UNICEF regrets poor response to USD 39 million appeal for Pakistan’s flood-hit children
Islamabad: “The rains and floods have already claimed the lives of more than 550 children. Without a significant surge in support, we fear many more children will lose their lives," Unicef Pakistan chief field officer in Balochistan, Gerida Birukila,
BY PTI / Wednesday, 21 September, 2022
30 startups felicitated under the Swachhata Start-up Challenge
New Delhi: The top ten startups will receive financial support of Rs 25 lakh and that each of the other 20 start-ups will get the financial support of Rs 20 lakh
BY PIB / Wednesday, 21 September, 2022
PM chairs Board of Trustees of PM CARES Fund: New Trustees and Advisors nominated
New Delhi: The Chairperson has the power to nominate three trustees to the Board who shall be eminent persons in the field of research, health, science, social work, law, public administration, and philanthropy
BY PIB/NT / Wednesday, 21 September, 2022
India’s Radhika Batra and 3 others honoured with 2022 Goalkeepers Global Goals awards by Gates Foundation
New York: The recognises a leader who has driven progress on a global scale toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
BY PTI / Wednesday, 21 September, 2022
Cong to notify for party president polls on Thursday: Likely to have first non-Gandhi president in over two decades
New Delhi: The new president would replace Sonia Gandhi, the longest-serving party president who has been at the helm since 1998, barring the two years between 2017 and 2019 when Rahul Gandhi took over
BY PTI / Wednesday, 21 September, 2022
BJP threatens to block MP leg of Bharat Jodo Yatra of Congress over its leader’s ‘anti-Brahmin’ comments
Bhopal: The Congress MP claims the ruling party "twisted" his comments as they are rattled by the huge response Gandhi's mass contact drive was getting across the country
BY PTI / Wednesday, 21 September, 2022
Alcohol prohibition to be partially lifted from Manipur
Imphal: A massive public movement had led the state government to enact prohibition through the Manipur Liquor Prohibition Act 1991, which was later amended in 2002
BY PTI / Wednesday, 21 September, 2022
Talks to resume day after NSCN-IM tells Centre unification of Naga inhabited areas, separate flag non-negotiable
New Delhi: The talks with the NSCN-IM are currently going nowhere as the group has been insisting on a separate Naga flag and constitution, a demand rejected by the central government
BY PTI / Wednesday, 21 September, 2022
INS Ajay decommissioned after 32 glorious years of service
Mumbai: The ship had participated in several naval operations including Operation Talwar during Kargil War and Operation Parakram in 2001
BY PIB Delhi / Tuesday, 20 September, 2022
Arunachal police arrests five in connection with APSPSC question paper leak
Itanagar: CM Khandu has said that the government will not tolerate any corruption, and anyone found to have been involved in the incident will not be spared irrespective of his or her position
BY PTI / Tuesday, 20 September, 2022
Green Growth to be a focus for India’s tourism sector: Tourism Minister Reddy
New Delhi: Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy virtually attended the Tourism Ministers’ meeting of the BRICS member countries on Monday
BY PIB Delhi / Tuesday, 20 September, 2022
Queen Elizabeth II buried alongside late husband at St George’s Chapel
London: Britain's longest-serving monarch was laid to rest in a historic funeral ceremony conducted to military precision at a scale never seen before
BY PTI / Tuesday, 20 September, 2022
