New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha, the Upper House of Parliament, on Wednesday passed the Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026. The legislation makes the intentional insult of the national song ‘Vande Mataram’ or deliberate obstruction of its rendition a punishable offence.
Sarnath (Uttar Pradesh), July 29 (IANS) The International Buddhist Confederation (IBC), New Delhi, in collaboration with the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies (CIHTS), Sarnath, celebrated Aṣaḍha Purṇima as Dhammacakkappavattana Divas at Sarnath on Wednesday.
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) The government on Wednesday said that electronics production has increased from Rs 11.32 lakh crore in FY 2024-25 to Rs 13.11 lakh crore in FY 2025-26, clocking a year-on-year growth rate of 15.8 per cent in the last one year.
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) The government on Wednesday said the total number of driver-partners (Sarathis) onboarded nationwide under the Bharat Taxi initiative stands at 7.97 lakh (as on July 19).
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) Some Bharat Stage (BS)-III vehicles, which were introduced from April 1, 2005, and manufactured before 2016, may require certain rubber parts and gaskets to be replaced before being run on E20 petrol, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari stated in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) After an intense and often acrimonious debate spread over two days, the Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026, by a voice vote, paving the way for stricter legal measures to combat paper leaks and examination-related malpractices.
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) Safety on Indian Railways has improved markedly, with train accidents dropping 88 per cent to 16 incidents in 2025–26 from 135 in 2014–15 and just two in the current year up to June, the government informed Parliament on Wednesday.
Ahmedabad, July 29 (IANS) Adani Enterprises Ltd (AEL) on Wednesday reported its highest-ever quarterly EBITDA at Rs 5,642 crore for the first quarter of this fiscal (Q1 FY27) -- up by 49 per cent (year-on-year) as total income stood at Rs 33,546 crore, up by 50 per cent.
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed the Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026, which seeks to make the deliberate insult of the National Song 'Vande Mataram' a punishable offence on par with existing provisions for the National Anthem and other national symbols.
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) BJP MP Anurag Thakur on Wednesday questioned Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, over his silence on paper leak cases reported in states governed by the Congress party and its INDIA bloc allies.
