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New Delhi: In a major departure from the existing law, the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill 2026 introduced in the Lok Sabha on Friday proposes to drop the clause that allows “self-perceived gender identity” to be the basis for self-determination and identification for approval of district transgender certificates.The existing vague definition of the…

New Delhi: The Commerce Department is working on measures to provide support to exporters to overcome the impact of the West Asian conflict as it prioritizes shipments of perishable goods, including by air.Also, exporters have been asked to look at other markets to minimize the impact of the war in a region that is the…

BENGALURU/CHANDIGARH: The Congress has taken nine of its 14 Odisha MLAs to a Bangalore resort and 32 of its Haryana MLAs to the Himachal Pradesh hills, starting a familiar ritual of unscheduled political vacations as the parties try to corral the horse-trading Rajya Sabha pack. In Bhubaneswar, former chief minister Naveen Patnaik’s BJD held mandatory…

LUDHIANA: They sent the cheerful and cheerful young man abroad in hopes of a better life. They brought him back in a casket, wearing an alien uniform and with no answers as to how or why he died. Samarjit Singh of Ludhiana, who traveled to Russia in 2025 for higher education and a better job,…

NEW DELHI: Suggesting a major reboot in agriculture policy, the Supreme Court on Friday asked the central government along with domain experts and stakeholders to work out a remuneration structure to encourage farmers to shift from traditional wheat and rice crops to pulses. During the hearing of a PIL questioning the government’s wisdom in initially…

New Delhi: Two Indian nationals were killed and 10 injured in a drone attack on an industrial area in Oman’s Sohar province on Friday, taking the total Indian death toll in the ongoing war in West Asia to five. Oman News Agency reported that two drones crashed in Sohar, one hitting the Al-Awahi industrial area,…

At a time when long queues for LPG cylinders are becoming common, a village campus near Vadodara in Gujarat presents a sustainable alternative. The Muni Seva Ashram campus in Goraj runs a solar-powered kitchen and biogas system that prepares food for about 5,000 people every day without relying on LPG. The campus also houses a…

JAMMU: A Jammu and Kashmir Police head constable and his wife died, and their sons were injured when their car plunged into a stream in Doda district on Friday.The family was going to Vaderwah in their SUV from Bani in Kathua district when the accident occurred around 9 am near Basti village (Vhaderwah). Head constable…

New Delhi: The cost of FASTag annual pass for private vehicles will increase by 2.5% to Rs 3,075 from April 1. Currently, the annual pass costs Rs 3,000, which allows vehicles to cross 200 toll plazas without stopping. The pass can be recharged multiple times a year.Officials said the provision for annual price revision was…

Several countries in the subcontinent are reaching out to India for additional fuel as the ongoing conflict in the Middle East cuts fuel supplies from the Persian Gulf.This comes after the Strait of Hormuz was effectively closed, leaving several South Asian countries with limited reserves and few alternative supply routes.Addressing a press briefing, MEA spokesperson…