The Union Health Ministry on Friday issued a clarification that there is no COVID-19 vaccine shortage in Maharashtra as it has over 24 lakh unutilized doses of Covaxin available with it and an additional 6.35 lakh doses have been received today. According to the press release issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MHFW), […]
9 dead, 2 rescued in power station flooding in southwest China
Nine people have been confirmed dead after a building flooded at a power station in Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, local media reported citing authorities as saying on Friday. The flooding, which took place at around 1:40 p.m. (local time) Wednesday, trapped 11 maintenance personnel in the power […]
Chhattisgarh: SSB jawan injured in Naxal-provoked IED blast
A Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) personnel belonging to 33 Battalion was injured in a Naxal-provoked IED blast near Kosronda camp of Chhattisgarh on Friday, informed Kanker Superintendent of Police (SP). “There was an incident of brief firing for about 10 minutes after the IED blast at 12:55 pm near Patkalbeda village on Friday”, said SP , Shalabh Sinha. As […]
Manish Sisodia : BJP tried to stop ‘Desh ke Mentor’ campaign by lodging complaint with NCPCR
Deputy Chief Minister and Aam Admi Party leader Manish Sisodia on Friday came down heavily on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and alleged that the BJP tried to stop ‘Desh ke Mentor’ campaign by asking a Chattisgarh BJP party worker to file a complaint with National Commission for the Protection […]
NSG defuses IED recovered from Delhi’s Ghazipur, collects samples to find chemical component
A Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) of the elite National Security Guard (NSG) on Friday defused an IED recovered from the Ghazipur area in east Delhi and started an inquiry to get details of the chemical compound used to manufacture the explosive. The BDS team of the NSG was pressed at Ghazipur Flower […]
Taliban delegation heads for Turkmenistan for trade, energy, TAPI talks
A Taliban delegation has departed for Turkmenistan for talks on trade, energy and the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India Pipeline (TAPI) gas pipeline, reported Sputnik. The Taliban delegation is headed by Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi. “The delegation flew to Ashgabat at the invitation of Turkmenistan to hold talks with Turkmen officials on bilateral trade, energy, railway, the TAPI project and scholarships,” reported Sputnik citing a […]
Piyush Goyal urges venture capital funds to focus on startups from Tier 2 and 3 cities
Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday called upon global venture capital funds to focus more on startups from Tier 2 and 3 cities in India. The minister was speaking at the 4th roundtable with Global Venture Capital Funds, organised by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade […]
UP Assembly polls: BJP trying to destroy Constitution, says Mukesh Verma ahead of joining SP
Ahead of joining the Samajwadi Party (SP), the sitting BJP MLA from Shikohabad constituency of Firozabad district Mukesh Verma on Friday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wants to destroy the Constitution. Mukesh Verma resigned from the BJP on Thursday, following the resignation of Swami Prasad Maurya who resigned […]
Truecaller to acquire Israeli App CallHero
Truecaller, the leading global platform for verifying contacts and blocking unwanted communications, has entered into an agreement to acquire the Israeli company CallHero (www.getcallhero.com). CallHero has developed a unique technical solution for both Android and iPhone, with an AI-enabled assistant. CallHero’s assistant can answer calls for you in a natural language, […]
Resignations are not big deal in UP, BJP getting support from everywhere
The pre-poll churning in Uttar Pradesh has seen the BJP getting a jolt with six MLAs resigning from the party and three ministers quitting amid signals that they will join Samajwadi Party. In response to this, Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Thursday said that resignations are not a big […]
Imran govt’s mini-budget will push Pakistanis to ‘miserable’ death, says Shahbaz Sharif
The mini-budget of the Imran Khan government will push poor Pakistanis to “miserable” death as the bill proposes to hike taxes in a variety of sectors, said Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief Shahbaz Sharif on Thursday as the country’s National Assembly passed the Finance (Supplementary) Bill, reported local media. “Imran Khan has been imposed on the country and […]
Karnataka: CM Bommai holds meet for renovation, improvement of Mysuru Sugar Factory
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday held a meeting in a virtual mode with the management of the state-owned Mysuru Sugar Factory to discuss the renovation of the factory and measures to recover it from losses. Co-operative Minister ST Somashekhar, state chief secretary Ravikumar and other senior officials were present in the meeting. Earlier, […]
President gives assent to Act allowing govt to spend Rs 3.73 lakh cr extra during current fiscal
President Ram Nath Kovind has given his assent to the Appropriation (No. 5) Act, 2021 that authorizes the government to spend an additional Rs 3.73 lakh crore during the current fiscal. The Act authorizes “payment and appropriation of certain further sums from and out of the Consolidated Fund of India […]
Kapil Sibal urges Aligarh DM to intervene in next ‘Dharam Sansad’ event to be held on Jan 22
Senior lawyer and former Union Minister Kapil Sibal on Thursday wrote to the Aligarh District Magistrate in Uttar Pradesh seeking prevention of inflammatory speeches at another ‘Dharam Sansad’ event planned on January 22-23 in Aligarh. The senior lawyer wrote to the authorities in Uttar Pradesh the day after the Supreme […]
ATM services to resume in Afghanistan, first time after Taliban’s return to power
ATM services are going to become operational in Afghanistan from Saturday first time since the Taliban’s return to power, reported local media Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB), Central Bank of Afghanistan, in a statement on Thursday, said that ATM services by commercial banks in the country will be resumed, reported Khaama […]