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8th Pay Commission: 400% salary hike on table as railway union proposes tiered formula

The 8th Pay Commission debate has intensified after a railway employees’ union proposed a tiered fitment factor system that could push salary hikes beyond 400 per cent for select government employees Go to Source Read More

India opens fifth-gen fighter race to private sector; three players vie for AMCA project

India has opened the competition for its first indigenous fifth-generation stealth fighter, the AMCA, with three private-sector-led teams now vying to build its prototypes under a Rs 15,000 crore programme Go to Source Read More

Assam Assembly passes UCC Bill, becomes third state to adopt Uniform Civil Code

The proposed law seeks to create a common legal framework for marriage, divorce, succession and live-in relationships across communities, while exempting Scheduled Tribes residing in Assam. Read More

Hyundai Motor India to raise vehicle prices by up to Rs 12,800 from June 1, second time in a year

Hyundai Motor India will raise vehicle prices by up to Rs 12,800 from June 1, marking its second price hike in a year amid rising input costs, commodity inflation and higher operational expenses Go to Source Read More

Air India to slash nearly a quarter of domestic flights amid sharp rise in jet fuel prices: Report

Air India is set to cut around 22 per cent of its domestic flights as soaring aviation fuel prices raise operating costs and pressure airline profitability Go to Source Read More

Penpa Tsering sworn in as president of Tibetan government-in-exile; Dalai Lama attends ceremony

Backed by a global democratic vote across 27 nations, the Sikyong pledges adherence to the ‘middle way’ autonomy policy, drawing sharp, immediate condemnation from Beijing Go to Source Read More

The rise and fall of Byju Raveendran: How a $22-billion edtech empire collapsed

From becoming India’s biggest edtech success story to facing insolvency battles and a Singapore jail sentence, the dramatic fall of BYJU’S founder Byju Raveendran has shocked the startup world. Read More

‘Take precautions’: PM Modi urges citizens to stay hydrated as heatwave grips India

Large parts of central and northwest India are likely to remain under heatwave to severe heatwave conditions for the next three to four days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said Go to Source Read More