Bihar leader Nitin Nabin is new BJP working president

The BJP's Parliamentary Board on Sunday notified the appointment of Bihar Minister and five-time MLA Nitin Nabin as the party's national working president, ending months of suspense. He is expected to be formally elected president in January. The party will endorse the election at its National Council meeting in April

11 dead as gunmen fire on Jewish event in Sydney

At least 11 people were killed and 29 wounded when gunmen fired on a Jewish holiday event at Sydney's Bondi Beach on Sunday in what Australian police and officials described as a terrorist attack

Bill likely soon to rejig higher education regulatory framework

The Union government has proposed in its new Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill, 2025, which is set to be introduced in Parliament this Winter Session, an "overhaul of the regulatory framework" of higher education in India.

The right moment to boost India-Ethiopia ties

Ethiopia, with a population of around 109 million (2024) and as one of Africa's fastest-growing economies, is of growing strategic and economic interest to major partners, including India. Its substantial manufacturing base, large domestic market, and geographic position in the Horn of Africa make it one of the continent's pivotal states.

Are methane emissions in India being missed?

What fuels landfill fires and is 84 times more potent than carbon dioxide over a 20-year period? The answer is methane. While it is an excellent fuel for kitchen stoves, CNG vehicles, and power plants, it is also busy burning the planet. Methane is generated naturally by decomposing organic matter.

Why are OBC lists in Bengal being scrutinised?

The National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) has recommended the exclusion of 35 communities, mostly Muslim, from West Bengal's Central list of Other Backward Classes (OBCs).

Officials of the NCBC have told The Hindu that the communities recommended by it for exclusion are part of a batch of communities that were added to the Central OBC list of West Bengal in 2014, just ahead of the Lok Sabha elections that year.

Indian Navy to commission second MH-60R helicopter squadron in Goa

The Indian Navy will commission its second MH-60R helicopter squadron, INAS 335 (Ospreys), on December 17 at INS Hansa in Goa, in the presence of the Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Dinesh K. Tripathi.

Jaishankar meets his U.K., European counterparts

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has met with his counterparts from Europe, the U.K., and Egypt on the sidelines of a high-level-summit in the United Arab Emirates.

States asked to send women, SC and ST officers for key posts on Central deputation

The Centre has asked States to nominate women officers and those from the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes for appointment in key posts on Central deputation so that adequate representation can be provided to them.

No link between COVID vaccines and sudden deaths: study

A one-year autopsy-based observational study conducted at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, has found no evidence of a causal link between COVID-19 vaccination and sudden deaths among young adults, reaf-firming the safety of COVID vaccines

'Early gestational diabetes affects about one in five pregnant women'

A study conducted at seven antenatal clinics with over 3,000 women, found that early gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) affects about one in five pregnant women, and also indicates a distinct higher risk for developing diabetes later in life, compared with GDM contracted later in pregnancy.

Bill for overhaul of higher education regulatory framework likely soon

In its new Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill, 2025, set to be introduced in Parliament this Winter Session, the Union government has proposed an "overhaul of the regulatory framework" of higher education in India by establishing a 12-member Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan (VBSA) umbrella commission, under which separate regulatory (viniyaman), accreditation (gunvatta), and standards (manak) councils will operate.

Zelenskyy relinquishes NATO ambition before peace talks

Ukraine has relinquished its ambition of joining the NATO military alliance in exchange for Western security guarantees as a compromise to end the war with Russia, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said ahead of talks with U.S. envoys in Berlin.