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January 2022
Turkey logs 54,724 daily COVID-19 cases
Ankara, Jan 4 (UNI/Xinhua) Turkey on Tuesday reported 54,724 new COVID-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 9,652,394, according to its health ministry.
The death toll from the virus in Turkey rose by 137 to 82,932, while 26,561…
Till now 81,45,038 doses administered to children aged 15-18 years in the last 2 days of Vax drive
New Delhi, Jan 3 (UNI) Over 81.45 lakh teenagers received their first dose of Covid-19 vaccines on the launch day of the nationwide paediatric covid vaccination drive, the union health ministry said.
The drive kicked off on Monday with an…
Indian Army ‘announces its position’, hoists tricolor in Galwan Valley
New Delhi, Jan 6 (UNI) Indian soldiers hoisted the tricolour at Galwan Valley of Eastern Ladakh on the occasion of New Year, sources in the security establishment told UNI, giving out images of the flag hoisting.
The soldiers can be seen…
41 students of Ludhiana Nursing College test Covid +ve
Ludhiana, Jan 4 (UNI) As many as 41 BSc Nursing first year students of DMC College of Nursing, Malakpur, have tested positive for Covid-19.
Dayanand Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) Medical Superintendent Dr Ashwani Chaudhary on…
Cong and AAP doing politics on drugs & playing fixed match to defame SAD
Chandigarh, Jan 4 (UNI) The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Tuesday said both the Congress and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) were not only doing politics on drugs but were also playing a fixed match in conjunction with each other to defame the SAD.…
Meghalaya Guv Malik calls PM Modi ‘arrogant’
New Delhi, Jan 3: Meghalaya Governor Satyapal Malik has said he had a fight with Prime Minister Narendra Modi over farmers issue, and even accused Modi of being "arrogant".
A video shared by Congress on its Twitter handle showed Malik…
Beijing playing ‘psychological warfare’ with India with continuous provocations
New Delhi, Jan 3 (UNI) First “renaming” 15 places in Arunachal Pradesh, then releasing a morphed photo purporting to show the Chinese flag being unfurled at Galwan valley, and the latest, a report about China building a new bridge at…
RBI comes up with rules for digital payments in offline mode
New Delhi, Jan 3 (UNI) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday came up with framework for small value digital payments in offline mode to enable transfer of money without the need for internet or telecom connectivity using cards, wallets and…
HPCL joins RACEnergy to launch first Battery swap station in Hyderabad
Hyderabad, Jan 3: RACEnergy, a leading electric vehicle infrastructure company, on Monday inaugurated its first Battery Swap Station at Hi-hi-tech city in Hyderabad along with Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL), one of the…
Another HK media outlet, ‘Citizen News’ to shut today
Hong Kong, Jan 3: Another independent Hong Kong news site Citizen News will be shutting down on January 4 due to the deteriorating conditions of media organizations in the city.
This announcement came days after several senior employees of…
Covid Caution: Chandigarh admin closes Rock Garden & Bird Park for public
Chandigarh, Jan 3: The Chandigarh administration has decided to close the Rock Garden and Bird Park for the public till further orders in view of surge in Covid cases.
The decision was taken during Covid-19 review meeting chaired by Punjab…
SAARC summit: Islamabad suggests virtual participation by India
Islamabad, Jan 3: Pakistan has said that India can join the 19th SAARC summit virtually if Prime Minister Narendra Modi cannot come to Islamabad to attend the summit.
“Pakistan considers SAARC as an important forum. We are willing to host…
Kuwait’s Haitham Al-Ghais elected new secretary general of OPEC
Kuwait City, Jan 3 (UNI/Sputnik) The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries has elected Haitham Al-Ghais, the candidate of the Kuwaiti delegation, as its new secretary general, an OPEC source told Sputnik on Monday.
According…
Himachal becomes 1st LPG enabled & smoke free state
Hamirpur (HP), Jan 3: Himachal Pradesh has become the first LPG enabled and smokes free state in the country due to Ujjwala scheme of the Center and Grihini Suvidha Yojana of the state government.
The Center government had started the…
Rajnath opens Space Science & Technology Centre
Chandigarh, Jan 3 (UNI) The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has earned Rs 5,600 crores through launch missions over three years, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Monday as he opened the Kalpana Chawla Centre for Research in…
NIA arrests late Cong MLA’s daughter-in-law for ISIS links
Bengaluru, Jan 3: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday arrested BM Basha's daughter-in-law Deepthi Marla alias Mariam for suspected ISIS links.
Basha is son of former Ullal MLA late BM Idinabba, who was a Congress leader and…
Indian High Comm’n to facilitate stranded nationals; 47 Indians, 146 Pakistanis
Islamabad, Jan 3: The Indian High Commission in Islamabad is facilitating the return of 47 Indian nationals, besides the travel of 146 Pakistani nationals to India through the Wagah-Attari border between January 10-15.
In a statement, the…
India play without Kohli, win toss; bat first
Johannesburg, Jan 3: India won the toss and elected to bat first against South Africa in the second Test here at the Wanderers stadium on Monday.
Surprisingly, India's KL Rahul walked in for toss. The top-order batter stood in for regular…
At $37.29 bn in Dec, India records highest ever monthly merchandise exports
New Delhi, Jan 3 (UNI) India's merchandise exports reached the highest ever monthly level in the month of December notching $37.29 billion, up 37 per cent over the $27.22 billion in December 2020 with labour-intensive sectors such as…
