Author: Sharad Natani
India has intensified its nationwide commitment to eliminate child marriage with the launch of a 100-Day Accelerated Campaign under the Bal Vivah Mukt Bharat Abhiyan. Senior Union Ministers highlighted the role of education, community participation, and women’s empowerment as key pillars in protecting the future of India’s children. Speaking at the national event, the Union Women & Child Development Minister said that India is at a transformational juncture—one where girls’ education, safety and equal opportunity must become central to the country’s development narrative. Women Leading India’s Growth Story The Minister highlighted several powerful indicators of progress: ●43% of India’s STEM…
In a significant development for Noida’s civic community, the Federation of Noida Residents Welfare Associations (FONRWA) has announced its new leadership team for the 2026–28 term. A crucial meeting was held at Sector-45 in the office of outgoing President Yogendra Sharma, where the selection committee finalized a 21-member executive team expected to play a key role in shaping Noida’s residential governance. Selection Committee Chairman Govind Sharma formally declared the names and called the new panel a balanced, merit-driven, and inclusive team that represents multiple sectors across Noida. He expressed confidence that the newly formed group will work actively toward improving…
In a country where academic scores are often seen as the ultimate measure of potential, the story of Pawan Kumar Chandana proves that passion can take you far beyond any mark sheet. Born and raised in Visakhapatnam, this ordinary boy—who once scored just 51 marks in Maths—went on to achieve something extraordinary: building India’s largest private rocket factory and becoming one of the leading faces of India’s booming space-tech revolution. Today, Chandana is the co-founder and CEO of Skyroot Aerospace, the startup behind India’s first private rocket launch, Vikram-S. His journey from a government school classroom to the centre of…
In a major step toward protecting women and vulnerable citizens, South Korea is developing a world-first mobile application that will allow stalking victims to track the exact, real-time location of their offenders on a digital map. The Justice Ministry announced the move after approving a landmark amendment to the country’s electronic monitoring law — a reform triggered by rising public anger over violent stalking cases. The upcoming app will give victims live visibility of an offender’s movements, direction, and proximity — transforming the nation’s approach to personal safety. Beyond Text Alerts: Victims Will Finally See Where the Danger Is Until…
In one of its toughest crackdowns yet on India’s booming “finfluencer” industry, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has banned financial influencer Avadhut Sathe and his company, Avadhut Sathe Trading Academy Pvt. Ltd. (ASTAPL), from the securities market and ordered them to refund Rs 546.16 crore collected from lakhs of unsuspecting retail investors. The move marks a turning point in India’s fight against unregistered investment advisors who operate under the guise of “financial education”. SEBI’s 125-Page Order Exposes a Deep Web of Misleading Practices According to SEBI, Sathe and his academy sold trading courses, but what participants actually…
India is preparing to roll out one of the world’s most sweeping caller-ID reforms, a move that could transform how 1.1 billion mobile subscribers identify incoming calls — and how the country fights its exploding fraud ecosystem. The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is finalising nationwide deployment of Caller Name Presentation (CNAP), a system that will show a caller’s KYC-verified legal name every time they make a call. Unlike apps such as Truecaller that rely on crowdsourced data, CNAP will use official telecom KYC records, making it one of the most authoritative caller identity systems in the world. The feature is…