Category: NATIONAL NEWS

 Chief of Army Staff Gen MM Naravane on Tuesday said he was hopeful that India and China will be able to reach an agreement to resolve the eastern Ladakh standoff but at the same time asserted that Indian troops will maintain a high state of combat readiness to deal with any eventuality. Addressing a press conference ahead of the Army Day, Gen Naravane said the operational preparedness of the Indian armed forces has been of very high level and they will continue to hold onto their ground. “We are prepared…

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called upon youngsters to attend ‘Prarambh’, the Startup India international summit on January 15 and 16, saying it seeks to bring together top minds from industry, academia, investment, banking and finance besides young start up leaders. He also shared his LinkedIn post in which he noted that virtual interactions have become the new normal during the COVID-19 pandemic and said a big advantage of this is that people can be a part of programmes sitting at home. “With most events being held virtually, it has…

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The Centre on Sunday said bird flu outbreak has been confirmed in seven states — Kerala, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh, while test results are still awaited for Delhi and Maharashtra samples. No samples have been confirmed positive in wild birds from Balod district, Chhattisgarh which were tested earlier, the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying said in a statement. After confirmation of avian influenza (bird flu) positive samples in poultry (two poultry farms) of Panchkula district of Haryana, the state government has deployed nine…

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India is ready with two made-in-India vaccines for the protection of humanity and the world is not only waiting for them but also watching as to how the country runs the globe’s biggest vaccination programme, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday. In his address at the inauguration of the 16th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) Convention, Modi also asserted that if democracy is most strong, vibrant and lively anywhere in the world, it is in India. “When India got Independence then it was said that such a poor and under-literate…

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Faster footwork along with the tactic of attacking Ravichandran Ashwin straightaway worked wonders for him during his first century on home soil in three years, Australian batsman Steve Smith said on Friday. Having just managed to score only 10 runs in the first Two Tests, Smith roared back to form as his 131, single-handedly steered Australia to 338, their first innings total, despite a middle-order failure. “I decided to be a bit more positive. I think early on, I hit him over his head, just put a bit of pressure…

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India recorded 16,375 new cases of coronavirus, the lowest in over six months,?taking the country’s COVID-19 caseload to?1,03,56,844, according?to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday The death toll increased to?1,49,850?with 201?new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed?? The?number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 99,75,958??pushing the national recovery rate to?96.32 per?cent,?while the?COVID-19?case?fatality rate?stands at 1.45 per cent The COVID-19 active caseload remained below 3 lakh for the 15th?consecutive day There are 2,31,036?active coronavirus infections in the country which?comprises?2.23?per cent of the total…

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Daily new COVID-19 cases in the country remained below 20,000 for the third consecutive day taking the virus caseload to 1,03,40,469, while the recoveries surged to 99.46 lakh, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. A total of 16,504 people tested positive for coronavirus infection in a day. The death toll increased to 1,49,649 with 214 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 99,46,867 pushing the national recovery rate to 96.19 per cent,…

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Thousands of farmers agitating against the three new central agriculture laws stayed put at their agitation venues near Delhi, which is going through a harsh spell of winter, unrelenting in their demand of withdrawal of the legislations On Wednesday, a cold wave swept Delhi as the minimum temperature dipped to 3.5 degrees Celsius. It is likely to get even colder on New Year’s Eve, the India Meteorological Department predicted, as dry and icy winds barrelled through the plains The farmers protesting against the new agri laws had reached Singhu border…

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 Delhi reeled under a cold wave on Tuesday as icy winds sweeping through the city brought the minimum temperature down to 3.6 degrees Celsius, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. The Safdarjung Observatory, which provides representative data for the city, recorded a low of 3.6 degrees Celsius as against 5.6 degrees Celsius on Monday. The weather stations at Ayanagar and Lodhi Road recorded a low of 2.6 degrees Celsius and 2.7 degrees Celsius respectively, it added. In the plains, the IMD declares a cold wave if the minimum temperature dips…

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Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday accused the BJP of giving importance to its “capitalist friends” and said the farmers’ protest against the new agri laws is an example of the “failure” of the government. The BJP government at the Centre is making offers to farmers for talks, but on the other hand, it is levelling “baseless allegations” on the protesting farmers, he said in a statement issued here. The Samajwadi Party (SP) chief, however, did not elaborate on the issue of allegations on farmers. “This is an insult…

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