NEW DELHI: The Cabinet on Friday approved the revision of pension for ex-servicemen and their widows under the ‘one-rank, one-pension’ (OROP) scheme with effect from July 2019. The decision of the Cabinet was announced by I&B minister Anurag Thakur who emphasised that it was the Modi government that implemented OROP in 2015 that had been … Read more
Sports guest editors Viswanathan Anand and Anurag Thakur talk to TOI about the game-changing dynamics of the Chess Olympiad…Viswanathan Anand has decided to don a new hat. The five-time world chess champion, who is still an active p layer at 52 and has defeated the world’s top player, Magnus Carlsen, twice recently, will contest for … Read more
NEW DELHI: The information and broadcasting ministry on Saturday directed a TV channel and social media giants Twitter and YouTube to pull down from their platforms the “derogatory and obscene” advertisements of a deodorant brand, Layer’r Shot. Several social media users as well as Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal said the series of … Read more
MUMBAI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Sports minister Anuraj Thakur and the country’s first individual gold medal winner at the Olympics, Abhinav Bindra on Sunday led the nation in hailing the men’s badminton team for winning a historic maiden title in Thomas Cup World team badminton championships in Bangkok. India scripted history with a dominant 3-0 … Read more