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Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled a new batch of coins on Monday that are ‘visually challenged friendly.’ The Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav (AKAM) design will appear on coins in the denominations of Re 1, Rs 2, 5, 10, and 20. These coins are not commemorative and will be circulated. “These new series of coins will […]
Business Tycoon, Mukesh Ambani’s future daughter-in-law, performed her arangetram at the Jio World Center recently. The performance, called arangetram or “ascent to stage” marks the finishing of formal Bharatanatyam training, which takes almost 8 years to complete. Radhika, the current fiance and the future wife of Anant Ambani is the daughter of Viren Merchant, Encore […]
Controversial comments by Nupur Sharma over Prophet Muhammad has raised many troubles for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). This is despite the party taking action to suspend Nupur Sharma and Delhi media head Naveen Jindal with immediate effect. The party has had to deal with the wrath from Arab countries, especially from Qatar, Iran, Kuwait and […]
It is amazing how with time the tides change. There was a time in 2020, when India was struggling to meet the demand for remdesivir in the domestic markets. While patients were anxiously waiting to receive a single dose, pharmacies were scrambling to cater to them as the manufacturers toiled to meet orders. During this […]
Even after Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) -led government’s attempts to repair the damage done by Nupur Sharma’s controversial comments against Prophet Muhammad, the Arab world is still enraged and has expressed disappointment over the incident. This morning Saudi Arabi’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement saying that it strongly condemned and denounced statements […]
Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday lashed out at the BJP-ruled Karnataka Government and asserted that his party would not allow textbooks that damage the State’s cultural and secular diversity. “The Congress will in no way allow textbooks that will be fatal for Karnataka’s diversity,” Rahul Gandhi said in a series of tweets in […]
The Congress high command’s attempt to placate veteran leader Ghulam Nabi Azad , who has been sulking after being denied a Rajya Sabha nomination, by offering him the number two position in the party organisation is reported to have failed. Reliable sources said Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi and Azad met on Sunday after […]
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has come down heavily on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his official Lok Kalyan Marg address after the Centre approved a rate cut on provident funds deposits for 2021-22. In March, the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) decided on an 8.1% interest on provident fund deposits for the last financial year, […]
In what could be yet another reason for the opposition Congress party to worry, the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) is planning to shed its pro-minority image and run for ‘non-Muslim dominated’ seats. The AIMIM, which ate into Congress’ Muslim votes during the local body elections last year, will field candidates in minority, Dalit and […]
The COVID-19 vaccine Corbevax from Biological E has been approved for booster doses in people aged 18 and up. It can be given to people six months after they’ve taken the first two doses of either Covaxin or Covishield for limited usage in an emergency, according to a statement released today by the business. Corbevax […]
In a significant development, the centre is likely to clear the Tour of Duty scheme for military recruiting soon, paving the way for troops to be inducted into the services for short-term stints. According to top government sources, the Department of Military Affairs, led by Lt Gen Anil Puri, would deliver a presentation to top […]
Mohan Bhagwat, chief of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), said on Thursday that the court’s decision in the Gyanvapi mosque case should be respected by everybody and questioned why there is no need to look for a ‘Shivling’ in every mosque. “The Gyanvapi case is still underway. We can’t change the past. It was not […]
Secretariat of the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet on Friday announced following proposals of the Department of Financial services: (1) Appointment of Swarup Kumar Saha, Executive Director, Punjab National Bank as Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer (MD&CEO) in Punjab & Sind Bank for a period of three years with effect from the date of […]
Exactly 59 seconds. This is what it took to wrap up the much-touted and much-awaited joining ceremony of once-firebrand Patidar leader Hardik Patel into the BJP on Thursday. The lad, who once shook the ruling BJP with his first rally attracting a mammoth crowd of 10 lakh in August 2015, had to wait for a […]
The Congress party announced on its official Twitter account on Thursday that Congress President Sonia Gandhi had tested positive for COVID-19. This comes a day after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) summoned Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi to appear before the agency on June 8 in the National Herald case. According to reports, Congress’ Randeep Surjewala […]
According to a community leader, more than 100 Hindu families have fled Kashmir as a result of the assassination of a Hindu school teacher in Kulgam. Terrorists killed Rajni Bala, 36, outside a government school in Kulgam, south of Srinagar, on Tuesday. Avtar Krishan Bhat, President of a Kashmiri Pandit Colony in Baramulla, said nearly […]
Former Gujarat leader Hardik Patel’s close confidantes of his Patidar agitation days have called his joining the BJP on Thursday a “political suicide” and questioned him about justice to the families of 14 Patel youngsters who died during the 2015 reservation stir. Alpesh Kathiria, who leads the Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) now and also […]
Tamil Nadu health minister Ma Subramanian on Wednesday blamed North Indian students for the rise in COVID-19 cases in the state. Minister inspected the Vellore Institute of Technology, Kilambakkam as a cluster because of the COVID cases reported recently. “North Indian students are spreading COVID-19 in Tamil Nadu. Students from Kelambakkam VIT College and Sathyasai […]
Prashant Kishor stated on Tuesday that he was involved in 11 elections between 2011 and 2021, but only lost the one in Uttar Pradesh in 2017 due to the Congress and that is the reason why he doesn’t want to work with the party ever again. “From 2011 to 2021, I was involved in 11 […]
The football you pick up from swanky atheleisure stores or even the old-fashioned stand-alone sports shop does not come from traditional football playing nations Brazil, Argentina or even Germany and France. So, the next time you bargain with the storekeepers who insist on rates that could buy you an English PL ticket, tell them “Sisola.” […]
