Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday defended the government’s decision to replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) with the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill, insisting that the new law strengthens, rather than weakens, the legal right to rural employment.Responding to sharp opposition criticism, Chouhan…

File photo (Picture credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: Isro’s upcoming LVM3-M6 mission will place the BlueBird Block-2 satellite into orbit on December 24 as part of a commercial agreement with US-based AST SpaceMobile. The mission marks a significant step in global efforts to deliver high-speed mobile connectivity directly to smartphones using satellite technology.The BlueBird Block-2 satellite…

NEW DELHI: Train passengers travelling in AC coaches and non-AC passengers on Mail and Express trains will have to pay slightly more from December 26, as the Railway Ministry has increased fares by 2 paise per kilometre for these categories. A passenger travelling 500 km in a non-AC coach will have to pay Rs 10…

File photo (Picture credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: Security forces launched a search operation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district on Sunday after terrorists allegedly took food from a house in a village before fleeing into a nearby forest, reported news agency PTI.According to officials, the joint operation involving police and paramilitary forces is underway in…