Centre pushes for cash-free campuses
The Ministry of Human Resource Development aims to make financial transactions completely digital in all higher education institutions.
All major ports to get LDB services: official sources
The Logistics Data Bank’s (LDB) services will soon be extended to all major ports in India.
Northeast monsoon may come by October-end
As the Southwest monsoon recedes, attention is focussed on the potential of the Northeast monsoon to make up for the deficit this year in some parts of the peninsular States, particularly Tamil Nadu.
The winter monsoon is likely to have a delayed onset, around the last week of October.
U.S.-backed forces wrest Raqqa from IS
U.S.-backed forces took full control of Raqqa from the Islamic State group. It was the last jihadist holdouts in the de facto Syrian capital of the so called ‘caliphate.’
HC stays Centre’s move to pull back forces from Darjeeling
The Calcutta High Court issued a stay on the Centre’s decision on the withdrawal of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) from the Darjeeling hills. The Centre had failed to provide enough reasons for the decision.
Toy train service to resume from Oct. 25
Services of the heritage Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR), popularly known as ‘toy train’, is all set to resume in the hills from October 25, after its suspension for 125 days due to the strike called by the Gorkha JanmuktiMorcha (GJM).
Gujarat ryots denied crop insurance
Non-payment or partial payment of crop insurance to farmers in Gujarat despite the State having collected high premiums, is emerging as a major issue in the poll-bound State.
Rohingya crisis worse than Syria’s, says UN
The Rohingya refugee crisis is worse than the exodus from Syria, Director-General of the UN’s International Organisation for Migration (IOM), says.
More check-posts to come up on Bangladesh border.
The Home Ministry will move a Cabinet note to construct seven integrated check-posts (ICPs) along the Bangladesh border to give a fillip to trade and business with the neighbouring country.
India’s second strategic nuclear submarine Aridhaman
India’s second strategic nuclear submarine Aridhaman is just a few weeks from sea launch.