Forest official wrote on Sept. 20 about lack of coordination Even as this month’s shooting of Avni, the tigress that is said to have killed 13 villagers, remains a subject of intense debate, a letter written by a forest department official to Maharashtra’s Chief Wildlife Warden reveals the disquiet over …

The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet on Tuesday approved a proposal to change the name of Faizabad district to Ayodhya, a week after Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath made the announcement on the eve of Diwali. Source :https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/up-cabinet-nod-for-faizabad-name-change/article25489783.ece

Binny Bansal has announced his resignation as CEO of Flipkart Group, effective immediately, following an independent investigation into an allegation of “serious personal misconduct,” said Walmart Inc. in a statement. “He strongly denies the allegation. Nevertheless, we had a responsibility to ensure the investigation was thorough,” said Walmart. Source : …

Micro-blogging site slow to act on take-down requests: official The Centre has asked microblogging site Twitter to furnish telephone numbers and other identifiable sources that could help track suspicious accounts, as asked for by law enforcement agencies, a senior Home Ministry official said. Union Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba on Monday …

Nine teams from 12 countries reach Amaravati The F1H2O power boat race buzz is growing louder 48 hours ahead of the world championship set to make a splash in River Krishna in Amaravati here. Nine teams comprising 19 Formula 1 drivers and nine Formula 4 drivers from 12 countries have …

More than 84 lakh farmers, which is around 15% of the total farmers insured in the first year of the Centre’s ambitious Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana in 2016-17, withdrew themselves from the scheme in 2017-18, a reply to an RTI application has revealed. It includes 68.31 lakh farmers from …

Speaker convenes Parliament today Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed President Maithripala Sirisena’s dissolution of Parliament and restrained the Election Commission from preparing for snap elections. After hearing 11 petitioners and respondents for two days, the top court suspended until December 7, the proclamation issued by Mr. Sirisena last …

Review pleas to be heard on Jan. 22; women of all age groups can visit the shrine this pilgrim season The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear in open court review petitions against its majority judgment which lifted a ban on women aged between 10 and 50 years from …