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LEGAL NEWS NEWS CATEGORIES 

SC rejects appeal against DJS prelims exam

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The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected an appeal against the Delhi High Court order dismissing a plea challenging the final answer keys of the Delhi Judicial Service Preliminary Exam 2022. A vacation bench of Justices M R Shah and Aniruddha Bose dismissed the plea saying that the High Court has considered each and every question in detail. Prepare for the next exam. High Court has considered in detail all answers and issues, the bench said. Having heard the counsel for parties and having gone through the impugned order and considering…

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NEWS CATEGORIES WORLD NEWS 

US stresses allied cooperation in face of N Korea threats

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 US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman met with her counterparts from South Korea and Japan on Wednesday, emphasising the US commitment to defend its allies and trilateral security cooperation to confront an accelerating nuclear threat from North Korea. The latest top-level meetings between the countries came as North Korea apparently presses ahead with preparations for its first nuclear test explosion in nearly five years, which US officials say could occur in the coming days. After a meeting in Seoul, Sherman and the South Korean and Japanese vice foreign ministers…

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BUSINESS NEWS CATEGORIES 

EMIs to rise as Reserve Bank hikes repo rate by 50 bps; 2nd increase in 5 weeks

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 Home, auto and other loan EMIs will rise after Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday raised the key interest rate by 50 basis points, the second increase in five weeks, to rein in rise in prices that it saw continuing to hurt consumers in the near term. With inflation persistently hovering above the upper tolerance limit of 6 per cent, the RBI’s six-member rate-setting panel voted unanimously to raise the lending rate of the repurchase (repo) rate by 50 basis points to 4.90 per cent, Governor Shaktikanta Das said. The…

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NEWS CATEGORIES SPORTS 

Titleholder France held by Croatia to 1-1 in Nations League

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Titleholder France failed to rebound from its opening defeat in the Nations League after it was held by Croatia to 1-1. Midfielder Adrien Rabiot broke the deadlock after the break and substitute Andrej Kramaric equalized from the spot late for Croatia not to lose to France for the first time in 11 years. The draw did neither any favors: France was stunned by Denmark 2-1 in Paris on Friday, the first loss after 20 unbeaten matches, and Croatia started its campaign by losing at home to Austria 3-0. France will…

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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS CATEGORIES 

Jitendra Kumar-starrer sports comedy ‘Jaadugar’ to premiere on Netflix in July

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Sports dramedy film “Jaadugar”, featuring actors Jitendra Kumar, Arushi Sharma and Jaaved Jaaferi, will premiere on Netflix on July 15. Set in a football-loving town, “Jaadugar” is a story of a small-time magician, Meenu, with no athletic skill who must prove his worth in a prestigious inter-colony football tournament, in order to marry the love of his life. The film is produced by Posham Pa Pictures and directed by Sameer Saxena, known for his work on popular series like “Yeh Meri Family”, “Permanent Roommates” and “TVF Tripling”. Saxena said the…

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LEGAL NEWS NEWS CATEGORIES 

Quashing of FIR in matrimonial offences welcome: Delhi HC

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The Delhi High Court has said that quashing of FIR in matrimonial offences is welcome as it shows that parties have decided to put an end to the dispute as well as the misery. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, while quashing an FIR for the offence of rape and cruelty by a woman against her father-in-law and others, said that that there was a need to curb the use of sexual offences along with the offence of cruelty in matrimonial cases and that compromise is the best way possible to settle…

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BUSINESS NEWS CATEGORIES 

Regulators should be well advanced to deal with digitisation: Sitharaman

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 Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said regulators and other entities should be well advanced and ahead of the curve in understanding digitisation to ensure that there is no misuse of technologies. Sitharaman, who is in charge of finance and corporate affairs ministries, also emphasised the need to have firewall mechanisms in the context of digitisation. The decade from 2020 and upwards will be infused with digital methods, she added. Sitharaman was speaking at the event to flag off Iconic Day celebrations of the corporate affairs ministry as part of…

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NEWS CATEGORIES WORLD NEWS 

US official vows ‘forceful response’ if N Korea tests nuke

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US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman on Tuesday warned of a forceful response if North Korea carries out its first nuclear test explosion in nearly five years as she travelled to Seoul to meet with South Korean and Japanese allies and discuss the escalating standoff. US and South Korean officials have said North Korea is all but ready to conduct another detonation at its nuclear testing ground in the northeastern town of Punggye-ri, which last hosted a test in September 2017, when it claimed to have detonated a thermonuclear…

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NATIONAL NEWS NEWS CATEGORIES 

Modi govt brought number of LWE-affected districts down by 70 pc: Amit Shah

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said the Narendra Modi government has brought the number of districts affected by Left-wing extremism in the country down by 70 per cent. The government also lifted the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) from more than 66 per cent area in the Northeast, he said after inaugurating the National Tribal Research Institute in Delhi. The Union Home Minister said the northeast and Left-wing extremism-affected areas of the country are tribal-dominated regions and security is a precursor to development there. “Secured Northeast and…

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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS CATEGORIES 

Armaan Malik to collaborate with Ed Sheeran on new ‘2Step’ version

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Singer-songwriter Armaan Malik on Monday said he is set to team up with Ed Sheeran on a brand new version of the popular British singer’s latest single “2Step”. In a Twitter post, Malik also shared that the song will be released Tuesday on all music streaming platforms. “Out tomorrow,” he captioned the cover art of the song and tagged Sheeran on the microblogging site. “2Step” marks Malik’s second international collaboration following “Echo”, for which he had joined hands with Eric Nam, an American singer of Korean descent, and American musician-producer…

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