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Allow certain good things to happen too: SC on Vantara

The Supreme Court on Monday said there was "no contravention of law" while accepting a clean chit given by its special investigation team to Vantara, the zoological rescue and rehabilitation centre......

SC forms SIT to probe complaints against Vantara

The Supreme Court on Monday formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to get a fact-finding inquiry conducted against Vantara, a Green Zoological Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre at Gujarat's......

Air India plane crash preliminary report in 2 days: AAIB to Parl panel

The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau told a parliamentary committee on Wednesday that it will make public its preliminary report on the Ahmedabad plane crash in a couple of days, sources......

AI plane crash death toll hits 270 as families wait for bodies

The death toll in the London-bound Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad rose to 270 on Saturday even as the Centre set up a high-level multi-disciplinary panel headed by the Union home secretary to......

High-level panel to probe what caused Ahmedabad crash

A high-level panel has been set up to investigate the causes of the Ahmedabad plane crash and the investigation is progressing smoothly, the government said on Saturday. IMAGE: NSG, NDRF, Air......

Getting future-ready: Govt may tweak IBC to factor in climate change

The government is contemplating changes to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) to deal with environmental claims and liabilities of defaulting companies to make the law future-ready and meet......

Have right to not reveal info on internal govt papers: PMO

The Prime Minister’s Office has said it has the right to not reveal internal government documents using which an applicant may initiate civil or criminal proceedings in court against the......

BharatPe: 'Why should I resign?'

'At the first board meeting I chaired, I sensed that corporate governance is an issue in this company.''I started taking steps that may have aggrieved a few.''This has now become a mission I intend......

AI offers special fares to Jet's stranded int'l passengers

Passengers holding confirmed RT tickets on Jet Airways will be allowed to avail special stranded passenger fares from the destinations common with Air India. Coming to the rescue of the stranded......

10 nations where people survive on less than $1.25 a day

A young girl with her mother attend a religious mass. Photograph: Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images About one-third of the world’s 'extremely poor' people live in India, according to......

German Olympic biathlon champion dies in Pakistan

"It was her wish to leave her body behind on the mountain in this case. This is also in line with the wishes of her relatives." IMAGE: Laura Dahlmeier, a double Olympic biathlon champion, died......

Germany seeks forgiveness 50 years after Munich Games attacks

IMAGE: Wreath are placed during a ceremony, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the attack on the Israeli team at the 1972 Munich Olympics in which eleven Israelis, a German policeman and five......

PICS: Tokyo Paralympic Games opening ceremony

IMAGE: Fireworks explode during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on Tuesday. Photograph: Carmen Mandato/Getty Images The opening ceremony of......

Israelis killed at Munich Games remembered in opening ceremony

On September 5, 1972, members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage at the poorly secured athletes’ village by Palestinian gunmen from the Black September group. Within 24 hours, 11......

Fukushima Olympic Flame display cancelled over virus concerns

IMAGE: Olympic cauldron is seen behind visitors wearing protective masks during the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Flame of Recovery tour, after the Olympics postponement due to coronavirus. Photograph:......