Category: NATIONAL NEWS

“The government will take all steps to ensure the safety and security of Indian nationals and our interests in Afghanistan,” the foreign ministry said. Hindus and Sikhs from Afghanistan will be given priority once commercial flight service begins from Kabul, India said today — a day after Taliban took control of the city. As panic-stricken Afghans gathered at the airport to skip the war-torn country, India said it would “facilitate repatriation to India of those who wish to leave Afghanistan”. “The government will take all steps to ensure the safety…

Referring to statements made by analysts that modern aircraft carriers were a liability, Commodore Vidhyadhar Harke, who will command India’s new carrier, Vikrant, has said that these were “a misplaced notion or statement”. India needs at least three operational aircraft carriers to maintain its presence across its areas of maritime interest, underlined the Indian Navy amid claims that these carriers were a “liability”. Referring to statements made by analysts that modern aircraft carriers were a liability, Commodore Vidhyadhar Harke, who will command India’s new carrier, Vikrant, has said that these…

PM Modi’s Independence Day Address: The Prime Minister paid tribute to all the past leaders who fought the long and hard battle for Independence.Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for “100 per cent” in terms of growth on the 75th Independence Day, which is being marked as the “Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav” with two-year-long celebrations. 1.”Now we have to move towards saturation. 100% villages have roads, 100% households have bank accounts, 100% beneficiaries have Ayushman Bharat cards, 100% eligible persons have Ujjwala gas connections,” PM Modi said 2.The Prime Minister said…

 India saw a single-day rise of 38,667 coronavirus infections, taking the total tally of cases to 3,21,56,493, while the death toll rose to 4,30,732 with 478 fresh fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated Saturday. The ministry said the country has now reported less than 50,000 daily new cases for 48 consecutive days. The active cases have increased to 3,87,673 (1.21 per cent of the total infections), while the recovery rate was recorded at 97.45 per cent, the data updated at 8 am showed. An increase of 2,446…

Marmik gave birth to the Shiv Sena and later the Saamana, the party’s mouthpiece, Uddhav Thackeray said, adding that Saamana editorials are taken note of “the world-over”. Marmik, the weekly cartoon magazine started by Shiv Sena’s founder Balasaheb Thackeray in 1960 taught Maharashtrians “self-respect” and evolved into a movement, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said. Speaking at a virtual celebration to mark the 61st anniversary of Marmik, Uddhav Thackeray said he as well as the weekly have now transformed into a new “avatar“. “Marmik completed 61 years today and I completed…

All documents for Emergency Use Listing have been submitted by Bharat Biotech for Covaxin to the WHO as of July 9 and the review process has commenced, the Rajya Sabha was told last month. Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday met WHO Chief Scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan and held discussions over the global health body’s approval for Bharat Biotech’s COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin. “Held a meeting with Dr Soumya Swaminathan, Chief Scientist of @WHO. We had a productive discussion on WHO’s approval of @BharatBiotech”s COVAXIN. @DoctorSoumya also appreciated India’s efforts…

The Olympic Games medal winners and participants from Punjab were felicitated at a ceremony with cash awards and offered government jobs. Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh honoured Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra and other Tokyo Games stars from Punjab at a grand ceremony in Chandigarh on Thursday and invited them to dinner, promising to cook for them himself. “I am not too fond of eating but I do like cooking quite a bit. I will cook for all of you… All medallists will also be offered jobs by the Punjab…