“It’s Covid and not a weather update,” says Lav Agarwal
July 13, 2021 19:39Government urges people to take the ‘third wave’ seriously, “It’s covid and not a weather update”, said Lav Agarwal, Joint secretary in Health Ministry
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Olympics chief mixes Japanese and Chinese at Tokyo Games press conference
July 13, 2021 18:22Thomas Bach’s attempts to win over the reluctant hosts of the Tokyo 2020 Games got off to an embarrassing start on Tuesday when the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) referred to the people of Japan as “Chinese”.
Navjot Singh Sidhu praises AAP
July 13, 2021 18:14Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu praises #AAP. He says, “AAP always recognised his work and vision”.
Jill Biden will travel opening ceremony of Tokyo Olympic 2021
July 13, 2021 18:09US First Lady, Jill Biden, will travel to the opening ceremony of 2021 Olympic Summer Games in Tokyo, Japan on July 23.
Central teams in 11 states deputed to manage COVID-19
July 13, 2021 17:29Central teams in 11 states have been deputed to help the State Governments manage COVID-19 as stated by Lav Agarwal, Jt Secy, Health Ministry. Besides northeastern states, the teams have been sent to Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Kerala & Odisha, as they were reflecting a growth trajectory.
Election Commission to conduct a meeting today
July 13, 2021 12:20The Election Commission is to meet today with more than 10,000 Village panchayats in the evening to discuss the forthcoming elections of December,2021.
Former Indian cricketer YashPal Sharma dies of heart attack
July 13, 2021 12:33A member of the 1983 Cricket World-cup-winning team, Yashpal Sharma dies of cardia arrest at 66.
PM Modi to interact with Indian athletes’ contingent for Tokyo Olympics
July 13, 2021 11:35PM Modi will interact with the Indian athletes’ contingent for the Tokyo Olympics at 5 pm, today. A total of 126 athletes across 18 sports disciplines from India will be heading to Tokyo.
Gujarat reports 32 fresh cases of COVID-19 in last 24 hours
July 12, 2021 19:56Gujarat has reported a steady decline in fresh cases of corona. In last 24 hours, the state reported 32 new cases, 0 deaths and 161 recoveries. With this the total cases in Gujarat reached to 8,23,775 cases with 801 active cases and the total recoveries reached to 8,13,339.
NEET to be held on Sept 12
July 12, 2021 19:40Union Minister of Education, Dharmendra Pradhan announced the dates of the national level mandotary examination for the admission in MBBS course, NEET. The examination will be conducted on 12 September, 2021 with strict COVID protocols. The form filling procedures will begin from 13 July, Tuesday 5 pm. The link for the form will be available […]
Gujarat ATS nabs a man for allegedly making fake passports and visas
July 12, 2021 17:18Gujarat ATS nabs a man, Adam Mohammed Irfan of Surat for allegedly making fake passports and visas of several countries. He also allegedly boasted of making fake investment certificate to get Visa for Dominica. However ATS officials declined that he had any connection with Mehul Choksi episode.
Sirisha Bandla to fly to space with Richard Branson
July 11, 2021 19:13Andhra-born Sirisha Bandla grew up in Nasa-city Houston. The aeronautical engineer is all set to make her dream – flying to space – come true. She will join Sir Richard Branson, in Virgin Galactic (VG) rocket plane and fly to space on July 12, Monday, 8 am IST It will be a 90-sub-orbital-flight to the edge […]
Three terrorists neutralised in Anantnag
July 10, 2021 21:46On receiving specific intelligence inputs from sources about the presence of three terrorists in the built-up area of Kargom, Ranipora of Anantnag district, Ladkipura based Rashtriya Rifles along with JKP & CRPF launched a cordon and search operation at 13:00 hrs today. On seeing the movement of security forces, at 15:50 hrs, the terrorists tried […]
Joe Biden nominates LA Mayor Eric Garcetti as US Ambassador to India
July 10, 2021 21:11If confirmed by the Senate, Eric Garcetti, 50, would replace Kenneth Juster who served as US Ambassador to India during the Trump administration. Garcetti would step down as L.A. mayor after Senate confirmation. Apparently, his name has been doing the rounds since May. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, who has led the city during a […]
Not a minister? Maybe Governor in TN!
July 10, 2021 19:19There is a buzz that a recently Cabinet ministerial berth deprived minister could be made the Governor of Tamil Nadu
Not standing up for the National Anthem is not an offence: J&K HC
July 10, 2021 18:01In an important development, Jammu and Kashmir High Court has said that not getting up for the national anthem may considered disrespect to it but does not amount to a crime under the Prevention of Insult to National Honour Act, 1971. The judgement comes 5 years after the rule which made it mandatory for everyone […]
Gujarat’s COVID-19 Update
July 9, 2021 20:32Gujarat witnesses 56 COVID-19 positive cases in the last 24 hours. 196 people have got discharged, and there have been 01 death Total cases: 8,24,147 Total discharged: 8,12,718 Active cases: 1356 Total death: 10,073
COVID-19 updates by Union Health Ministry
July 9, 2021 20:27As of data updated on Friday, India logged 43,393 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,07,52,950 Active cases have declined to 4,58,727 (The active comprises 1.49 per cent of the total infections) Death toll has climbed to 4,05,939 Fresh Fatalities 911
Paytm IPO and 4 others quit before IPO
July 9, 2021 20:23Ahead of its much anticipated $2.3 billion Initial Public Offering (IPO), Paytm’s President Amit Nayyar, Chief HR Officer Rohit Thakur and two others call it quits.
Salman and Being Foundation are not fraud
July 9, 2021 20:12Chandigarh Police had summoned Salman Khan and eight others associated with Being Human Foundation in an alleged Rs 2 crore fraud case. But Style Quotient Jewellery confirmed that it had signed MoU with one Modern Jewels to become a franchisee of ‘Being Human Jewellery’ and that Khan, his sister Alvira and the Foundation had nothing […]
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