The Gurudwara Hemkunt Sahib Yatra will begin for devotees from Saturday, announced the Gurudwara Sri Hemkunt Sahib Management Trust on Friday. The trust has also issued a new set of guidelines for the devotees in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. As per the new guidelines, only 1000 devotees are allowed […]
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MoS External Affairs Muraleedharan inaugurates first Girmitiya Conference
Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs V Muraleedharan on Friday inaugurated the first Girmitiya Conference virtually organised by the India Foundation with the support of the Overseas Indian Affairs Division of the Ministry of External Affairs. Muraleedharan invited the Indian diaspora to be an integral part of ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ in their countries of residence. Taking on Twitter, […]
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ITBP wins both male, female roller-skating competitions in Ladakh
The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) on Thursday emerged as the winner of the first-ever roller skating competition organised in Ladakh, said the ITBP on Friday. The competition was organised by the Ladakh Roller Skate Association in collaboration with the District Youth Office which began at Leh (11,500 feet) and ended […]
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Amit Shah lauds CRPF for planting one cr trees as part of special drive
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said that the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has accomplished the target of planting one crore trees in more than 170 districts across the country under the “All India Plantation Drive”. This task was accomplished on the occasion of the birthday of Prime […]
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Navjot Singh Sadhu lashes out at Sukhbir Badal, calls him ‘creator, defender of black farm laws’
Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) President Navjot Singh Sidhu hit out at Sukhbir Singh Badal, the president of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) calling him the ‘creator and defender’ of the farm laws passed in the Parliament last year. “There are lies, white lies, then there is a bundle of lies called Sukha Gappi @officeofssbadal. The […]
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Reliance Industries’ FC IDR reflects robust external debt service ratio
Fitch Ratings has said the upgrade of Reliance Industries Ltd’s (RIL’s) long-term foreign-currency (FC) issuer default rating (IDR) to BBB in June — a notch above India’s country ceiling of BBB-minus — reflects expectation that RIL’s hard-currency (HC) external debt-service ratio will remain above 1.0x over the next 12 months. Also, Fitch expects RIL’s deleveraging […]
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IAF chief addresses Central Air Command, urges stronger physical, cyber security
Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria on Thursday addressed the top brass of the Central Air Command and urged them to ensure robust physical and cyber security of airbases and assets. In his address to the Commanders, the Air Chief emphasised the need for critical analysis to enhance operational preparedness, focus […]
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GST council meet today: Key agenda to bring petroleum products under GST regime
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will chair the 45th GST Council meeting at Lucknow on Friday. This is the first time in 20 months that the GST council will be doing any physical meeting. After December 18, 2019, all the GST Council meeting was done in virtual mode. The key agenda of the meeting is how to bring diesel, petrol […]
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Andrew Garfield shares how he honoured his late mother with upcoming musical film
Actor Andrew Garfield recently detailed how he honoured his late mother Lynn Garfield with his upcoming cinematic adaptation of ‘Tick, Tick… Boom!’. As per The Hollywood Reporter, Garfield revealed that his mother died of pancreatic cancer ahead of the pandemic and filming his role as Jonathan Larson in the Lin-Manuel Miranda-directorial ‘Tick, Tick… Boom!’ In an interview with a […]
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Australia withdraw from Junior Hockey World Cups
The Kookaburras (Australian men’s hockey team) and Hockeyroos (Australian women’s hockey team) will not compete in the next edition of the FIH Pro League, with Hockey Australia (HA) also confirming non-attendance at various other FIH (International Hockey Federation) events over the coming months on Friday. Australia and New Zealand will not take part in season 3 of the FIH Pro League […]
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PM Modi turns 71: President Ram Nath Kovind, Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, others extend birthday greetings
President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, Union ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and Nirmala Sitharaman, and other political leaders greeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his birthday on Friday. PM Modi turned 71 today. Wishing him a long and healthy life, President Ram Nath Kovind said may […]
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Delhi Police prohibits SAD’s protest march against three Central farm laws
The Delhi Police on Thursday issued a notice to Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal and spokesperson Daljit Singh Cheema prohibiting the party’s protest march from Gurdwara Rakabganj to Parliament on Friday. As per the notice issued by Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Deepak Yadav, all types of social, political, sports, entertainment, academic, cultural, […]
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Anas Haqqani denies reports of rifts within Taliban leadership
The Taliban have denied the reports of rifts within its leadership as rumours emerged of a brawl between the group’s rival factions at Presidential Palace after the announcement of the interim government in Kabul. The Taliban’s senior leader Anas Haqqani has refuted the rumours. In a tweet, Haqqani said, “The Islamic Emirate is a united front which highly […]
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India holds third round of Foreign Office Consultations with Costa Rica
The third round of Foreign Office Consultation (FOC) between India and Costa Rica was held in San Jose on September 16, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) informed on Friday. An MEA release stated that Riva Ganguly Das, Secretary (East), MEA, New Delhi led the Indian delegation, and Adriana Bolanos Argueta, Vice Minister of Bilateral Affairs and International […]
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Covid-19 pandemic had psychosocial impact on healthcare workers: ICMR study
A study by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has revealed that increase in the work volume and intensity, manifestations of stigma, and additional responsibilities of healthcare workers (HCWs), who had to adapt to new protocols and adjust to the ‘new normality’ amid the COVID-19 pandemic, had a psychosocial […]