Wednesday’s gratuitous advice by a press official of the Chinese embassy that asked the Indian media to stay away from the Tibet issue lest it further damages the bilateral relations is not surprising. Just two days before the Galwan flare-up on June 15, another junior official posted in Chinese embassy in […]
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Uttarakhand govt, Centre told to reply to PIL against land transfer for new airport
Uttarakhand high court has asked the Centre, state government and the Airport Authority of India (AII) to submit their replies, within two weeks, on the public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the transfer of 1072 acre land of GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology in Kumaon’s US Nagar for construction […]
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Pakistan arrests 14 people over demolishing of Hindu temple
Pakistani police arrested 14 people in overnight raids after a Hindu temple was set on fire and demolished by a mob led by supporters of a radical Islamist party, officials said Thursday. The temple’s destruction Wednesday in the northwestern town of Karak drew condemnation from human rights activists and the minority Hindu […]
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China approves first homegrown vaccine said to be 79.3% effective
Chinese health regulators said Thursday that they have given conditional approval to a coronavirus vaccine developed by state-owned Sinopharm. The two-dose vaccine is the first approved for general use in China. The go-ahead comes as the country has begun to vaccinate 50 million people before the Lunar New Year holiday […]
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Cabinet nod to transport hub at Greater Noida
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the construction of a multi-modal logistics and transport hub in Uttar Pradesh’s Greater Noida at an estimated cost of Rs3,883.80 crore. “The multi-modal logistics hub project will be developed as a world-class facility that will provide efficient storage/transitioning of goods to/from the Dedicated Freight […]
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Lone BJP MLA backs resolution passed by Kerala Assembly against farm laws
The resolution against Centre’s farm laws passed by the Kerala legislative Assembly received unlikely support – from the lone member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Olanchery Rajagopal. Speaker P Sreeramakrishnan said that the resolution was passed unanimously through a voice vote at the special session of the Assembly. Rajagopal […]
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Kapil Gujjar’s quick entry, exit from BJP: A throwback to similar inductions
Kapil Gujjar’s quick entry and exit from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday was a throwback to similar inductions into the party in 2014 that led to a public outcry and forced similar exits. Hours after he joined the party on Wednesday, Gujjar, who fired at a demonstration against […]
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Last day of year is to remember India’s frontline Covid warriors: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday laid the foundation stone of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Rajkot in Gujarat and said that the nation had emerged as the nerve centre of global health. “India will play the most important role in the future of health and the health of […]
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Underground Affair: Married man builds secret tunnel to his lover’s house, gets caught by her husband
A man from Mexico, who built a tunnel to his lover’s home in order to carry on their secret affair, was tragically caught by her husband. According to reports, the bricklayer named Alberto managed to dig a long passageway that reached all the way to a woman’s residence in the […]
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How AirAsia’s India dream came crashing down as Tata Sons ups stake
AirAsia Group entered India with much fanfare, the first off the block under the new FDI rules that allowed up to 49 percent stake by a foreign airline. The launch party saw bikers head to the Bengaluru airport, with the top management of the airline in an open deck bus. […]
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Vistadome to make travel memorable, says PM Modi. A look at Railways’ new train
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday praised the newly designed Vistadome coaches after it completed its 180 kmph speed trials. “Comfort and cutting edge technology! Will make train journeys more memorable,” the PM said in a tweet, responding to Railway Minister Piyush Goyal’s post about the new train. “It is rightly said, […]
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Uttarakhand CM recovering from COVID, will be discharged soon: AIIMS
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat who was admitted to Delhi’s AIIMS hospital for treatment is showing improvement in health and will be discharged soon, said the hospital authorities on Wednesday. As per his physician Dr NS Bisht, there is a rapid improvement in the Chief Minister’s health, and he will be discharged from the […]
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PM Modi lays foundation stone of AIIMS Rajkot
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday laid the foundation stone for All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Rajkot in Gujarat. “Bidding farewell to this year with a new health infrastructure reflects the difficulties we faced and also stands for the hope we have for the year,” PM Modi said, adding that the […]
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Singapore further tightens Covid-19 measures on air crew
Crew members of Singapore carriers will have to undergo stricter Covid-19 control measures with immediate effect following coronavirus cases involving a steward and a pilot. The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) said on Wednesday that it was tightening measures to ensure the safety and well-being of the crew and […]
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5 new cases of UK Covid-19 strain traced in India, tally rises to 25
India on Thursday recorded five new cases of mutated coronavirus disease pushing the total cases count to 25, the health ministry said. Out of the five fresh cases, four have been traced by National Institute of Virology in Pune and CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology in Delhi. The infected […]