With 7,579 new COVID-19 cases reported in the last 24 hours, India recorded the lowest COVID-19 cases in the last 543 days, the Union Health Ministry informed on Tuesday. India also witnessed 236 COVID-related deaths in the last 24 hours. Out of the fresh COVID-19 cases and deaths in the last 24 hours across the country, Kerala reported 3,698 cases […]
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Param Bir Singh was told to take back complaint against Anil Deshmukh, says his lawyer
Advocate Puneet Bali, who is representing former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh in the Supreme Court, alleged that his client was told to take back his complaint against former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh. Bali also said that the former Police Commissioner had also appealed in Bombay High Court over victimisation after […]
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Over 117 cr Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in India so far
In a milestone achievement, the total number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in India has crossed 117 crore, informed the Central Government on Tuesday. “India has administered more than 117 crore COVID vaccines under the world’s largest vaccine drive so far,” the Government of India said in a tweet. According […]
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Kisan Credit Card Scheme to be extended to fishermen to provide them loans
Union Minister of State for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying, L Murugan has said that Kisan Credit Card Scheme will be extended to fishermen to provide them loans at low-interest rates. Addressing ‘Fishermen Convention’ organised by Kerala Pradesh Fishermen Group (BMS) at Munambam in Kochi on Monday, the minister said […]
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Late Major Vibhuti Shankar Dhoundiyal accorded Shaurya Chakra; wife, mother receive award
Army Major Vibhuti Shankar Dhoundiyal, who was killed in the 2019 Pulwama terrorist attack, was accorded the Shaurya Chakra (posthumously) by President Ram Nath Kovind in an investiture ceremony on Monday. Major Vibhuti Shankar Dhoundiyal’s wife Lieutenant Nitika Kaul and mother Saroj Dhoundiyal received his Shaurya Chakra. He has been accorded the Shaurya Chakra for his role in an […]
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Indian Air Force ace pilot Group Captain Abhinandan Varthaman to receive Vir Chakra on Monday
Indian Air Force ace pilot Group Captain Abhinandan Varthaman will be awarded the Vir Chakra by President Ram Nath Kovind in an investiture ceremony on Monday. Varthaman was recently promoted to the rank of Group Captain. Abhinandan shot down a Pakistani F-16 fighter aircraft during aerial combat on February 27 […]
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India’s Covid-19 vaccination coverage exceeds 116.87 cr
With the administration of 32,99,337 COVID-19 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 116.87 crore, the Union Health Ministry informed on Monday. “As many as 1,16,87,28,385 vaccine doses of COVID-19 have been administrated so far as per provisional reports till 7 am today. This has been achieved through 1,20,77,324 sessions,” […]
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India reported 8,488 new Covid-19 in last 24 hrs, lowest in 538 days
India reported 8,488 new cases in the last 24 hours, which is the lowest in 538 days, the Union Health Ministry informed on Monday. As many as 249 people succumbed to the COVID-19 infection in the country in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll to 4,65,911. Kerala has […]
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Mansukh Mandaviya to review progress of Covid-19 vaccination campaign today
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will chair a review meeting on Monday with Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Puducherry to discuss the progress of COVID-19 vaccination in these states. “Will chair a review meeting today with the States of Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland and UT of Puducherry. Our discussion will centre around the progress of COVID19 vaccination in these regions and the roadmap to […]
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Yamuna authority to invite bid for film city construction on November 23
The Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) will invite a bid for the construction of a 1,000-acre film city near Jewar Airport on November 23. The total cost of the project is Rs 10,000 crore. Arun Veer Singh, CEO of YEIDA, said that the Uttar Pradesh government has approved the draft […]
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Joint Parliamentary Committee on Personal Data Protection Bill to meet today
The Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 is meeting here on Monday. This meeting will be under the leadership of BJP MP, PP Chaudhary. Consideration and Adoption of a draft report of the Joint Committee on the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 is on the agenda […]
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Kisan Mahapanchayat: Lakhimpur Kheri incident, non-payment of dues to sugarcane farmers on agenda
Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait said the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body of farmers unions, will hold a mahapanchayat in Lucknow on Monday on the issues pertaining to the law on MSP guarantee, Lakhimpur Kheri incident, the non-payment of the dues to the sugarcane farmers. Speaking to […]
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Rajnath Singh to commission INS Visakhapatnam into Indian Navy in Mumbai today
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will formally commission INS Visakhapatnam into the Indian Navy at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai on Sunday. INS Visakhapatnam is the first stealth-guided missile destroyer ship of Project 15B. The Defence Minister will be the guest of honour, while Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Karambir Singh […]
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Republican Party of India (A) supports Patel community’s demand of inclusion in OBC category
Union Minister Ramdas Athawale has said that his party, the Republican Party of India (Athawale) supports the Patidar or Patel community’s demand of its inclusion in the Other Backward Class (OBC) category. Addressing the media on Saturday, the minister assured that the state, as well as the Central government, will surely think about it. […]
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Number of farmers protesting at Ghazipur border goes down after Centre announces repealing of three farm laws
The number of farmers protesting at Delhi’s Ghazipurt border has gone down as fewer farmers were seen at the protest site on Saturday, a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the repeal of the three farm laws. However, the farmers are still protesting, demanding a law on Minimum Support […]