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Several number assistance schemes discontinued aft 2021-22, Minority Affairs Minister tells Rajya Sabha
The Centre has discontinued the implementation of respective scholarship schemes for number students beyond 2021-22, Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju tells Rajya Sabha connected Monday (March 30, 3036). The Minister was responding to a question by Member of Parliament (CPI-M) from Kerala, John Brittas, who had sought details of the assistance schemes presently disposable for the number students astatine each stages of acquisition and the fig of beneficiaries, State-wise.
Education Ministry notifies NCERT arsenic deemed university
The Education Ministry has issued a notification declaring the National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT), as an instauration deemed to beryllium a university, enabling it to connection courses/programmes and confer degrees. The notification confers this presumption connected the NCERT, on with its six determination institutes, provided that a database of conditions is met.
Trump announces demolition of Iran’s tallest bridge
U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday (April 2, 2026) the tallest span successful Iran had been destroyed, hours aft threatening to weaponry the state “back to the Stone Ages.” Ghodratollah Seif, the Deputy Governor of Alborz Province, wherever the B1 span is located, said the onslaught had killed 8 radical and wounded 95 others, according to authorities TV and Fars quality agency.
Election Commission asks NIA to probe Malda violence
The Election Commission of India (ECI) connected Thursday (April 2, 2026) asked the National Investigation Agency to analyse the unit successful Malda territory of West Bengal, wherever 7 judicial officers were gheraoed by a mob connected Wednesday (April 1, 2026) evening. During the proceeding connected the substance connected Thursday (April 2, 2026), the Supreme Court had directed the committee to entrust the probe into the incidental to an autarkic agency, specified arsenic the Central Bureau of Investigation oregon the National Investigation Agency.
Trump fires Pam Bondi arsenic U.S. lawyer general, White House authoritative says
U.S. President Donald Trump removed Attorney General Pam Bondi from her post connected Thursday (April 2, 2026), a White House authoritative said, pursuing mounting vexation with her performance, including her handling of investigative files related to the precocious financier and enactment offender Jeffrey Epstein. Mr. Trump had besides reportedly grown frustrated that Ms. Bondi was not moving rapidly capable to prosecute critics and adversaries who helium wanted to look transgression charges.
HC gives Kejriwal ‘last chance’ to reply to ED plea
The Delhi High Court connected Thursday granted a last accidental to erstwhile Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, erstwhile Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, and others to respond to a plea by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) seeking to expunge “unwarranted” remarks made against it by a proceedings tribunal portion discharging them successful the liquor case. Noting that nary of the respondents but 1 had filed their replies contempt seeking clip earlier, Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said arguments would beryllium heard connected April 22. “Last accidental is granted to record reply, failing which the close to record reply volition close. Arguments volition beryllium heard connected the adjacent day of hearing,” the tribunal said.
Governor bound by Cabinet’s advice: Madras High Court
A Full Bench (comprising 3 judges) of the Madras High Court, connected Thursday (April 2, 2026), held that the Governor, whether he/she likes it oregon not, is bound by the proposal of the Council of Ministers portion exercising powers nether Article 161 of the Constitution successful matters relating to remission and premature merchandise of convicts. The Bench comprising Justices A.D. Jagadish Chandira, G.K. Ilanthiraiyan, and Sunder Mohan besides ruled that the Governor, nether nary circumstance, could workout immoderate discretion whatsoever to instrumentality a antithetic presumption from the 1 taken by the Council of Ministers. The Bench was answering a notation made to it by a Division Bench.
West Asia crisis: Rajnath Singh chairs high-level conscionable to minimise interaction connected India
Amid the evolving struggle successful West Asia, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh connected Thursday chaired the 2nd gathering of the Informal Group of Ministers (IGoM) to measure the concern and illustration measures to minimise its interaction connected India. The meeting, held astatine Kartavya Bhawan-2, reviewed caller developments successful the portion and deliberated connected proactive steps to mitigate imaginable economical and strategical fallout arising from the ongoing crisis.
Pakistan says onus connected Afghanistan to extremity hostilities
Pakistan said Thursday (April 2, 2026) that the burden of ending its cross-border struggle laic with Afghanistan, arsenic the 2 sides held preliminary talks to effort to extremity hostilities. The neighbours and one-time allies person been locked successful an escalating struggle implicit claims from Islamabad that Afghanistan is harbouring militants liable for cross-border attacks, which the Taliban authorities denies.
AAP writes to Rajya Sabha to region Raghav Chadha arsenic party’s lawman leader
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) connected Thursday wrote a missive to the Rajya Sabha Secretariat seeking the assignment of MP Ashok Mittal arsenic the lawman person of the enactment successful the Upper House, replacing MP Raghav Chadha, according to enactment sources .Although the enactment did not contented an authoritative statement, the determination comes amid a increasing rift betwixt the AAP enactment and Mr. Chadha, who until not truthful agelong agone was considered precise adjacent to enactment main Arvind Kejriwal, implicit the past galore months.
IPL 2026: Sunrisers unfastened relationship with a objective triumph implicit Knight Riders
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) enactment up a agreed effort, including Nitish Kumar’s all-round amusement and Heinrich Klaasen’s coagulated half-century, to grounds a convincing 65-run triumph implicit Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and unfastened its relationship successful IPL 2026 astatine the Eden Gardens present connected Thursday (April 2, 2026). After location skipper Ajinkya Rahane won the flip connected his 200th quality and inserted the visitors in, SRH relied connected its flamboyant openers Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma’s breathtaking knocks and Klaasen and Nitish Kumar’s important contributions down the bid to station a formidable 226 for eight.
