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India, Meta Launch "Be An Empowered Consumer" Campaign For Digital Safety
- Mar 19, 2025 01:02 am IST
- Press Trust of India
The Ministry of Consumer Affairs on Tuesday announced a partnership with tech company Meta to launch a consumer awareness campaign called "Be an Empowered Consumer" aimed at enhancing digital literacy and protection for online consumers.
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Lok Sabha To Provide AI Tools, Chatbot For MPs To Access Parliament Records
- Mar 19, 2025 00:56 am IST
- Press Trust of India
Lok Sabha will soon deploy Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to provide live interpretation and transcription of parliamentary debates in different languages and develop an AI chatbot to help MPs refer to rules and access its vast repository of data
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"Egg On My Face": Shashi Tharoor on Opposing India's Stance On Russia-Ukraine War
- Mar 19, 2025 00:29 am IST
- Press Trust of India
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor conceded that he was left with "egg on his face" in opposing India's stance when the Russia-Ukraine war broke out and said the country is now in a position where it can make a difference.
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Two Arrested In Karnataka Food Poisoning Tragedy
- Mar 18, 2025 23:30 pm IST
- Written by: Ratnadip Choudhury
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma has said that two prsons have been arrested in connection with the food poisoning incident in Karnataka.
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Kerala Girl, Upset Over Divided Affection, Kills 4-Month-Old Cousin: Cops
- Mar 18, 2025 22:54 pm IST
- Indo-Asian News Service
A 12-year-old girl on Tuesday confessed to having killed her four-month-old cousin sister by throwing her into a well near Kannur in Kerala.
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Karnataka BJP MLA Basangouda Patil Yatnal Charged For Vulgar Remarks On Ranya Rao
- Mar 18, 2025 22:42 pm IST
- NDTV News Desk
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Basangouda Patil Yatnal was on Tuesday charged for his vulgar remarks on actor Ranya Rao, who is currently in the custody of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence in a gold smuggling case.
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Kotak Mahindra Bank Held Guilty Of Perjury, Official Jailed For 3 Months
- Mar 18, 2025 22:28 pm IST
- Written by: J Sam Daniel Stalin
A Chennai court on Tuesday held Kotak Mahindra Bank guilty of perjury and imposed a fine of Rs 1,50,000 on it for collecting excess money on a loan issued to a customer.
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Voter ID To Be Linked With Aadhaar, Says Poll Body. Congress Reacts
- Mar 18, 2025 22:09 pm IST
- Reported by: Ashwine Kumar Singh, Sunil Prabhu
- Edited by: Anindita Sanyal
The Election Commission held a meeting today to finalise its decision to link Voter ID cards with Aadhaar.
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4 Children Among 7 Missing As Boat Capsizes In Madhya Pradesh Dam, 8 Rescued
- Mar 18, 2025 22:05 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
Three women and four children went missing after a boat ferrying them capsized in Matatila Dam in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri district on Tuesday evening, police said.
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Rajesh Kumar Appointed Bihar Congress Chief Ahead Of State Assembly Polls
- Mar 18, 2025 21:57 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
The Congress on Tuesday appointed Rajesh Kumar the new president of its Bihar unit, replacing Akhilesh Prasad Singh ahead of the state assembly elections.
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Chhattisgarh Journalist Was Killed For Road Construction Fraud Report: Cops
- Mar 18, 2025 21:54 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
Freelance journalist Mukesh Chandrakar was killed for reporting irregularities in road construction work in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur and the murder was planned by a contractor along with his two brothers and a supervisor, as per a charge sheet.
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Ghaziabad Man Rapes, Strangles 7-Year-Old Daughter, Blames Neighbour: Cops
- Mar 18, 2025 20:46 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
A man allegedly raped and strangled his seven-year-old daughter in the Loni Border area, later fabricating a story to frame a neighbour, police said on Tuesday.
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Trade Marks Registry Accepts 'Chutiyaram' For Biscuits Company, Does U-Turn
- Mar 18, 2025 20:09 pm IST
- NDTV News Desk
Two weeks after it accepted an application for the registration of the word 'Chutiyaram', making many wonder whether it was in keeping with a section barring trademarks that are considered obscene, the Trade Marks Registry has done a U-turn.
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Uddhav Thackeray Bowed Before PM Modi: Eknath Shinde's Big Claim
- Mar 18, 2025 19:57 pm IST
- NDTV News Desk
Former Chief Minister of Maharashtra Uddhav Thackeray had bowed down before Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asking to be saved from the action of investigating agencies, Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has claimed.
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Fake Blood, Sharp Weapon: Reel Shoot Sparks Panic In Karnataka, 2 Arrested
- Mar 18, 2025 19:53 pm IST
- Reported by: Nehal Kidwai
An attempt to film a murder scene for an Instagram reel triggered panic in Karnataka's Kalaburagi late on Monday, police on Tuesday said, adding that two people have been arrested.
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With No Formal Training, 59-Year-Old Kerala Tailor Reaches Everest Base Camp With YouTube Tips
- Mar 18, 2025 19:23 pm IST
- Edited by: Ritu Singh
Ms Cheruveettil dedicated over four months to meticulous self-preparation for her journey.
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"No Such Data Maintained Centrally": Home Ministry On Maha Kumbh Deaths
- Mar 18, 2025 19:11 pm IST
- Written by: Neeta Sharma
Six weeks after the Maha Kumbh stampede, the Home Ministry has told the Lok Sabha the centre did not conduct an inquiry of its own and does not have data on the number of dead and injured.
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Samosas And The Risk Of Private Spacecraft: What Sunita Williams Told NDTV In 2016
- Mar 18, 2025 19:11 pm IST
- Reported by: Pallava Bagla
- Edited by: Rohit Paul
Eight years before the Boeing Starliner suffered glitches, leaving her stranded on the International Space Station for nine months, NDTV had spoken to Sunita Williams and asked whether she thought flying on a privately built spacecraft could be risky
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6 Supreme Court Judges To Visit Manipur's Relief Camps, Meet Displaced People
- Mar 18, 2025 18:56 pm IST
- Reported by: Ashish Kumar Bhargava
- Edited by: Debanish Achom
Six Supreme Court judges will visit relief camps where internally displaced people are living in Manipur on March 22 "to strengthen legal and humanitarian support" in the crisis-hit state, the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) said.