Bangladesh's Minister Shahriar Alam has reaffirmed close ties with India, dismissing concerns of the Chinese trying to influence Dhaka that could impact ties with Delhi. Alam said, "(China) they know the depth and breadth of our relationship with India. The historic bondage."
You will be surprised to know that American Constitution does not require the use of a specific text for swearing-in ceremonies of the US President's oath, but Joe Biden swore by laying a hands-on Bible that attracted people's attention across the world.
The elephant suffered an injury in its ear and back, which caused it severe distress. There are suspicions that some of these injuries may be inflicted by miscreants. Forest department officials said that the wild elephant was always spotted in and around Masinagudi-Bokkapuram area.
The commercial export of COVID-19 vaccines being manufactured in India will start from Friday. The commercial supply of vaccines to South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh, and Myanmar is expected to commence shortly. Both Myanmar and Bangladesh have contracted 30 million doses of vaccines from India.
The decision of the protesting farmer unions was announced by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha. The government had proposed to suspend the three contentious farm laws for 18 months and set up a joint committee to find an amicable solution to end the deadlock.
The Income Tax Department carried out search and survey operations on Tuesday (January 19) in Jaipur on three groups, involving one jeweller and two real-estate colonizers and developers.During the search, a plethora of incriminating documents and digital data in the form of unaccounted receipts, unexplained development expenses, unexplained assets, cash loans & advances, on-money receipts were found and seized.
Serum Institute of India (SII) has offered compensation of Rs 25 lakh in addition to the mandated amount to families of persons who died in a fire at the company's premises in Pune. Five men died after a fire broke out in a five-storeyed under-construction building at the firm's Manjari premises in Pune on Thursday. All were construction workers whose bodies were recovered by fire brigade personnel from the fifth floor..
Facebook executives on Thursday (January 21) fielded questions from an Indian parliamentary panel about changes to WhatsApp`s privacy policy, days after the country`s technology ministry asked the messaging platform to withdraw them. The committee asked why Facebook needed to change WhatsApp`s privacy terms and how it will impact users, a panel member told reporters on condition of anonymity after the meeting.
In a spectacular bust of the Myanmar-India gold smuggling network, the Delhi Zonal Unit of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized 55.61 kg of foreign-origin gold valued at Rs. 28 crores from eight persons at two locations, Delhi and Lucknow on Thursday (January 21). The officers of DRI have made a string of spectacular gold seizures in the past six months.
Even as Kamala Harris made history to became the first-ever woman and person of colour to sit at the chair of Vice Presidency in the United States of America, both the literal and virtual worlds erupted with applause. The Indian twitter users could not help but combine Kamala Harris' momentous day with another development closer to home in Gujarat.
Jofra Archer, Rory Burns and Ben Stokes return to the squad. Archer and Stokes were rested for the Sri Lanka series and Burns was at home for the birth of his first child. Surrey’s Ollie Pope will travel to India and will be added to the squad when passed fit. Pope is recovering from a shoulder injury sustained in September during the Test series against Pakistan.
The Indian Army responded to the enemy fire in a befitting manner, they added. Havaldar Nirmal Singh of the 10 JAK Rifles unit of the Army was critically injured in the firing and subsequently succumbed to his injuries, the officials said. The Jammu and Kashmir Rifles is an infantry regiment of the Indian Army.
Vinay Reddy Cholleti, an Indian-American from Telangana, wrote the speech that outlined Joe Biden's goals for his administration, focusing on healing from the current state of division in national politics. Reddy grew up in Dayton, Ohio, and is a product of Ohio public schools from kindergarten to Miami University to The Ohio State University College of Law.
The COVID-19 virus first appeared in the Wuhan province of China in late December 2019. Throughout 2020, and even now, China has justifiably been on the receiving end of a lot of criticism from across the globe due to its inadequate handling of the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak as well as misinformation during the initial stage of the outbreak.
The Yogi Adityanath government has also invited suggestions from these departments till February 20. Along with the restructuring of the departments, there will also be a fresh assessment of the number of government employees. The government believes that this will not only reduce the number of departments but will also speed up the work.
In one of his first acts as president, President Biden issued an executive order on Wednesday to bring the United States, the world’s second-largest greenhouse gas emitter, back into the global treaty committing nearly 200 countries to halt rising temperatures quickly enough to avoid disastrous climate change.
Online e-commerce stores Amazon and Flipkart have launched their online Republic Day sales on Tuesday (January 19). Apple's new flagship iPhone 12 series has immense desirability to it and many customers want to own it. This republic day seems to be a great opportunity for all of them.
Sameer Verma will now face world three Anders Antonsen for a place in the semi-finals. On Tuesday, Verma had registered a stunning comeback win against Zii Jia as he came with a lion-hearted performance to secure a 18-21, 27-25, 21-19 win in a thrilling opening match that lasted for one hour and 14 minutes. Verma was uncertain of making the Asian Leg, and said he'd arrived in Bangkok in perhaps not the best frame of mind.
As per the claim on January 19, the PIB said, "In a post on social media, it is being claimed that 2021 of 10th and 12th have been reduced to 23 per cent for passing the board examination now by 33 per cent." Taking to micro-blogging site Twitter, on January 19 and 15, PIB Fact Check, in a post issued a clarification.
Mohammed Siraj, called a "brown monkey" by some spectators, had reported the matter to skipper Ajinkya Rahane, who brought it to the notice of on-field umpires Paul Reiffel and Paul Wilson during the match. "I faced abuses in Australia. The case is going on, let's see whether I get justice or not. My job was to report the incident to the captain," the 26-year-old said during a press conference after his arrival in Hyderabad.
Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao said, "There is a need to implement 10 percent reservation in jobs and education to those from economically weaker classes. We have decided to implement it while continuing the reservations for those who are already enjoying the benefit as it is." As of now 50% reservation for the weaker sections is in force in the state.
In the upcoming auction, Rajasthan Royals would go for an experienced cricketer who can prove to be the ideal replacement for Steve Smith. Rajasthan's pace department seems to be in place with Jofra Archer leading the attack and young Kartik Tyagi maintaining a similar tempo during the middle overs. However, an addition in the seam department will not hurt Rajasthan and it will provide the team with solid bench strength.
The SII fire broke out where the BCG vaccine is made and the Covishield facility has not been affected, said, officials. So far, nine persons have been evacuated from the building in the SII's Manjari premises. There would be no loss of Covishield production due to the fire, Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla said.
Traffic movement on certain roads leading to the parade's route will be restricted, and no traffic will be allowed on Vijay Chowk from 6 pm on Friday till the rehearsal is over on Saturday, Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Manish Kumar Agarwal said. It may be noted that the parade rehearsal will start at 9.50 am on Saturday from Vijay Chowk and will proceed to the National Stadium.
Lately Jio has made a lot of tariff changes. It may be mentioned here that among the popular plans bracket, Jio is offering 2GB data per day plan at Rs 444. As per Jio, this plan is quite economical as compared to that of other telecom companies.