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UPSC website hacked on late Monday night; restored later The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) website was hacked late last night. The hackers, put up an image of a an injured Doraemon – popular Japanese cartoon character. The image contained two lines: “Doraemon!!!!!!! Pick up the Call” on the top and “I. M. STEWPEED” below. The ‘Doraemon’ title song in ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU When officials of the Registrar of Companies (RoC) raided a tiny office in Hyderabad’s Jubilee Hills area in July, they found 25 employees running 114 companies out of a single room. Most of the entities were owned by family members of B Ramalinga Raju, the man behind India’s biggest corporate fraud — the Satyam Scam. Kolkata is ...

While the Congress-led Punjab and Karnataka coalition government was thinking of reducing the VAT on petrol and diesel the BJP government of Rajasthan led by Vasundhara Raje, standing at the cusp of assembly elections, decided to reduce VAT on petrol and diesel. This decision of the government will provide relief in the price of oil up to 2 to 2.50 ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Prime Minister Narendra Modi has categorically said that the doctrine of ‘one nation, one poll was not being forced upon anyone, but there should be a debate on the issue. Modi’s comments came during his address at the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) national executive meet here. Reporting Modi’s address at the top party meet to the media, ...

The famous Hazratganj intersection of Lucknow will now be known as Atal Chowk. Lucknow Mayor, Sanyukta Bhatia has given her consent to rename Hazratganj to ‘Atal Chowk’ in honor of former PM late Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Now its proposal will be kept in the Lucknow Municipal Corporation House where it will be passed unanimously. Lucknow Municipal Corporation decides to name ...

The last date for online nominations/recommendations for the Padma Awards to be announced on the occasion of Republic Day, 2019 is September 15, 2018. Already more than 28,260 Registrations have been made on the website, out of which 28,212 nominations/recommendations completed since the nominations opened on 1st May, 2018. Nominations have been invited from Central Ministries/Departments, States/UT Governments, Bharat Ratna ...

The Vice President of India, M. Venkaiah Naidu emplaned today for United States of America on a two-day visit on September 8-9, 2018. During this visit he will address the 2nd World Hindu Congress being held in Chicago on the occasion of 125th Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda’s Historic Speech at the Parliament of the World’s Religions in 1893. The Vice ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Gay sex among consenting adults is not a criminal offence, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled Thursday, holding that part of a 158-year-old colonial law that criminalised it, violated the constitutional right to equality and dignity. The top court decriminalised part of the Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code that criminalises consensual gay sex, saying it was ...

A five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court Thursday unanimously decriminalised part of the 158-year-old colonial law under Section 377 of the IPC which criminalises consensual unnatural sex. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra termed the part of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code which crimiminalises unnatural sex as irrational, indefensible and manifestly arbitrary. The ...

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday urged the countrymen to come in maximum number of Kumbh Mela being held in Allahabad next year. Kumbh Mela in Allahabad is going to start from 15th January, 2019 Yogi said, “We are trying to open the door of Prayag Fort where Saraswati exists and for this purpose, we are talking with ...