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Chief of Naval Staff Admiral R. Hari Kumar stated on December 3 that the Indian Navy hasassured the government that it will be “Atmanirbhar” (self-sufficient) by 2047.Speaking at a press briefing in advance of Navy Day, he added that the Navy maintains avigilant watch on the activities of various Chinese research and military vessels in … Continue reading Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Hari Kumar said the Indian Navywants to be “Aatmanirbhar” by 2047

The government has given the names of 21 uninhabited islands in the union territory ofAndaman & Nicobar to people who have won the Param Vir Chakra, which is the nation’shighest distinction for valour in battle. Speaking to PTI, Andaman and Nicobar Islands MPKuldeep Rai Sharma praised the decision made by the Centre to name the … Continue reading 21 of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands are abandoned and bearthe names of distinguished troops

On December 1, as India took over the G20 presidency, Minister of External Affairs S.Jaishankar stated that New Delhi’s goal would be to make the consensus on important globalissues more relevant through a larger process of engagement.Speaking at the G20 University Connect initiative, the first event of India’s G20 presidency,Mr. Jaishankar stated that India would … Continue reading The G20 presidency of India will be collaborative,consultative and decisive: Jaishankar

The Prevention of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act’s special court has also recommended to the state of Uttar Pradesh that the victim be given Rs. 1 lakh in compensation. A special court in this city on Thursday sentenced a person to 10 years in prison without parole for raping a little child in 2018, … Continue reading UP Court sentences man to 10 years in jail for raping girl

National news 18th august 2022 All 1,100 Rohingyas staying in the Madanpur Khadar camps would be relocated there, according to NDMC authorities, where there are 250 flats. Approximately 1,100 Rohingyas, who are currently living in tents in the Madanpur Khadar neighbourhood of the national capital, will be relocated, according to Union Minister of Housing and … Continue reading Centre to resttle Delhi’s Rohingya refugees from Madanpur Khadar to Bakkarwala

National news 17th august 2022 Naveen Patnaik, the chief minister of Odisha, assessed the flood situation in the state on Tuesday and ordered the authorities to ensure that there would be no flood-related deaths and that normal life would not be disrupted. He spoke “Due to the ongoing rainfall, flooding is a risk in 10 … Continue reading Odisha floods: CM Naveen Patnaik reviews situation, asks officials to be on toes

 National news 17th august 2022 Arvind Kejriwal, the chief minister of Delhi and the leader of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), on Tuesday announced a nationwide initiative to elevate India to the top spot in the globe and invited all individuals and political groups to join. To accomplish this, he continued, affordable healthcare and education … Continue reading Arvind Kejriwal launches ‘Make India No.1’ mission, calls for focus on education and healthcare

As the deep depression reached the Odisha coast on Friday evening, it brought heavy rain to practically all regions of the state. Five people, including four children, died and five others were injured in wall collapse incidents, according to officials on Saturday. After torrential rains, the mud wall of a family’s home collapsed on them, … Continue reading 5 killed in wall collapse incidents as rain batters Odisha

A delegation from India and other UN members are in New York to discuss a groundbreaking deal to protect marine biodiversity in the high seas, or the oceans outside of national territorial waters. The agreement comes after the UN General Assembly passed a resolution in May, and it is anticipated to be the last in … Continue reading Indian team deliberating on ocean diversity pact

According to authorities, a 15-year-old girl who was allegedly repeatedly raped by her father over the course of six years committed herself on Sunday in Imphal. They also added that the culprit had been detained. After making an attempt at suicide on July 31, the minor was admitted to the Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical … Continue reading Manipur teen repeatedly raped by father dies by suicide, say police

A student group and security personnel got into a fight on the JNU campus in Delhi when the former sought the release of scholarship money. On Monday, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) officials said that harsh punishment would be taken against individuals found responsible for the altercation between a student group led by the Akhil Bharatiya … Continue reading JNU violence: Admin promises strict action in scuffle between students, guards

The National Center for Seismology (NCS) reported that a 4.1 Richter magnitude earthquake occurred early on Monday in Rajasthan, to the northwest of Bikaner. The tremor struck on Monday at 2:01 am. The earthquake occurred 10 kilometres below the surface of the earth. An earthquake of a Richter value of 5.2 struck Lucknow’s northeastern region … Continue reading Earthquake of 4.1 magnitude hits northwest of Bikaner in Rajasthan

The government has finalised a proposal to name each AIIMS, including the one in Delhi, based on local heroes, independence fighters, significant local historical occurrences or landmarks, or their unique geographic identity. After being asked for proposals by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the majority of the 23 All India Institutes of … Continue reading ALL 23 AIIMS to be named after unsung heroes, freedom fighters

Against the background of air contamination which hits most obviously terrible catogory AQI mark during winter in the public Capital, the Delhi Government is set to carry a warning to boycott the section of diesel merchandise vehicles in the city from the adjoining States. As per the authorities, the enormous, medium and little products vehicle … Continue reading Govt plans to ban diesel goods vehicles to check air pollution

After over a month a structure burst into flames in west Delhi’s Mundka region in which 27 individuals lost their lives, Delhi Police on Thursday said that the body of a casualty was before erroneously given over to the relatives of another casualty. As per police, the group of Sweety was erroneously recognized Ranju’s body … Continue reading Body of Mundka fire victim handed over to kin of another deceased

The Center on Thursday proposed to the Supreme Court that if at all the conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar and his significant other Leena are to be moved external the Tihar Jail, then, at that point, they ought to be stopped exclusively in Mandoli jail. which is monitored by paramilitary powers. The conman is as of now … Continue reading Conman can only be moved to Mandoli jail, Centre tells SC

One RPF Inspector and Constable were blamed for attacking four understudies of the Aligarh Muslim University at the rail line station, after which they were suspended. On Thursday, AMU understudies caused a commotion for a few hours. It is claimed that the RPF Inspector and Constable beat up the three understudies who had come to … Continue reading Two RPF personnel suspended for assaulting four AMU students

The BJP-drove NDA’s candidate Droupadi Murmu on Friday recorded her selection papers for the July 18 official political decision, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi giving over the arrangement of papers to Returning Officer P C Mody. Murmu was additionally joined by association clergymen Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari and Piyush Goyal, BJP president J … Continue reading Droupadi Murmu files nomination papers for presidential election

The danger of robots is available wherever along the Indo-Pakistan line yet security powers are aware of foil any odious plan from across the boundary in the district, a senior Border Security Force (BSF) official said on Monday. He said that the Army and the BSF are completely overwhelming the Line of Control (LoC) to … Continue reading Security forces alert to threat of drones from across border: BSF officer

The Uttar Pradesh Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) on Monday said it will have a gathering lodging project in Greater Noida (GNIDA West) examined to re-check in the event that pools, clubs and sunlight powered chargers exist nearby. A contention emitted after a RERA report on land designer Ajnara’s Le Garden project showed that 100% … Continue reading RERA to review Ajnara’s housing project in GNIDA

Delhi’s Lieutenant-Governor (l-G) VK Saxena on Monday initiated the ‘eSanjeevani’ OPD project — an App-based National Medical Tele-meeting Service under the aegis of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare at the MCD-run Hindu Rao Hospital in the Capital. With this, the MCD and Hindu Rao Hospital turned into the initial associations to offer 24X7 … Continue reading LG launches eSanjeevani OPD at Hindu Rao Hosp

The Delhi air terminal has chosen to supplant every one of its vehicles with EVs in the following four months for its airside activities under the Green Transportation Program to lessen its ozone depleting substance emanations yearly, its administrator Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) said on Monday. The arrangement to accept draft 62 electric vehicles … Continue reading Delhi airport to induct 62 EVs to cut 1K tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions

Delhi Police have started an examination after the suspended Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) pioneer, Nupur Sharma got dangers from unidentified individuals for her dubious comments against Prophet Mohammed. Police expressed that on May 28, a grumbling by Sharma was gotten at digital cell unit against different people with respect to death dangers and designated contempt … Continue reading Delhi Police begins probe as Nupur Sharma gets death threats after Prophet Mohammed remarks

Still not recuperated from the shock of confronting the most awful at any point rout in the last gathering races in Uttar Pradesh with only two of its competitors figuring out how to win their seats, the Uttar Pradesh Congress on Monday pronounced that it wouldn’t challenge the progressing bypolls.In the last parliamentary political race … Continue reading Cong stays away from Azamgarh, Rampur bypolls

The administration has issues a notification to Dr Pooja Shakun Pandey, the public secretary of the All India Hindu Mahasabha, who raised the interest for prohibition on Friday petitions. A notification has been given to Mahamandaleshwar Annapurna Bharti moniker Dr. Pooja Shakun Pandey in the interest of Additional Municipal Magistrate II. It has been said … Continue reading Notice issued to Hindu Mahasabha secy for demanding ban on Friday prayers

Charvi Date: 6 April 2022 On Tuesday, i.e., 5 April 2022, the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (I&B) has ordered the blocking of 22 YouTube-based news channels, under the IT Rules, 2021. Four of these channels were being run from Pakistan and the rest from India.  According to I&B Minister Anurag Singh Thakur, these channels had … Continue reading 22 YouTube news channels blocked by I&B Ministry 

Charvi Date: 5 April 2022 The Union government has appointed Vinay Mohan Kwatra as the next Foreign Secretary of India. He has been serving as Indian Ambassador to Nepal. As per the Appointment Committee of the Cabinet Mr. Kwatra is set to assume charge on 30 April 2022, the day present Foreign Secretary Harshvardhan Shringla … Continue reading India’s New Foreign Secretary

Redirection of wellbeing assets to contain Covid-19 pandemic and related confined exercises have seriously prevented tuberculosis the executives plan in India with number of contaminations expanding by 19% to 1.93 million of every 2021. In any case, the Government is confident that it would accomplish its objective of taking out the lethal irresistible sickness by … Continue reading Govt hopeful of achieving elimination of TB by 2025

The National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) has recommended administration of the second dose of Covishield from 8 to 16 weeks after the 1st dose. Currently, the second dose is being given after 12 to 16 weeks of administration of the 1st dose. As per a senior health official, this decision will reduce the … Continue reading Second Dose of Covishield After Eight Weeks of First

Charvi Date: 16 March 2022 On Tuesday, i.e, 15 March 2022, Supreme Court of India stayed the Central government’s decision to revoke the security clearance of Kerala-based news and current affairs TV channel MediaOne “on the basis of intelligence inputs which are sensitive and secretive in nature”.   The Bench, comprised of Justices D.Y. Chandrachud, … Continue reading SC stays telecast ban on MediaOne channel

By :- Charvi Date: 15 March 2022 The Union Government of India has decided to start COVID-19 vaccination for the 12-14 age group from 16 March 2022. The Union Health Ministry has taken this decision after due deliberations with scientific bodies. Corbevax, manufactured by Biological E. Ltd., Hyderabad, would be administered to children in the … Continue reading COVID jab for 12-14 age group

On Wednesday, i.e., 9 March, Supreme Court of India released A.G. Perarivalan, convicted in Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination case, on bail. The hon’ble court took into account the fact Perarivalan has suffered over 30 years of imprisonment, to which the centre vehemently objected. The case was heard by a bench of Justice L. Nageswara Rao and … Continue reading Rajiv Gandhi Case Convict Granted Bail

The BJP has retained power in four (Manipur, Goa, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand) of the five States (Punjab, Manipur, Goa, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand) where elections were scheduled. In Punjab, Congress lost to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). The BJP won two thirds of the seats and its vote share increased in U.P., Goa and … Continue reading Election Results

On Sunday, i.e. 6 March 2022, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested Chitra Ramkrishna, former Managing Director of the National Stock Exchange (NSE). She was arrested on charge of alleged abuse of NSE’s server architecture for granting preferential access of market data to a stock broker, ahead of others. Ms. Ramkrishna worked with NSE … Continue reading Former NSE MD Chitra Ramkrishna, Arrested by CBI

As per an official from Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), India has requested Russia and Ukraine to announce a local ceasefire so that it can evacuate its nationals stranded in Kharkiv and Sumy. India is constantly working hard to evacuate its stranded nationals from Kharkiv and Sumy where at least 1,000 students remain amidst a … Continue reading India urges Russia and Ukraine to halt hostilities for evacuation

Amid India-Pakistan land border closure post-COVID, a group of 22 members of the Jain faith have requested the Union Home Ministry to allow them to go to Pakistan to visit a shrine that has been restored after decades. The group is being led by Jalandhar-based activist Sunil Jain, who heads the World Jain-Muslim Interfaith Harmony … Continue reading Jain group seeks Centre’s nod to travel to Pakistan

As per the Finance Ministry data,  the Gross Goods and Services Tax (GST) revenue in February was ₹1,33,026 crore. This collection was 26% higher than the pre-pandemic levels and 18% higher than  that of February 2021. It is the fifth time that GST revenues have crossed ₹1.3 lakh crore since its launch in July 2017. … Continue reading High GST Revenues in February

On Saturday, i.e., 28 February 2022, India abstained from condemning Russian action in Ukraine, under UN Security Council Resolution 8979. But now the delima has dawned since the U.S. and European-led coalition is pushing for a vote at the UN General Assembly aimed at “isolating Russia”. This UNGA vote is expected to take place as … Continue reading How India Will Vote at UNGA?

On 8 December 2021, Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat, Brigadier Lakhwinder Singh Lidder and 11 other defence personnel were killed in a helicopter (Mi-17 V5) crash at Coonoor in Tamil Nadu. Now, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has confirmed persistent low clouds coupled with high humidity and visibility of … Continue reading IMD Report on General Bipin Rawat’s Flight Crash

As per police reports, on Wednesday night i.e., 23 February 2022, three boxes of arms and ammunition dropped by a drone were recovered from Treva village in the Arnia sector of R.S. Pura in Jammu. The police had received an input regarding a drone activity and dropping of arms and ammunition by Pakistan-based militant outfits … Continue reading Arms and Ammunition Recovered in Jammu

On Tuesday i.e., 22 February 2022, the Delimitation Commission, set up by Union Law Ministry, to redraw the Assembly constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir, has received a two more month extension to complete the exercise. The panel is headed by former Supreme Court judge, Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai. The Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra and … Continue reading Delimitation Commission for J&K receives extension

In December 2021, Union Home Ministry constituted a committee to study the withdrawal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act from Nagaland. A six-member committee, headed by Registrar-General of India Vivek Joshi, had to submit its report within 45 days of its constitution. This panel was formed as an aftermath of rising civilian anger against … Continue reading Panel on AFSPA removal misses deadline to submit report

On Sunday i.e., 20 February 2022, polling in Punjab and Phase 3 of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections was conducted peacefully. The turnout percentage was 65.32% in Punjab and 60.46% in Uttar Pradesh, as per Election Commission of India records. In Punjab, voting was held for all the 117 seats in a single phase with 1,304 … Continue reading Polling in Punjab and Phase 3 of Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election

Charvi Date: 16 February 2022 On Tuesday, i.e., 15 February 2022, NCB Director-General S.N. Pradhan inaugurated “Darkathon-2022”- an event to find solutions to counter drug trafficking on the darknet.  Darknet refers to the hidden internet platforms that can only be accessed using specialised software and pre-configured communication protocols for anonymous communication. Drugs cartels and syndicates … Continue reading NCB Launches “Darkathon 2022” to Tackle Drug Deals On Darknet

Charvi Date: 15 February 2022 On Monday i.e., 14 February 2022, Earth Observation Satellite EOS-04 and two small satellites – INSPIREsat-1 and INS-2TD-were placed in the orbit by the PSLV-C52 rocket. The PSLV C-52 was the 54th flight of the rocket and the 23rd in its XL configuration. After a flight of 2 about 18 … Continue reading ISRO 1st launch of the year

Charvi Date: 14 February 2022 Third time in past two months, the Sri Lankan Navy arrested 12 Indian fishermen from Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu, and seized two boats on the charge of poaching and crossing the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL), on Saturday i.e., 12 February 2022. As per the fishermen in Rameswaram, more than … Continue reading Sri Lankan Navy Arrests 12 Indian Fishermen

South Korean companies Hyundai and Kia, the Pakistani branches of American MNCs KFC and Pizza Hut, Japanese companies Osaka batteries, Atlas Honda Ltd. and Isuzu as well as German pharmaceutical company Schwabe carried posts expressing “solidarity” with “Kashmiri brothers and sisters”, and “praying for the liberation” on February 5, which is marked as “Kashmir solidarity … Continue reading Posts on Kashmir unacceptable to Government of India

On Monday i.e., 7 February 2022, Union Home Minister, Amit Shah urged, MP and All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader, Asaduddin Owaisi to accept the Z-category security offered to him by the central government following the attack on his convoy in Uttar Pradesh’s Hapur on 3 February 2022. Responding to Amit Shah’s appeal Owaisi denied … Continue reading Asaduddin Owaisi again denies Z-category security

Lata Mangeshkar, affectionately called a “Nightingale of India”, died on Sunday i.e., 6 February 2022 after a brief illness, at the age of 92 years. She died of multiple-organ failure at Mumbai’s Breach Candy Hospital, where she was admitted in early January after testing positive for COVID-19. She was cremated with State honours in Shivaji … Continue reading “Nightingale of India” Has Left Us

India announced a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics Games in Beijing because a People’s Liberation Army (PLA) soldier, involved in the June 2020 Galwan clashes, is going to be one of the torchbearers for the Winter Olympics Games in Beijing. The State broadcaster Doordarshan also announced it will not telecast the opening and closing … Continue reading India Announces Diplomatic Boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics

In the month of January, SBI sold electoral bonds worth ₹1,213 crore. Most of the bonds (i.e., Rs. 784.84 crore) were encashed in the New Delhi branch, followed by Mumbai branch which sold bonds worth Rs. 489.6 crore, according to a Right to Information reply. After New Delhi and Mumbai, the Kolkata branch had the … Continue reading Electoral bonds worth ₹1,213 crore sold by SBI in January

On February 01, 2022, Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman tabled the Union Budget 2022-23 in Parliament. The finance minister in her Budget speech informed that the Union Budget seeks to complement macro-economic level growth with a focus on micro-economic level all-inclusive welfare, when India is celebrating Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav … Continue reading Union Budget 2022 Released

BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited (BAPL) signed a contract with the Department of National Defence of the Republic of Philippines on 28 January, 2022 for the supply of BrahMos missile. The deal is worth nearly $375 million, and is India’s first significant defence export. BrahMos Aerospace is a Russian-Indian enterprise producing supersonic cruise missiles capable of … Continue reading India and Philippines ink $ 375 million deal for BrahMos missiles

The Association for Democratic Reforms is a poll reforms advocacy group. It prepared a report based on its analysis of assets and liabilities of national and regional parties in 2019-20. The assets declared by Political Parties fall under six major heads: fixed assets, loans & advances, FDR/ deposits, TDS, investments and other assets. According to … Continue reading BJP’s Assets Account for 69% of All National Parties Combined: ADR Report

Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI), has granted a conditional market authorisation for Covishield and Covaxin, under the New Drugs and Clinical Trials Rules, 2019. This approval is an upgrade from the emergency use authorisation and largely represents a regulatory endorsement of the safety doses. However, this doesn’t mean the two COVID-19 vaccines will be … Continue reading COVID Updates in India

Padma Awards are one of the highest civilian awards of India. There are three categories of Padma Awards namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. ‘Padma Vibhushan’ is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service; ‘Padma Bhushan’ for distinguished service of high order and ‘Padma Shri’ for distinguished service in any field. These Awards are … Continue reading Padma Awards Announced on Republic Day

The Central Government through Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has proposed four amendments to Rule 6(1) of the IAS (Cadre) Rules, 1954 dealing with deputation, and has sought the views of State governments before January 25, 2022. The existing Rule 6(1) states that a cadre officer may be deputed to the Central Government (or … Continue reading Central Government Proposes Amendments to IAS Cadre Rules

The government of India has put out the eternal flame of the Amar Jawan Jyoti and merged it with the one instituted at the National War Memorial, on 21 January 2022. The eternal flame at the Amar Jawan Jyoti underneath India Gate was established in 1972, to mark India’s victory over Pakistan in the 1971 War … Continue reading Amar Jawan Jyoti Merged with Eternal Flame

Supreme Court of India upheld OBC reservation in National Eligibility Entrance Test. Special Bench comprising of Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice AS Bopanna said that reservation plays an important role in ensuring social equality.  The hon’ble court is of the opinion that 27% OBC reservation in PG and UG courses of All India Quota in … Continue reading Supreme Court of India upholds OBC reservation in NEET

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Sunday sought Chinese assistance to restructure the debt owed by the island nation to the Asian giant. “The President pointed out that it would be a great relief to the country if the attention could be paid on restructuring the debt repayments as a solution to the economic crisis … Continue reading Sri Lanka asks China to restructure debt

Gujarat enters the final year before the next Assembly elections, both the BJP and Congress are seeking to consolidate their vote banks. After the BJP brought in a Patidar as Chief Minister, along with a brand new ministry in Gujarat, the Congress has appointed OBC leader Jagdish Thakor as its state chief and tribal MLA … Continue reading Politics parties start to gear up for the elections next year in Gujarat

In a move to woo farmers in eastern Uttar Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Saturday visit the poll-bound state’s Balrampur district and inaugurate the Saryu Nahar National Project. According to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) release, the 6,623-kilometer-long canal system will provide assured water for irrigation of over 14 lakh hectares of land … Continue reading PM Modi To Launch Saryu Canal Project Today, Lakhs Of Farmers In East UP To Benefit

Oting Citizens, a forum of people of Oting area in Mon district in Nagaland, has barred all groups of the Indian Armed forces from entering Oting indefinitely. In a statement, Oting Citizens stated, “We, the people of Oting, issue this communique in the highest form of condemnation on the barbaric cowardice act of the Indian … Continue reading Threatening Statement Issued By Oting Citizens Group of Nagaland Issues

India stands out as a “poor and very unequal country, with an affluent elite”, where the top 10 per cent holds 57 per cent of the total national income while the bottom 50 per cent’s share is just 13 per cent in 2021, according to the latest World Inequality Report 2022. The report has also … Continue reading Inequality Report Holds India As A ‘Very Unequal’ Country

The World Health Organization’s (WHO) chief scientist on Friday, November 3, 2021, urged people not to panic over the emergence of the Omicron coronavirus variant and said it wastoo early to say if COVID-19 vaccines would have to be modified to fight it. Speaking in an interview, Soumya Swaminathan also said it was impossible to predict if … Continue reading WHO Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan urges people not to panic over Omicron

With 17 more cases of Omircon being reported across India — nine persons in Jaipur, seven in Pune and a 37-year-old fully vaccinated man who arrived in Delhi from Tanzania — the total number of cases has risen to 21. Most of those who tested positive for the new variant had either recently arrived from … Continue reading 17 New Omnicron Cases Reported In India

NEW DELHI: India’s women’s doubles pair in table tennis, Archana Girish Kamath and Manika Batra entered the Top 10 of WD category in the updated rankings posted by the International Table Tennis Federation. The duo moved four places up to the 10th spot. Kamath and Batra had reached the quarter-finals at the ITTF World Table … Continue reading ITTF Rankings: Manika Batra, Archana Kamath enter top 10 in doubles

Lt Gen (Retd) Gurmit Singh was sworn in on Wednesday as the new governor of Uttarakhand. The oath of office was administered to Singh by the Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court Justice RS Chauhan at a simple function held at the Raj Bhawan here. The function was attended by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh … Continue reading National Security Is In Safe Hands: Uttarakhand Governor

Tax payers will be paying a total of ₹62,000 crore for debt and other liabilities of Air India, according to the Supplementary Demand for Grants tabled before Parliament on Friday. The government has sought Parliament’s nod to infuse over ₹62,000 crore to its company that holds Air India’s debt, liabilities and some non-core assets. This … Continue reading GOVERNMENT SEEKS ₹62,000 CRORE FOR AIR INDIA DEBT

Cyclone Jawad is expected to make landfall on Saturday morning but its path and location of landfall can be predicted only after depression is formed, according to IMD. Odisha government on Wednesday asked collectors to prepare for evacuation from 13 districts amid the forecast of a cyclonic storm, Jawad, reaching the coast on December 4. … Continue reading CYCLONE JAWAD: RED ALERT ISSUED BY IMD FOR HEAVY RAINFALL IN SOME ODISHA DISTRICTS

The government should set up an all-encompassing ‘Media Council’ and give it statutory powers to check irregularities in all forms of media — print, electronic and digital, the parliamentary committee headed by Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has said. The panel which has been discussing ‘Ethical Standards in Media Coverage’, has tabled the report framed by … Continue reading SET UP A COUNCIL FOR ALL FORMS OF MEDIA, SAYS PARLIAMENTARY PANEL

The government has not taken any decision yet to prepare a nationwide National Register of Citizens (NRC), the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai also said that The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA) was notified on December 12, 2019 and had come into force on January 10, … Continue reading GOVT. IN LOK SABHA: NO DECISION ON NATIONWIDE NRC YET

The revised guidelines for inter­national arrivals have exempted children below five years from compulsory RT-PCR testing before and after their arrival in India. However, if found symptomatic for Covid-19 on arrival or during home quarantine period, they would have to undergo testing and be treated as per laid down protocol, the guidelines said. The new … Continue reading Amid omicron alarm, india revises guidelines for international passengers

The government will soon bring in a new Bill on cryptocurrency after it is approved by the Union Cabinet, said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on November 30 in the Rajya Sabha. A Bill on Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency for introduction in the Lok Sabha has been included in the Lok Sabha Bulletin-Part II, as … Continue reading New Bill on cryptocurrency after Cabinet approval: Sitharaman in Rajya Sabha

The Farm Laws Repeal Bill 2021 was passed by voice vote in Rajya Sabha on Monday amid persistent demand by the Opposition members who wanted a discussion. The Bill was cleared in less than five minutes as the Rajya Sabha convened after lunch break at 2 p.m. on Monday. It was passed in the Lok Sabha earlier … Continue reading Parliament proceedings | Farm Laws Repeal Bill passed in Rajya Sabha by voice vote in less than five minutes

For the first time, 37 years after his assassination, British Deputy High Commissioner Percy Norris was honoured at a memorial event in Mumbai on Saturday. Norris was assassinated on the morning of November 27, 1984, by two unknown assailants, who shot him near Flora Fountain of the city as he was being driven to his … Continue reading Memorial service held for British diplomat Percy Norris shot dead in 1984 in Mumbai

Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal V.R. Chaudhari will pay a five-day visit to Egypt beginning November 28 which is expected to bolster ties between the two countries. The Indian Air Force (IAF) said he is visiting the country to attend the Egypt Air Power Symposium and Egyptian Defence Exposition (EDEX) which will take … Continue reading IAF CHIEF TO VISIT EGYPT

The Serum Institute of India (SII) on Friday officially announced that it has resumed exports of its COVID-19 vaccine Covishield under the international vaccine sharing programme COVAX. The resumption of exports is linked to the SII surpassing its original target to produce one billion doses of Covishield by this year’s end, a statement issued by … Continue reading SII resumes Covishield exports under COVAX

Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav on November 25 asserted that India will reach net zero emissions by 2070 and asked the industry to take serious note on sustainability. Realising the effect of climate change on sustainable businesses, corporates and industrial houses in India are taking a serious note of the environmental, social and governance aspect … Continue reading INDIA TO REACH NET-ZERO EMISSIONS TILL 2070

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday laid the foundation stone of the Noida International Airport (NIA) in Jewar in line with his government’s vision to “boost connectivity” and create a “future-ready aviation sector”. With the Noida airport, set to be completed by 2024, Uttar Pradesh is poised to become the only state in India to … Continue reading PM MODI LAID THE FOUNDATION STONE OF NOIDA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

The CBI has filed a charge sheet against two Navy Commanders Jagdeesh and Abhishek Shaw in connection with the alleged leakage of confidential information related to INS Sindhuratna-MRLC project, officials said on November 24. In the fresh charge sheet, the agency has also named Commander Ajit Pandey and retired naval officer commodore Randeep Singh for … Continue reading Naval leak case: CBI files charge sheet against two commanders

The devastating impact of the pandemic has changed the world. Inflation has been increased, which made even the basic essential purchase problematic for middle class of Americans and other Nations as well. Seeing this situation US has released 50 million barrels of Petroleum from strategic oil reserves to cut the price of oil in coordination … Continue reading US GOVERNMENT HAS RELEASED OIL FROM RESERVE

There are many reasons being put forward for the decision to repeal the farm laws. From electoral reasons to security concerns over what was perceived as a brewing resentment between Hindu and Sikh communities. Which reason do you ascribe for the Prime Minister Modi’s decision? Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself said during his address to the … Continue reading We didn’t want to repeat the mistakes made by the Congress in 1984, says Dushyant Gautam

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition challenging a proposed change in land use from bus terminal and neighbourhood park to house the new official residences of high dignitaries such as the Vice-President as part of the ambitious Central Vista redevelopment plan. A Bench led by Justice A.M. Khanwilkar said the change was a … Continue reading CENTRAL VISTA HAS SUPREME COURT’S SUPPORT

A hand grenade blast took place near the Army’s cantonment in Punjab’s Pathankot late on Sunday, November 21, 2021 and no casualty had been reported, police said on Monday. The grenade was thrown by motorcycle-borne assailants near the Triveni gate of Army’s cantonment around 9 p.m., after which an alert was sounded across the district … Continue reading GRENADE ATTACK NEAR PATHANKOT

LUCKNOW: The Congress on Saturday observed “Kisan Vijay Diwas” in Uttar Pradesh, terming the repeal of Centre’s three farm laws as the victory of farmers’ struggle and paid homage to those who lost their lives during the agitation. The party observed ‘Kisan Vijay Diwas’ all over the state to mark the victory of the farmers’ … Continue reading Congress observes ‘Kisan Vijay Diwas’ in UP

Nepal will not allow nationals from a third country to travel to India by rail via the recently launched Kurtha-Jayanagar railroad after Indian officials raised a red flag, citing security concerns, a media report said here on Saturday. “This was agreed while finalising the Standard Operating Procedure (SPA) for cross-border railway operation,” Deepak Kumar Bhattarai, … Continue reading NEPAL NOT TO ALLOW THIRD COUNTRY NATIONALS TO TRAVEL TO INDIA VIA       KURTHA-JAYANAGAR RAILROAD

Three controversial farm laws at the heart of massive farmer protests across the country for over a year will be withdrawn, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today in a stunning announcement just months before elections in states like Uttar Pradesh and Punjab. The announcement came on the Guru Purab festival when Sikhism founder Guru Nanak’s … Continue reading FARM LAWS WILL BE REPEALED: PM MODI

: As heavy rains are predicted in Karnataka for 48 hours, the government has announced holidays for schools and colleges in seven districts, including Bengaluru Urban and Bengaluru Rural districts. Meanwhile, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai is chairing a meeting on Friday with district administration to review the situation in the state due to incessant … Continue reading Heavy rainfall to lash Karnataka for 2 more days, schools shut in many districts

Prime Minister Modi on, November 18, 2021, delivered a keynote address at The Sydney Dialogue. The Sydney Dialogue is an annual summit of cyber and critical technologies to discuss the fallout of the digital domain on the law-and-order situation in the world. PM Modi spoke on the theme ‘India’s technology evolution and revolution’, with the … Continue reading THE SYDNEY DIALOGUE

The Rajasthan government is likely to be reshuffled in the next two-three days, said sources. Congress leader Sachin Pilot met party chief Sonia Gandhi on Friday amid speculation of a cabinet reshuffle and organisation rejig in Rajasthan. His meeting came a day after Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot met Sonia Gandhi in Delhi and the … Continue reading Rajasthan cabinet likely to be reshuffled in the next 2-3 days

Indian travellers vaccinated with the Serum Institute of India’s Covishield will be able to travel to Austria. However, as a precautionary measure those vaccinated with Covishield will not be permitted to interact with the local people. “The following vaccines (including mix-and match vaccines) are recognised for entering Austria: BioNtech//Pfizer, AstraZeneca (Covishield), Johnson & Johnson, Moderna, … Continue reading AUSTRIA RECOGNIZES COVISHIELD

Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday, November 16, said that the Kartarpur Corridor would be reopened on Wednesday. He tweeted: “In a major decision that would benefit a large number of Sikh pilgrims, PM @narendramodi government has decided to reopen Kartarpur Sahib corridor from tomorrow 17th November. This decision reflects the immense devotion of the … Continue reading KARTARPUR CORRIDOR TO OPEN AGAIN FROM TOMORROW

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and dedicated to the country the redeveloped Rani Kamlapati Railway Station in Bhopal on Monday. The prime minister is in Bhopal on Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas, celebrated on the birth anniversary of the tribal freedom fighter Birsa Munda. These include the gauge converted and electrified Ujjain-Fatehabad Chandrawatiganj Broad Gauge section, third … Continue reading PM MODI INAUGURATES INDORE-UJJAIN MEMU TRAINS

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday i.e., 12th November, has issued an orange alert for as many as six district of Kerala state indicating the likelihood of heavy rainfall in the regions. Notably, an orange was raised earlier on Thursday as well for five districts of the state. The six districts on orange alert … Continue reading ORANGE ALERT FOR 6 KERALA DISTRICTS

China has become India’s biggest security threat and the tens of thousands of troops and weaponry that New Delhi rushed to secure the de-facto Himalayan border last year will not be able to return to base for a long time, Defence Chief General Bipin Rawat said. A lack of “trust” and growing “suspicion” is coming … Continue reading “CHINA IS THE BIGGEST SECURITY THREAT”

The eighth metropolitan magistrate court has issued a Non-Bailable Warrant (NBW) against former Mumbai top cop Param Bir Singh. This is the third NBW issued against Param Bir Singh. The issuance of this NBW will take the authorities a step closer to declaring Singh as an absconder. “With the issuance of NBW, we can go … Continue reading PARAM BIR SINGH STEPS CLOSER TO BEING DECLARED AN ABSCONDER

On Tuesday i.e., 9th November, as many as sixteen more cases of the Zika virus have come to light. Taking the total tally to 106, there are seven women and nine men freshly infected with the virus. It has been reported that two of the women out of them are pregnant, although after the ultrasound … Continue reading ZIKA CROSSES 100-MARK IN KANPUR

In the first of its kind conference, India has invited Iran, Russia and all five Central Asian countries, including Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan, to participate in the NSA level meeting on Afghanistan. The meeting is scheduled for November 10 and will be held at the level of National Security Advisors (NSAs) and will … Continue reading NSA CONFERENCE IN AFGHANISTAN

Army chief General M.M. Naravane said on November 8 that only indigenously developed technologies would be available to the Indian Army for exploitation in times of conflict. He also emphasised that it is imperative to reduce dependence on foreign technologies thereby, relying more on homegrown equipment. The Indian Army is undergoing rapid modernisation and, is … Continue reading GEN M.M. NARAVANE CALLS FOR INDIGENOUS TECHNOLOGIES