New Delhi: With the announcement of dates for ‘Pariksha Pe Charcha-2023’, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday urged everyone to participate in the interactive program. Prime Minister Narendra Modi would be interacting with students, teachers, and parents in the upcoming 6th edition of ‘Pariksha Par Charcha’ on January 27. The program will be held at … Read more
As India prepare for the 50-over World Cup at home in October-November, former India batter Gautam Gambhir said the team must prioritise finding a replacement for seam-bowling all-rounder Hardik Pandya. “They need to quickly identify a back-up for Hardik; if something happens to him, India will be in serious, serious trouble,” ESPNcricinfo quoted Gambhir as … Read more
Beijing: Desperate families searching for critical Covid-19 medication in China, faced with bare pharmacy shelves and an explosion of cases, are being driven into murky online marketplaces rife with price gouging and fraud. Beijing last month abruptly tore down its hallmark zero-Covid virus containment policy, lifting widespread restrictions that had triggered nationwide protests and stifled … Read more
New Delhi: The University Grants Commission (UGC) Chairman Professor Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar interacted with Media over the Setting up and Operation of Campuses of Foreign Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) in India. The UGC Chairman has stated that the foreign institutions will operate their functions as per the guidelines framed by the Commission and the Indian … Read more
Vienna: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar who made a veiled attack on Pakistan terming it as “epicentre of terrorism” has in an interview to a popular Austrian TV show said that he could have used much harsher words for India’s neighbour for its role in promoting cross border terrorism even as he criticised Europe for … Read more
The demand for SUVs has increased dramatically in the Indian car market. Hyundai Creta, Kia Seltos, and Mahindra Thar, for example, have attracted a lot of buyers. Maruti Suzuki, the largest carmaker in the nation, now appears to be attempting to capitalise on the current SUV craze. Last year, the business unveiled its small SUV, … Read more
New Delhi: The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh got relief on the issue of local bodies elections today, with the Supreme Court putting on freeze the Allahabad High court’s order to hold urban bodies elections by January without reservation for Other Backward Classes or OBCs. A bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice … Read more
New Delhi: India has recorded 188 new coronavirus infections, while the active cases have declined to 2,554, according to Union health ministry data updated on Thursday. The total tally of Covid cases has been recorded at 4,46,79,319 and the death count stands at 5,30,710, with three deaths reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 … Read more
Canada set an immigration record last year by granting more than 437,000 foreigners’ permanent residency, the government said on Tuesday, as it ramps up immigration to fight a tight labor market. The Government of Canada planned to welcome 431,645 new permanent immigrants in 2022. During the 2021 Census, nearly 1 in 4 people counted were … Read more
President Joe Biden intends to visit the U.S.-Mexico border — his first trip there since taking office — in connection with his meeting next week in Mexico City with the leaders of Mexico and Canada. “That’s my intention, we’re working out the details now,” Biden told reporters Wednesday during a trip to Kentucky. READ | … Read more
New Delhi: A brutal cold wave swept Delhi on Thursday with the minimum temperature dropping to the season’s lowest of three degrees Celsius. As frosty winds from the snow-clad Himalayas barrelled through the plains, including the national capital, people in the city were reported to have confined themselves to the comforts of their homes. The … Read more
New Delhi: Hair and bone samples sent for DNA mitochondrial profiling by police have been confirmed to be of Shradha Walkar who was killed by her 28-year-old live-in partner Aaftab Amin Poonawala, a senior official said here on Wednesday. The bones and hair were recovered during searches from forest areas of Delhi NCR including Gurgaon … Read more
New Delhi: A Gujarat bill facilitating registration of criminal cases against persons who stage protests in violation of Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) has received Presidential assent, officials said today. The Code of Criminal Procedure (Gujarat Amendment) Bill, 2021, was passed by the State Assembly in March last year. READ | … Read more
Indian men’s cricket team wicket-keeper and batter Rishabh Pant has been discharged from the Dehradun hospital and is being shifted to Mumbai for further treatment of his ligament injury. Pant who was in an accident on 30 December on the Delhi-Dehradun highway near Roorkee, Uttarakhand, was discharged from the private hospital in Dehradun on Wednesday. … Read more
The mercury levels of the national capital on Wednesday dropped below the hill stations like Dharamsala, Nainital, and Dehradun. Delhi recorded 4.4 degrees Celsius temperature on Wednesday morning, which was the lowest of this season. The movement of traffic was affected as a dense layer of fog lowered the visibility in the city to 200 … Read more