with members of the terrorist group Hamas. The probe shows that multiple attempts were made to get in touch with Hamas as the members of the module were trying to replicate what the terror group did in Israel.
