Month: April 2025

Weather Update: As the country braces for the monsoon season, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday issued a cautionary outlook for May, warning of above-normal temperatures and a likely rise in heatwave occurrences across several regions.

Directors General of Military Operations of India and Pakistan talked over the hotline on Tuesday to discuss the unprovoked ceasefire violations by Pakistan, defence sources said on Wednesday.

In an important decision today (Wednesday, April 30, 2025), union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that caste data will be included in census.

Dilip Sanghvi of Sun Pharmaceuticals and Sunil Mittal of Bharti Airtel have seen their wealth increase by more than $4.9 billion since March. 

A fair and remunerative price (FRP) of Rs 355 per quintal was cleared at the Cabinet meeting, according to Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. FRP is the minimum price that sugarcane growers are entitled to receive from sugar mills for their produce.

Rising procurement costs trigger price hike; company says partial pass-through aimed at protecting both farmers and consumers. 

This bold declaration came after the Pahalgam massacre in which 26 innocent lives were lost, most of them tourists, and the nation waits on edge for the imminent response.

The meeting is scheduled at a time when Pakistan has denied any role in the Pahalgam incident and warned of a strong response to India’s measures, which included the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty.

In what is being seen as a potential turning point in India’s war against cross-border terrorism, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is holding a high-level security meeting with the country’s top defence brass, fuelling intense speculation about imminent, decisive action against Pakistan-based terror networks.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday chaired a meeting which was attended by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan.