Nation/World

Why just Bharat Jodo Yatra: Cong after Mandaviya letter to Rahul on Covid concerns

Nuh (Haryana): The union minister wrote to Gandhi and Gehlot to consider suspending the Bharat Jodo Yatra if Covid protocols could not be followed

BY / Wednesday, 21 December, 2022

Govt reviews COVID situation; advises people to mask up, get vaccinated; no change in international air travel norms yet

New Delhi: A new and highly transmissible BF.7 strain of the Omicron variant is behind a wider surge of COVID infections in China

BY / Wednesday, 21 December, 2022

Taliban regime’s decision to ban women from university education in Afghanistan will come with ‘consequences’: Blinken

Washington: The Taliban rulers on Tuesday banned university education for women nationwide, as they took decisive steps to crush their right to education and freedom

BY / Wednesday, 21 December, 2022

PM Modi, Cong chief Kharge enjoy millet lunch at Parliament

New Delhi: Millet khichdi, ragi dosa, jowar roti, bajra churma, and bajra cake were among the delicacies enjoyed by the parliamentarians

BY / Wednesday, 21 December, 2022

UK PM Sunak stands firm amid serial strike action

London: NHS nurses are on strike and NHS ambulance operators, railway workers, border force staff and postal workers are planning industrial action in the coming weeks

BY / Wednesday, 21 December, 2022

Days when Afghanistan was used by others as ‘strategic depth’ are over: India to UNSC

United Nations: MEA said India is closely monitoring the security situation in Afghanistan and is actively engaged with the international community on issues related to that country

BY / Wednesday, 21 December, 2022

Hostage crisis: Pakistan’s special forces storm counter-terrorism centre, kill all 33 Taliban terrorists

Peshawar/Islamabad: The standoff began when an arrested TTP militant under interrogation snatched an AK-47 from the police and opened fire and freed other militants in

BY / Wednesday, 21 December, 2022

Par panel flags possibility of ‘benami’ petrol pumps operating in country, calls for probe

New Delhi: The panel has flagged the possibility of individuals operating petrol pumps in the name of SC and ST applicants due to certain changes made in the allocation guidelines

BY / Wednesday, 21 December, 2022

Nepal blacklists 16 Indian pharmaceutical companies, including Ramdev’s Divya Pharmacy

Kathmandu: The list of the companies that do not comply with WHO standards were published after inspection of the manufacturing facilities of the pharmaceutical companies

BY / Tuesday, 20 December, 2022

Ex-gratia of Rs 50,000 approved for next of kin of COVID-19 victims: govt

New Delhi: The primary responsibility for disaster management, including disbursal of relief assistance to the affected people, rests with the state governments concerned

BY / Tuesday, 20 December, 2022

Karnataka legislature to pass resolution: Not an inch of land will be given to Maharashtra

Belagavi (K'taka): Bommai said, "There is no ambiguity or confusion" and that he has reiterated the State's stand very clearly at the meeting with Amit Shah, without any dilution

BY / Tuesday, 20 December, 2022

Union minister Irani questions WEF’s gender gap assessment which ranked India at 135th place

Gandhinagar: Irani said the Index also did not take into account the women who have been financially empowered through Central schemes like Mudra Yojana and Stand Up India etc

BY / Tuesday, 20 December, 2022
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