The coronavirus pandemic has given the world a chance to reflect and take “outrageously” bold decisions to create a new order where there is no global warming, no wealth concentration and no unemployment, Nobel Peace Prize recipient and Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus has said. He was speaking to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, as part of […]Continue Reading
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Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal on Wednesday unveiled the National Education Policy, 2020. Addressing a press conference, Pokhriyal, along with his predecessor and now I&B minister Prakash Javadekar, unveiled the policy, which will replace the existing policy that was formulated in 1986 under the Rajiv Gandhi government. “The Cabinet under Prime Continue Reading
Five Rafale fighter jets operated by Indian Air Force (IAF) pilots took off from Merignac in France on Monday morning for India in a big boost to country’s air power at a time of military stand-off with China. These five jets include three single seater and two twin seater aircraft. The aircraft are likely to […]Continue Reading
China on Tuesday once again lashed out at India on last month’s banning of 59 Chinese mobile apps including WeChat (the Chinese equivalent of WhatsApp) and asked it to avoid “correct its wrongdoing”, warning that China will “also take necessary measures to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies”. China said that India […]Continue Reading
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday said he has spoken to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to apprise him of the political situation in the state and he has promised him to get the matter seen. Gehlot said he also wrote to the prime minister a few days back over the issue, even as the […]Continue Reading
Guwahati,JULY 27: Assam has lost at least 8000 sq km of land since 1951 due to floods every year. Former Assam additional chief secretary C K Das, who served in the state’s revenue department for a long time, pointed out that as land holdings in Assam are much smaller compared to other states, around 10 […]Continue Reading
Mumbai,JULY 27: BJP president J P Nadda on Monday asked the Maharashtra party unit to strengthen its IT cell and expose the Uddhav Thackeray-led state government’s “failure”. In a virtual address from Delhi, Nadda addressed a web meeting of the state BJP unit where he said people of Maharashtra have realised the “actual motive” of […]Continue Reading
The flood situation remained grim in Assam and Bihar on Saturday with one more death reported from the northeastern state and nearly 36 lakh people affected in total. The death toll due to floods and landslides has reached 123 in Assam, and 10 people have died due to the deluge in Bihar. In Assam, nearly […]Continue Reading
New Delhi,JULY 26: India’s COVID-19 recovery rate is better compared to other countries and its case fatality rate is much less as well, but the threat of the deadly virus is far from over, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday. In his monthly ‘Mann ki Baat’ radio address, he also said that at many […]Continue Reading
The Congress Party decided to make the Rajasthan crisis a fight to the finish and said on Saturday that it would hold protests in front of the Rashtrapati Bhavan in Delhi and all Raj Bhawans across the country from Monday and launch an online campaign to protest against the BJP’s “conspiracy” to topple its government […]Continue Reading
