HISTORICAL FACTS: 7 | History Defined

Plea to NCERT to reinsert Darwin’s Theory of Evolution in textbooks

Mr. Murthy alleged that the Union government was trying to destroy academics with its hidden agenda.

The Hindu · May 14, 2023

SC dismisses Centre’s argument that national interests trump over ‘local quibbles’

The Supreme Court dismissed the Centre’s claim of superiority over the elected government of Delhi on the ground that the national capital is the seat of the Union Government

The Hindu · May 11, 2023

Fishermen warn of intense protests against move to mine seas

The umbrella organisation of fishermen comprising trade unions across political affiliations will begin with a march to Raj Bhavan on May 5 to register protest against sea mining for building and mineral sands and other materials of commercial value. The Union government is going ahead with sea mining policy despite…

The Hindu · Apr 29, 2023

John Curtice: The Union is in trouble and indyref2 WILL happen

POLLING expert Sir John Curtice has argued that another independence referendum will happen – because “the Union is in trouble”.

The National (Scotland) · Mar 25, 2023

OROP arrears: Supreme Court allows Union government to make staggered payments

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Union government to make staggered payments of 'one rank, one pension(OROP) arrears to ex-servicemen by February 28, 2024.

The Times of India · Mar 20, 2023

Navy renames a former San Diego-based ship after slave and sailor Robert Smalls

The U.S. guided-missile cruiser Chancellorsville, which was homeported in San Diego for many years, has been renamed Robert Smalls, honoring a Civil War-era maritime pilot who commandeered a Confederate ship in 1862 and turned it over to the Union forces.

Tribune News Service · Mar 8, 2023

Nadine Dorries says 'nothing was formidable' about Nicola Sturgeon in goodbye tweet

OUTGOING Tory MP and Boris Johnson loyalist Nadine Dorries has claimed that Nicola Sturgeon “destabilised Scotland and the Union”.

The National (Scotland) · Feb 16, 2023

Biden's State of the Union to tout policy wins on economy

President Joe Biden will use his second State of the Union address on Tuesday to remind Americans of how their lives have been improved over his first two years in office, as he tries to navigate the tricky politics of a newly divided Washington

The Independent UK · Feb 5, 2023

Congress to hold protest against 'anti-people policies' of BJP govt across 13 districts

DEHRADUN: The Opposition Congress in Uttarakhand has announced to stage protests in all 13 districts against the “anti-people policies of the Union and state governments and inflation.” The Congress members would set ablaze effigies of the BJP government in all districts.

The Times of India · Jan 2, 2023

Erase 2-finger sex assault test from curriculum: Supreme Court

NEW DELHI: Deprecating continued use of the banned invasive two-finger test to determine a rape survivor’s prior sexual conduct, the Supreme Court on Monday ordered the Union and state governments to take steps to erase the humiliating test from medical curriculum and warned that doctors would be guilty of misconduct…

The Times of India · Oct 31, 2022