The National Education Policy 2020 aims to promote India as a global study destination and make India a Vishwa Guru, said Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Friday. Shringla’s remarks came while addressing a diplomatic conclave organised by Chandigarh University. The event was also addressed by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan. “Our […]
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Belarus’ military tried to expel 35 illegal immigrants into Poland by force
Belarusian military tried to expel several dozen illegal migrants, mostly women, and children, into the territory of Poland, Tomasz Krupa, a spokesman for Poland’s Podlaskie Voivodeship police, said on Friday. “Last night, in the Kuznica area, the Belarusian military tried to force 35 people into Poland, mostly women and children,” Krupa […]
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West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar meets Amit Shah
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah at his residence in the national capital. Apprising of his meeting with Shah, Dhankar tweeted, “West Bengal Governor Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar called on Union Home Minister Shri @AmitShah at his residence today.” This comes a day after […]
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Withdraw Kangana Ranaut’s Padma Shri, arrest her: Nawab Malik
Maharashtra Minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Nawab Malik on Friday demanded that the Centre must withdraw the Padma Shri award from Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut for her controversial remarks on the country’s Independence and sought her immediate arrest. Addressing a press conference, NCP leader condemned Ranaut’s statement that […]
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PM Modi : Digital transactions in India jumped 19 times in last 7 yrs
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday lauded the use of Unified Payments Interface (UPI) across the country and said the digital transactions in India has jumped 19 times in the last seven years. “UPI has become the world’s leading country in terms of digital transactions in a very short span […]
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India’s cumulative Covid-19 vaccination coverage exceeds 110.79 cr doses
India’s cumulative COVID-19 vaccination coverage crossed 110.79 crores on Friday, the Union Health Ministry informed. According to the ministry, more than 53.81 lakh doses (53,81,889) were administered in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of doses to 1,10,79,51,225, till 7 am today. Meanwhile, the country reported 12,516 new COVID-19 cases in the […]
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China continues with propaganda campaigns over Covid-19 origins
China has resorted to all types of propaganda techniques to shift the blame for the origin of the COVID-19 using different conspiracy theories through political statements, state-run news media, social media as well as using rap songs. The latest conspiracy story blames lobsters from the US. A news article claimed a cargo containing 55 boxes of […]
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Two Bangladeshi smugglers killed in BSF firing near India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal
Two Bangladeshi smugglers were killed early Friday as the Border Security Force (BSF) personnel opened fire while they tried to smuggle cattle heads by establishing an improvised bamboo cantilever through the Indo-Bangladesh border in West Bengal’s Cooch Behar district, the force said. The incident took place around 3 am. One BSF troop was also injured […]
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2 Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists killed by security forces in ongoing encounter in J-K’s Kulgam
One more Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) terrorist killed killed in an ongoing encounter with the security forces in the Chawalgam area of Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir on, Friday said Kashmir Zone police. The security forces also recovered arms and ammunition. The total number of terrorists killed in the encounter […]
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Union Home Secretary to visit Kolkata, extension of BSF jurisdiction on agenda
Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla will be visiting Kolkata on Friday to hold a meeting with West Bengal Chief Secretary, Home Secretary, Additional Director General of Police (DGP) over the Centre’s move to expand the jurisdiction of BSF from 15 kilometres to 50 kilometres along the border area. Officials from […]
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SpaceX mission led by Indian-origin astronaut docks with International Space Station
A new SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying four astronauts including Indian origin Raja Chari to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of the company’s Crew-3 mission has docked successfully at the orbiting lab on Thursday, the company said. NASA astronauts Chari, Tom Marshburn, Kayla Barron, and ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer arrived at the International Space Station at 6:32 pm […]
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Taiwan rejects Beijing’s ‘one China’ principle, asks it not to interfere in internal matters
Taiwan on Thursday slammed Beijing for its ‘interference’ in the internal matters of the democratic island after the Chinese Communist Party said that Taiwan’s participation in Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) activities must be based on the ‘one China’ principle. “China’s false statements have severely undermined the spirit of APEC,” the Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs said adding […]
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Japan evacuates over 50 people from Afghanistan
A total of 51 people, who worked for Japanese organizations from Afghanistan, have been evacuated by Japan, local media reported on Thursday. The evacuees include Afghan employees of the Japan International Cooperation Agency and one other Japanese national, the Kyodo news agency citing the Japanese foreign ministry. The group was reportedly taken on a private plane to Qatar, […]
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Amarinder Singh asks Punjab government not to politicize national security issues
Rejecting the Punjab government resolution moved in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha today against the proposed move of the centre to extend the operational jurisdiction of the Border Security Force (BSF) from 15 km to 50 km, former Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh asked the state government not to politicise the issue of national security for petty partisan ends […]
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How to Fix PUBG New State crash problem on launching the game
KRAFTON has officially released PUBG New State for Android and iOS platforms. After the immense popularity of PUBG Mobile amongst mobile gamers, PUBG New State was a much-awaited game by the same audience as it brings in better graphics and PC-like game mechanism on the mobile platform. However, Android users were seen […]