Author Arundhati Roy Talks About "India Of Today", Calls It "A Shame" Arundhati Roy said that from spearheading "truly revolutionary movements" in the 1960s for redistribution of wealth and land, the country's leaders were now seeking votes and winning elections ...
India's Position On Ukraine Based On Principles, Interests: Foreign Secretary The Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra also answered a question on oil imports from Russia, highlighting that India's imports from the country are a small fraction of what the rest of the world imports from Russia. ...
Delhi Airport World's 2nd Busiest, Was 23rd Before Covid Pandemic: Report In March this year, airports in Atlanta in the US, Delhi in India and Dubai in the UAE handled 4.42 million, 3.61 million and 3.55 million seats, it mentioned. The Delhi Airport was on 23rd place in March 2019 before th ...
Raj Thackeray Reiterates May 3 Deadline For Removal Of Loudspeakers Atop Mosques "If they (Muslims) don't understand nicely, we will show them the power of Maharashtra," he said. Aurangabad: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) president Raj Thackeray on Sunday said he was f ...
Panic Created Using Wrong Data: Union Minister On Delhi's Power Crisis Power Crisis In Delhi: Union Power Minister R K Singh further said all the five thermal power stations have sufficient reserve coal stocks for 5-8 days. Data: Union Minister On Delhi's Power Crisis ...
‘Heroin-coated yarn’: How traffickers smuggled ₹450 cr worth heroin into India Gujarat DGP Ashish Bhatia said the container used to smuggle heroin had been lying in Gujarat’s Pipavav port for five months. AHMEDABAD: Authorities have seized heroin-coated yarn, ...
Joe Biden To Meet PM Modi At Quad Summit In Japan Next Month: White House White House said that President Joe Biden will also meet the leaders of the Quad grouping of Australia, Japan, India and the US in Tokyo in May. New Delhi: US President Joe Biden will travel to South Korea and J ...
"Unique Opportunity" In India: Nirmala Sitharaman Invites Silicon Valley Speaking at a round table hosted by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the US Chamber of Commerce's US-India Business Council (USIBC), Nirmala Sitharaman said financial technology (fintech) represen ...
India Logs 2,527 New COVID-19 Cases, 33 Covid Deaths In 24 Hours: Centre COVID-19 India: The active cases comprise 0.04 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has been recorded at 98.75 per cent, the health ministry said. New Delhi: With 2,527 coro ...
Trade Pact, Deals Worth Billion Pounds As Boris Johnson Meets PM Modi Today During Boris Johnson's visit, UK and Indian businesses are going to confirm more than 1 billion pounds in new investments and export deals today in areas from software engineering to health, creating almost 11,000 job ...
Take Pre-emptive Action to Curb Emerging Spread of Covid: Centre to 4 States and Delhi The Centre on Tuesday advised Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Maharashtra and Mizoram to maintain a strict watch and take pre-emptive action, if required, in the areas of concern to control any emerging spread o ...
The Union Minister of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman highlighted India's performance in the digital world and the government's efforts to build the digital infrastructure framework over the last decade. Washington: Amidst the pioneering fintech revolution, the biggest risk of cryptoc ...
"Pyramid Fraud": ₹ 750 Crore Of Consumer Goods Seller Amway India Frozen The Enforcement Directorate accused Amway India of running a multi-level marketing "scam" where it focused on signing up new members so that senior staff could earn commission. New Delh ...
K’taka contractor’s death: KS Eshwarappa to resign as minister today Hubli (Karnataka) [India], April 15 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday confirmed that Minister KS Eshwarappa will tender his resignation from his ministerial post today following allegations o ...
Seema Darshan Project: Union Home and Cooperative Minister Amit Shah has inaugurated ‘Seema Darshan Project’ at Nadabet located on the Indo-Pak border in Banaskantha District of Gujarat. Key Points about the Project: As per the Gujarat Tourism website, Nada Bet is a small slice ...
AVGC Promotion Task Force: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has constituted an Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming and Comics (AVGC) Promotion Task Force to promote the AVGC sector in the country. Key Highlights: Headed by I&B Secretary Apoorva Chandra, the task force will sub ...
H4 visas are issued to dependent spouses and children accompanying H-1B, H-2A, H-2B, and H-3 visa holders to the US. Two US Congresswomen on Thursday introduced a bill in the House of Representatives aimed at granting an automatic right to work for H-4 visa holders, who are the dependent spo ...
Underwater metro tunnel in Kolkata - India's first - to be ready in 2023 The Kolkata East-West Metro line is being constructed by Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation (KMRCL) and is the underwater tunnel that will go beneath the Hooghly river. The construction of India's first underwater tun ...
The health ministry said that the doctor-citizen population ratio in India is 1:834, while the nurse-citizen ratio is 1.96:1,000 NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) informed the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday that more than 50,000 posts are currently lying vacant for workers ...
Living Root Bridges of Meghalaya: Living Root Bridge also called the Jingkieng Jri has been included in the tentative list of World Heritage Sites of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Key Points: The Jingkieng Jri is found in over 70 villages in ...
Merger of Film Media Units with NFDC: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has transferred the mandate of the production of documentaries and short films, organization of film festivals and preservation of films to the National Film Development Corporation (NFDC). NFDC is a public s ...
Dare to Erade TB: Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh while addressing the event on World TB Day 2022 announced the launch of “Dare to Erade TB” program. Key Points: The program will be based on the Indian data and the formation of the Genome Sequencing Consortium for Whole Genome ...
Bihar Diwas 2022: Bihar is celebrating its 109th foundation day on March 22, 2021. Key Highlights: Bihar Day (Bihar Diwas) is observed every year on March 22, marking the formation of the state of Bihar. It was on this day that the British carved out the state from Bengal in 191 ...
Shahid Diwas 2022: Shaheed Diwas, also known as Martyrs' Day is being observed all around India on 23 March 2022. Key Facts: The day is observed every year on 23 March to mark the day when the British hanged Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev, India's three young revolutionaries, in ...
Padma Awards: President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind presented the two Padma Vibhushan, eight Padma Bhushan and 54 Padma Shri Awards at the Civil Investiture Ceremony-I held at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 21 March 2022. This year a total of 128 Padma Awards are being conferred, including two duo cases ...
India's Arctic Policy: Union Minister for Earth Sciences Jitendra Singh released India's Arctic Policy titled, "India and the Arctic: Building a Partnership for Sustainable Development". Key Points: It has been released with an aim to enhance the country’s cooperatio ...
Delhi-Meerut Rapid Rail Corridor: The National Capital Regional Transport Corporation (NCRTC) recently unveiled the first coach of rapid rail of India for the Delhi-Meerut corridor. Key Details: The deliveries of these semi-high-speed aerodynamic trainsets with dispersed power will begin in ...
River Rejuvenation Project: The Ministry for Forest, Environment, and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has recently announced the project for the rejuvenation of 13 major rivers in the country. About the selected Rivers: The 13 rivers that will form part of the rejuvenation project cover nearly 57.45% ...
Chair of Excellence: Indian Army on 15 March 2022 instituted a Chair of Excellence in the memory of late Gen Bipin Rawat, India’s first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) at the United Service Institution (USI) of India on the eve of his 65th birthday. Key Highlights: The formal announcemen ...
Ministery of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE): The Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar recently in a written reply in the Lok Sabha on 14 March 2021 gave information about the implementation of various programmes to en ...
