Union Minister Piyush Goyal was addressing the CEOs session at the country's first Toy Fair 2021. He said that "we are looking at world domination in the toy sector and anything short of that would be a terrible disappointment".
The Redmi K40 has cleared its certification with IMDA model number M2012K11AG. It is rumoured that the same handset will get launched with the Poco monicker. There is no clarity on what Poco wll call this smartphone. The phone will surely get 5G network capability.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be hosting his monthly 'Mann Ki Baat' on Sunday (February 28) at 11 am. This will be the 73rd episode of Modi’s monthly radio programme. The programme is scheduled to come a day ahead of the annuncement of Union Budget for 2021-22.
As Maharashtra and Gujarat witness a massive surge in coronavirus cases in the past few days a decision to impose lockdown in some districts has been taken. On Friday, Gujarat reported 460 new cases while Maharashtra registered 8,333 fresh coronavirus cases.
The Rajasthan government has cleared a proposal to give employment to 153 national and international-level sports persons from the state. Among the sportspersons to be given state jobs, two would be appointed in Grade A services, five in Grade B and 146 in Grade C, a government statement said on Saturday (February 27).
Election Commission of India’s (ECI) decision to conduct West Bengal Assembly polls in eight-phases is a ‘certificate’ of the governance of Mamata Banerjee, said Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Saturday (February 27).
Odisha’s School and Mass Education Department on Saturday (February 27) issued guidelines to reschedule school timings to tackle the heat wave conditions. The timings of offline sessions for classes 9 to 12 have been changed.
In the third phase of the coronavirus vaccination drive which begins from March 1, the government is aiming to expand the vaccination drive to the general public of the nation, which include people with co-morbidities in the 45-59 years age group and senior citizens.
The US owes India $216 billion in loan, an American lawmaker has said, cautioning the leadership against galloping foreign debt, the largest of which comes from China and Japan. In 2020, the US national debt was $23.4 trillion, that was $72,309 in debt per person.
On Sunday, polling for 81 municipalities, 31 district panchayats and 231 taluka panchayats in Gujarat will take place while the results will be declared on March 2. Over 44,000 policemen along with 54,000 homeguards will be deployed to ensure incident-free voting.
A rooster will be produced in court for accidentally killing its owner. The owner received injuries to his groin made by the knife tied to the bird's leg as it was being prepped for an illegal cockfight. The bird was trying to escape the man's clutches.
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday (February 27) said Delhi's law and order situation is in "serious turmoil" citing the recent murder of an eight-year-old girl and stabbing of a teenaged boy, and requested the Union home minister under whom the city police function for appropriate action.
Thieves allegedly stole huge quantities of silver buried in a box beneath the basement of a doctor's house in Jaipur by digging a 20-foot-long and 15-foot-deep tunnel. Police said the accused had purchased a house right behind the doctor's house for Rs 87 lakh in January.
Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) has achieved the milestone of 20 lakh cumulative exports. The company achieved the subsequent million in over eight years with a special focus on emerging markets in Latin America, Africa and Asia regions.
The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Saturday carried out a long-range precision strike against a practice target to mark the second anniversary of the Balakot, also Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria flew a multi-aircraft sortie.
Tiger Woods, considered one of the greatest golfers of his generation, was being treated at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles following the crash on Tuesday, which left him with a fractured right leg and shattered ankle.
The world’s renowned education institutes as well as numerous countries have hailed the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 of India. Many institutes have called it the world’s biggest reform and has exhibited interest in implementing it, said Ramesh Pokhriyal "Nishank", Union Education Minister on Saturday (February 27).
The coronavirus vaccination at government facilities will be provided for free and the cost will be borne by the Central government, the Union Health Ministry announced on Saturday (February 27, 2021) whereas at private facilities will be charged subject to a financial ceiling.
With India 2-1 up in the four-Test series and needing a draw to qualify for the World Test Championship final at Lord's from June 18-22, another turner is currently out of question as the home team will be aiming to take minimal risks as far as the track is concerned.
Targeted beneficiaries will be vaccinated free of cost in all government institutions up to the primary health center level while in private hospitals vaccines will be administered at a price of Rs 250 per dose in the third phase of the coronavirus vaccination drive which begins from March 1.
Shreyas Iyer is enjoying a great outing in the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy and had slammed a century to help his side overpower Maharashtra earlier this week. On Saturday, Shreyas arrived in the middle in the 13th over and went on to knock 116 from 103 deliveries against Rajasthan before he was cleaned up by Ravi Bishnoi in the 46th over.
The NITI Aayog has promulgated a price range of Rs 300-500 for two Covid vaccines that would be available for the priority group at private facilities in the third phase of vaccination set to begin from March 1, sources privy to the development revealed, adding that the Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin would cost a bit higher.
The Indian rocket numbered PSLV-C51 carrying the 637-kg Brazilian satellite Amazonia-1 and 18 other satellites (including 13 from the USA) is scheduled to lift-off from the first launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh at 10.24 a.m. on Sunday (February 27).
The lockdown in Maharashtra's Amravati and Achalpur has been extended till March 8. A total lockdown of seven days was imposed in Amravati city and Achalpur town on February 21 which has now been extended due to an increase in coronavirus cases.
Amid a surge in coronavirus cases in the past few days, the lockdown in Maharashtra's Amravati and Achalpur has been extended till March 8. The weekend lockdown was supposed to be in place from 8 pm on Saturday (February 20) to 7 am on Monday (February 22), which has now been extended to a week's time.