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Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju has been temporarily assigned the charge of the Ministry of AYUSH, according to a Rashtrapati Bhavan communique issued on Tuesday.The move was necessitated as Shripad Yesso Naik, the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for the Ministry of...
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The BBC on Tuesday apologised for any offence caused and rectified what it termed as the mistaken use of an inaccurate map of India, which had the boundaries of Jammu and Kashmir entirely missing, triggering a formal letter of complaint by Labour Party MP Virendra Sharma.In a video broadcast...
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Policemen were deployed on Tuesday to protect a Hindu temple in northwest Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, days after a leader of the minority community demanded protection for the place of worship fearing an attack by some mischievous elements who wanted to occupy its land.The move comes...
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Paranjoy Guha Thakurta
A court in Gujarat's Mundra in Kutch district on Tuesday issued an arrest warrant against senior journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta in a defamation suit filed by the Adani Group.'...accused stands charged with complaint under section 500 of IPC. You are hereby directed to arrest the said accused...
21:33
The cumulative number of healthcare workers vaccinated against COVID-19 has touched 6,31,417 till 6 pm today through 11,660 sessions, the Government of India (GoI) said on Sunday.The GoI in a release said that the COVID-19 vaccination program was conducted successfully on the fourth day of the...
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The cast and crew of Amazon Prime Video series Tandav on Tuesday said they have decided to implement changes to the political drama to address concerns.Tandav, a nine-episode political thriller starring Bollywood A-listers Saif Ali Khan, Dimple Kapadia and Mohd Zeeshan Ayyub, started streaming...
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The Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) on Monday said it will contest the forthcoming Assam assembly polls in alliance with five parties to oust the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party from power.APCC president Ripun Bora said following discussions with various parties, it has been decided that...
19:41
The Indian selectors led by Chetan Sharma on Tuesday named the squad for the first two Tests against England. Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya, and Ishant Sharma have made their way back into the squad. Rahul has been picked subject to fitness. While Kohli was set to return after missing the...
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India on Tuesday announced that it will supply COVID-19 vaccines under grant assistance to Bhutan, Maldives, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar and Seychelles from Wednesday.The Ministry of External Affairs said India will supply COVID-19 vaccines to partner countries over the coming weeks and months in...
19:25
The Punjab unit of Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday said it would join farmers' tractor parade on January 26 in Delhi.AAP state unit president Bhagwant Mann made the announcement while claiming that the ongoing farmers' protest has become the largest agitation in the world with the participation of...
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Of the total people vaccinated against COVID-19 so far, the government on Tuesday said 0.18 per cent were adverse events following immunisation, while 0.002 per cent had to be hospitalised which is fairly low.Addressing a press conference, NITI Aayog member (Health) V K Paul said concerns about...
18:51
President Ram Nath Kovind Tuesday congratulated the Indian cricket team for scripting a historic triumph in a Test series in Australia, saying the nation is proud of their achievement.India won the fourth and final Test of the series with three wickets, clinching the Border-Gavaskar Trophy by...
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Delhi Police's cyber crime cell will investigate a complaint received from senior TV journalist Nidhi Razdan who has said she was a victim of a phishing scam in which she was given a fraudulent offer of a position of associate professor at the Harvard University.Razdan filed the complaint with...
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Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday congratulated the Indian cricket team for its victory in the Brisbane Test, saying its steely determination and never-say-die attitude made the whole nation proud. India pulled off an exhilarating three-wicket win over Australia in the fourth Test in...
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A special Central Bureau of Investigation court in Mumbai on Tuesday rejected the plea of Indrani Mukerjea, a prime accused in the Sheena Bora murder case, seeking exemption from wearing the uniform prescribed for convicts in prison despite she being an undertrial.Mukerjea is lodged at the...
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Sajan Lone's People's Conference quits People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD).
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Health Ministry press briefing on COVID19 situation-- 4,54,049 people have been vaccinated till now. Active cases around 2 lakh after seven months and the number is declining. Daily number of deaths less than 140 after eight months. -- 0.18% adverse events happened following immunization and...
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LS Speaker Om Birla
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla announces that amid COVID-19 pandemic, the Budget Session will commence from January 29. Rajya Sabha will sit from 9 am to 2 pm and Lok Sabha will sit be from 4 pm to 9 pm. Zero Hour and Question Hour will be held. MPs have been requested to undergo RT-PCR test. He also...
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Equity benchmark Sensex soared 834 points on Tuesday, tracking strong gains in index majors HDFC twins, ICICI Bank and Reliance Industries amid an upbeat trend in global markets. The 30-share BSE index ended 834.02 points or 1.72 per cent higher at 49,398.29. Similarly, the broader NSE...
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The Shiv Sena on Tuesday said the people of Maharashtra had favoured the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government in the recently-held Gram Panchayat elections in the state, results of which were declared on Monday. Taking a dig at the BJP in the party's mouthpiece 'Saamana', the...
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The COVID-19 immunisation drive for frontline healthcare workers is underway at 207 centres in West Bengal on the third day of the exercise on Tuesday even as glitches were reported in the Co-WIN portal, a senior official of the health department said. Those who received texts for the...
15:19
Every session we discovered a new hero, Sachin Tendulkar put it aptly as an injury-ravaged India's come-from-behind triumph over Australia earned them unbridled appreciation from the cricket fraternity as well as several other notable personalities. Despite losing key players to injury, India...
15:06
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, in Purulia issues a threat to the BJP, CPM: I have been seeing for a few days that some people are being sent by BJP to create disturbance in our meeting. Now I will send some people to disturb BJP, CPM meetings. A Dalit family said that we fed them (BJP...
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The Centre's new farm laws are designed to destroy the agriculture sector, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleged on Tuesday and asserted that the only solution to the farmers' issue is to repeal the legislations. At a press conference, Gandhi also released a booklet highlighting the plight of...
13:53
The BCCI on Tuesday announced a Rs 5 crore bonus for the Indian cricket team after the Ajinkya Rahane-led side won the fourth and final Test against Australia to clinch the series 2-1 and retain the Border-Gavaskar trophy. India chased down 328 in the final Test to end Australia's 32-year...
13:42
Pakistan authorities have approved the Chinese Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use in the country as the nation continues to witness a surge in the number of coronavirus infections. The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) approved the vaccine on Monday, two days after it...
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A large number of resident doctors in six districts of Karnataka have voiced their objection to taking the Covaxin shot developed by Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech and have asked the government to use the Covishield vaccine instead.India Today reports that this comes after resident doctors at...
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Union Minister Shripad Naik briefly brought out of the hospital, he will be shifted to a ward. He will be discharged from Goa Medical College in 10 days. He had met with a road accident on January 11th while going from Yellapur to Gokarna in Karnataka.
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After a gap of two days, the COVID-19 vaccination drive resumed in Mumbai and Pune on Tuesday morning, but unlike the first day, there was hardly any rush of beneficiaries for taking jabs in the metropolis. A doctor at a vaccination centre in Mumbai said the response was slow in the...
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Actor-politician Kamal Haasan on Monday underwent a leg surgery at a Chennai hospital and is doing well, his daughters Shruti Haasan and Akshara Haasan said in a statement on Tuesday. Makkal Needhi Maiam chief had on Sunday said he would be undergoing a follow-up surgery on his leg. Shruti...
12:10
Bharat Biotech has secured a fresh Letter of Comfort from the Centre for another 45 lakh doses of its COVID-19 vaccine, Covaxin, sources said. Out of the 45 lakh doses, the city-based vaccine maker will be supplying over eight lakh to some of the friendly countries such as Mauritius,...
11:57
Bharat Biotech's fact sheet on COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin, has advised pregnant or breastfeeding women, besides people with high fever or bleeding disorders, not to take the antidote. The vaccine maker in the fact sheet on Covaxin, posted in its website, said the clinical...
11:36
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the issue of national security after reports that China has built a village in Arunachal Pradesh. Remember his promise - (Will not let the country bow), Gandhi said on Twitter as he posted a link of a news...
11:25
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday remembered veteran actor Soumitra Chatterjee on his 86th birth anniversary and said that his glorious presence is being missed. Remembering Soumitra (Da) Chattopadhyay on his birth anniversary. He was a legend, who left his mark on...
11:13
Outgoing US President Donald Trump's approval ratings have reached a record low among the American public, according to the latest Gallup survey.Thirty-four per cent of Americans approve of the job Trump is doing as president, a Gallup poll on published Monday stated, as cited by The Hill. The...
11:05
30 boxes of Covishield, by Serum Institute of India, shipped from Pune in Maharashtra to Hyderabad in Telangana today.
10:52
India reported the lowest number of daily coronavirus infections in over seven months with 10,064 new cases, which took the caseload to 1,05,81,837, while recoveries have surged to 1,02,28,753, according to Union health ministry data updated on Tuesday. The country's death toll increased to...
10:30
An independent panel has slammed China and the World Health Organisation (WHO) for early shortcomings in the initial response to the coronavirus pandemic.The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response, established by WHO in May 2020, is co-chaired by former New Zealand Prime...
10:16
Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled the demise of Dr V Shanta (93), senior oncologist and chairperson of the Adyar Cancer Institute, who passed away in the early hours on Tuesday morning.The Prime Minister said Dr Shanta will be remembered for her outstanding efforts to ensure top-quality...
09:55
Thirteen migrant labourers were killed in Surat district of Gujarat on Tuesday after being crushed by a truck, police said.The tragedy took place early in the morning near Kosamba village, around 60 km from Surat, police said, adding that all those killed hailed from Rajasthan. -- PTI
09:52
Equity benchmark Sensex rallied nearly 500 points in early trade on Tuesday tracking strong gains in index majors Reliance Industries, HDFC and Infosys amid a positive trend in global markets. The 30-share BSE index was trading 485.97 points or 1 per cent higher at 49,050.24. Similarly, the...
09:36
Several civil rights activists and organizations from India and the United States on Monday urged the Supreme Court to give bail to former police officer Sanjiv Bhatt.At a virtual press conference organized by the Indian American Muslim Council and Hindus for Human Rights, the organizations and...
09:19
Days after the United States Capitol riots that was called against rigged election by President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump in her farewell speech urged the people to be passionate in everything but never resort to violence.Speaking for the last time as the US First Lady, Melania in a...
08:54
United States Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on Monday acknowledged the challenges that lie ahead after January 20 when Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th President of the United States, saying it is not going to be easy.We're going into Wednesday knowing that we're ready to do the work,...
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Outgoing United States President Donald Trump on Monday issued an executive order to lift travel restrictions on European countries and Brazil which his administration had imposed in view of the coronavirus pandemic.Travel restrictions on several other countries including China and Iran remain in...
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Donald Trump is expected to issue more than 100 presidential pardons, during his final hours in the White House, but may not pardon himself or his immediate family, it was reported on Monday.White House officials say Trump has privately debated with aides whether he should take the extraordinary...
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