New Delhi, Dec 9: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved Rs 22,810 crore outlay for a new employment scheme that aims at encouraging businesses to do fresh hiring.

Bengaluru, Dec 9: The controversial Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Bill, 2020, was passed in the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday amid protests by the Opposition. 

Kolar, Karnataka, Dec 9: Defending his party supporting the government to pass the Land Reforms Bill in the Legislative Council, JDS leader H D Kumarawamy on Wednesday said that his party extended support to the government after it agreed to withdrew some of the provisions in the law.

New Delhi, Dec 9: Protesting farmers on Wednesday unanimously rejected the proposed amendments suggested by the Central government to three controversial farm laws and have sought complete rollback of the laws.

Bengaluru, Dec 9: Farmers, backed by various unions, on Wednesday took out a protest march to the Vidhana Soudha, the State Secretariat, where Winter session of Karnataka Legislative Assembly was in progress, demanding the State Government scrap the recent amendments made to the farm laws.

Mumbai, Dec 9: India loves cricket and this has been proven yet again as the Indian Premier League (IPL) beat even the coronavirus for the top trending query overall in the year, according to Google India's 'Year In Search 2020' announced on Wednesday.

Tel Aviv, Dec 9: Amid debates about the existence of aliens, a former Israeli space security chief has said there is an existence of "Galactic Federation" and Israel and the US have been dealing with aliens for years.

Mumbai, Dec 9: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has canceled the licence of Karad Janata Sahakari Bank to conduct banking business citing that the bank does not have adequate finance. This means that the bank is prohibited from taking any deposit or making any repayment.

New Delhi, Dec 9: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday took a swipe at the government, alleging that it wants to get rid of democracy.