Новости за 09.01.2020

Over 100 retired civil servants have written an open letter to the government asserting the "constitutional and moral untenability" of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and urging it to repeal the legislation. The letter calls for the repeal of all sections of the Citizenship Act 1955 that pertain to the issue of national identity cards.

The Centre has notified 31 fields of information to be sought during the Houselisting and housing census phase of Census 2021, which include a new field relating to main cereal consumed in the household. However, field number 33 in the earlier Houselisting schedule approved for Census 2021 - 'number of household members availing banking services' - has been dropped.

Trinamool Congress on Thursday parted ways with the Left Front and Congress on the issue of "jointly opposing" the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the National Register of Citizens. It also backed out from moving an all-party resolution in the state assembly against the Centre's contentious moves.

Redefining the valuation of trees, often felled to make way for road, rail and other projects, the Supreme Court on Thursday said the time had come to calculate environmental cost of trees by taking into account the volume of oxygen they contribute to the atmosphere in their lifetime.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) found itself in the middle of a crisis on Thursday after it expelled eight former MLAs for "engaging with the government", and its founder member Muzaffar Hussain Baig hit out at former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti for her "provocative" remarks, which, he said, resulted in the downgrading of Jammu & Kashmir into two Union territories.

The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) total income for the year 2018-19 was over Rs 2,410 crore, a rise of 134% over its Rs 1,027 crore income shown in 2017-18. Congress has declared an income of Rs 918 crore, an over four-fold rise from Rs 199 crore in the previous year.

For the first time since 2008, India's busiest airports - Delhi and Mumbai - have seen a year-on-year dip in passengers in 2019 compared with 2018. While Indira Gandhi International Airport saw fewer domestic passengers, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport registered a fall in both domestic and international carriage.

The Supreme Court on Thursday said the country was going through a difficult period due to violent protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and requested all concerned to desist from aggravating the situation. "We are not saying who is responsible, police or students. We are saying rioting must stop," CJI SA Bobde-led bench said.

The news comes even as speculations of trouble in their marriage are doing the rounds.

Raftaar is known for voicing his opinion on social issues, and, like many from the entertainment industry, he also recently voiced his opinion on the current political scenario

Facebook said it would not make any major changes to its political advertising policies, which allow lies in ads, despite pressure from lawmakers who say the company is abdicating responsibility for what appears on its platform. Facebook would add greater transparency features to its library of political advertising, said Rob Leathern, company's director of product management.

A Ukraine airliner that crashed in Iran, killing all 176 people aboard, was most likely brought down accidentally by Iranian air defenses, US officials said on Thursday, as Donald Trump said he had a terrible feeling about the disaster. "Somebody could have made a mistake," Trump told reporters at the White House, adding that he had suspicions about the crash.

Akanksha shared few pictures with us where she can be seen flaunting her new design. She also expressed her happiness after getting this new tattoo.

Internet shutdowns in India are not just disruptions in routine and individual freedom, but are also having an economic impact on the country. Around 4,196 hours of internet blackouts in India cost the economy close to $1.3 billion in 2019, finds a study by UK-based tech research firm Top10Vpn.

Here are the big sports events lined up for Friday (January 10) that comprise the third and final India-Sri Lanka T20I and action from Malaysia Masters badminton tournament.

Bigg Boss 13 contestants Shehnaz Gill and Mahira Sharma have been at loggerheads for quite sometime now. The girls have not been getting along well and in the latest episode, the differences resulted in a huge fight between Paras and Mahira.

Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane will undergo surgery on his hamstring and is expected to be out of action until April, the Premier League club said on Thursday.

Shivangini Gohain, an archer from Assam, was on Thursday airlifted to the national capital after an arrow accidentally pierced through her shoulder during a practice session in Dibrugarh. The incident took place during a regular training session at Chabua in upper Assam's Dibrugarh district.

In the latest episode of Yeh Rishtey Hain Pyaar Ke, Mishti asks Abir how could he call him selfish.

Hitting back at Madhya Pradesh chief minister and Congress leader Kamal Nath for his swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the BJP on Thursday said its politics was based on hard work and talent while the opposition party survived on "dynasty".

Though immediate threat of a war between the US and Iran may have passed, the White House and US lawmakers are duking it out in Washington over who has the authority to declare war. Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin, a former CIA analyst, has called for the termination of President's power to engage in hostilities with Iran without Congress declaring war.