In focus, 27th Jun 2024, News & Stories from India

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In focus, 27 Jun 2024

Delhi CM and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal being produced before the Rouse Avenue Court in connection with a money laundering case related to the Delhi liquor policy, in New Delhi, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Kejriwal: Don’t punish via process

What is happening is persecution of a political heavyweight and not prosecution for graft.

27 Jun 2024 11:55 PM

President Droupadi Murmu addresses the joint sitting of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, in New Delhi, Thursday, June 27, 2024. The first session of the 18th Lok Sabha began on Monday and the 264th session of the Rajya Sabha will begin on June 27. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Prez speech signals govt's focus on agri, rural reform

The President’s speech hints at the continued economic reforms with a special focus on the green economy

27 Jun 2024 11:48 PM

Experience the magic of Symphony Orchestra of India at Prestige Centre for Performing Arts, featuring piano prodigy Ayaan Deshpande in Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21. Explore a night of musical brilliance with Rossini and Respighi's compositions. (Image: DC)

SOI returns to Bengaluru with a promising western classical music concert

The concert will also feature Ayaan Deshpande, a young pianist and a student of the SOI Music Academy

27 Jun 2024 7:18 PM

Learn how to lower payments, tap into equity, switch to fixed rates, and more. (Image: DC)

Getting to grips with the mortgage refinancing process

Explore the benefits of refinancing your mortgage and follow a step-by-step guide to navigate the process successfully

27 Jun 2024 7:08 PM

Traditional recruitment strategies generally focus on domain-based hard skills and past experiences to evaluate candidates for a job role. (Image: DC)

Redefine hiring with pre-employment behavioral assessments

Integrate behavioural assessments in hiring to evaluate candidates' personality traits, ensuring quality and culturally fit hires

27 Jun 2024 6:55 PM

Flychem launches KOSAVATM, the most advanced high-purity encapsulated salicylic acid, at Cosmohome Tech 2024, New Delhi. (Image: DC)

Flychem Launches KOSAVA : 70% Water-Soluble Salicylic Acid for Personal Care

Flychem introduces KOSAVA, the world's most advanced high-purity encapsulated salicylic acid, at Cosmohome Tech 2024

27 Jun 2024 6:39 PM

Pitroda, in an interview with 'The Statesman', while reflecting upon the democracy in India, said, "We have survived 75 years in a very happy environment where people could live together, leaving aside a few fights here and there. We could hold a country together as diverse as India, where people in the East look like Chinese, people in the West look like Arabs, people in the North look like whites, and maybe people in the South look like Africans." — ANI

Sam Pitroda re-appointed chairman of Indian Overseas Congress

Congress general secretary (communications) Jairam Ramesh informed about Pitroda's decision to step down through a post on X

27 Jun 2024 1:04 AM

CBI officials leave with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal from the Rouse Avenue Court after the court sent him to the probe agency custody in the Excise policy case, in New Delhi, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. (PTI Photo)

Kejriwal in CBI Custody Over Excise Policy Case, Claims Innocence

The counsel representing the CM opposed the CBI's plea seeking his custody, terming the remand application "totally vague".

27 Jun 2024 1:01 AM

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla conducts the proceedings of the House during the first session of the 18th Lok Sabha, in New Delhi, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. (PTI Photo)

Lok Sabha session likely to be stormy

Mr Birla took the Congress by surprise as he read out the resolution targetting the Congress party and former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

27 Jun 2024 12:57 AM

Former Jammu & Kashmir High Court Bar Association president Mian Qayoom, arrested on Tuesday in connection with the 2020 murder of advocate Babar Qadri, after being produced in a court, in Jammu, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. (PTI Photo)

Kashmiri Lawyer Mian Qayoom Remanded in Police Custody Till July 1

Mr. Qayoom was arrested for his alleged involvement in the murder conspiracy of a fellow lawyer Babar Qadri in 2020.

27 Jun 2024 12:54 AM

After losing five Lok Sabha seats to the Congress in the recently concluded general election, the BJP has turned its attention to the Haryana Assembly elections. (ANI representational)

BJP and Congress Intensify Campaigns Ahead of Haryana Assembly Elections

On its part, the Haryana Congress had already kicked off holding district-level worker meetings.

27 Jun 2024 12:51 AM

Security personnel patrol ahead of the annual Amarnath Yatra, near Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu, Wednesday, June 26, 2024.(PTI Photo)

Syed Ata Hasnain | How to stabilise, secure J&K for Assembly polls

As J&K prepares for Assembly elections, ensuring security and stability in a region with a complex history of conflict remains paramount.

27 Jun 2024 12:35 AM

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gestures after landing at RAAF air base Fairbairn in Canberra, Australia, Wednesday, June 26 2024. Assange has returned to his homeland Australia aboard a charter jet hours after pleading guilty to obtaining and publishing U.S. military secrets in a deal with Justice Department prosecutors that concludes a drawn-out legal saga. AP/PTI

AA Edit | Assange: A lesson for world

Julian Assange's release highlights the enduring tension between state power and press freedom in democratic societies.

27 Jun 2024 12:29 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi and Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Kiren Rijiju greet Om Birla after the latter was elected as the Speaker of the House during the first session of the 18th Lok Sabha, in New Delhi, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Chance to build consensus lost in election of Speaker

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi shaking hands in the Lok Sabha on the opening day of the new session

27 Jun 2024 12:23 AM

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