India signs Euro 442.26 million loan agreement with KFW for Surat Metro
New Delhi, Dec 17: India signed a Euro 442.26 million loan agreement with Germany Development Bank – KFW (Kreditanstalt fürWiederaufbau) for the Surat Metro Rail project on Friday.
Rajat Kumar Mishra, Additional Secretary, Department of…
Delhi Customs seize outbound undeclared diamonds worth Rs 1.56 crore
New Delhi, Dec 17: The Delhi Customs seized a consignment of diamonds being sent out of India, having 1,082 carat weight, on December 16, an official statement said on Friday.
The detected diamonds were valued at Rs 1.56 crore.
The…
Telengana Guv visits Andhra Medical College at Vizag
Visakhapatnam, Dec 17: Telangana Governor and Lt Governor of Puducherry, Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan visited the Andhra Medical College (AMC)here on Friday.
During her visit, Dr Tamilisai held a meeting with the head of the departments…
Insensitive govt engaged in fake marketing
Chandigarh, Dec 17: Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee chief Kumari Selja said on Friday that the central and state governments know how to do good marketing without actually doing anything as both are insensitive governments and they do…
11 killed in flash floods in northern Iraq
Baghdad, Dec 17: The death toll from flash floods caused by torrential rain in northern Iraq has risen to 11 on Friday.
The torrential rain killed 11 people, including a Filipino and a Turk, on Thursday night and Friday morning in Erbil…
Over 2,500 Myanmar refugees flee to Thailand amid clashes
Bangkok, Dec 17 (UNI/Sputnik) More than 2,500 people crossed into Thailand from Myanmar in the past two days to escape fighting between Myanmar troops and rebels, Thai media reported on Friday, citing a provincial governor.
Somchai…
Vietnam a key partner for India in ASEAN and Indo-Pacific
New Delhi, Dec 17: Vietnam is a key partner for India in the ASEAN and the Indo-Pacific, and their partnership is a significant stabilizing factor, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Friday.
In his address at the celebration of…
Akhilesh, Shivpal willing to fight polls together
Lucknow, Dec 16: Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday announced after meeting his estranged uncle and Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia) chief Shivpal Singh Yadav that they were willing to contest the Uttar Pradesh…
Sr. Cong leader Ramesh Kumar quotes popular saying in assembly, lands in trouble
Belagavi, Dec 16: Former Karnataka Speaker and senior Congress leader KR Ramesh Kumar here on Thursday landed in trouble after he quoted a very popular saying "when rape is inevitable, lie down and enjoy it."
On hearing the quote, the…
Women graduates should be financially empowered to erase discrimination’: TN Guv
Madurai, Dec 16: Tamil Nadu Governor and Chancellor R.N.Ravi on Thursday stressed the need for financially empowering women graduates to erase discrimination.
Presiding over the 29th convocation of Mother Teresa Women’s University,…
Bharat Biotech and Dunc Minh Donates 2 lac COVAXIN doses to Vietnam
Hyderabad/New Delhi, Dec 16: The Republic of Vietnam will receive 2,00,000 doses of indigenously developed Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin developed by Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech.
Ms. Suchitra Ella, Joint Managing Director of Bharat Biotech…
BJP will make Chandigarh captain of nation: Goyal
Chandigarh, Dec 16: Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday said that the BJP would make Chandigarh, carbon free, the first city in the country.
Addressing an Intellectuals’ meeting here in which representatives of more than 30…
Jobs now given in a transparent manner without any discrimination: CM Yogi
Lucknow, 16 Dec: Unleashing a sharp attack on the previous government for making the recruitment process corrupt through bribery, the Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said that between 2012-2017 during Samajwadi Party regime,…
Meta banned 7 ‘surveillance-for-hire’ firms spying on 50,000 users worldwide
Washington, Dec 17: Facebook's parent company Meta said it took down accounts linked to seven "surveillance-for-hire" entities that targeted thousands of users across the world to manipulate them into disclosing sensitive information that…
Turkey confirms 18,100 daily COVID-19 cases
Omicron variant dominates most of the new cases world over; causing scare in forthcoming X-Mas, New Year season !
Uzbek Art of Bakhshi added to UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List
Tashkent, Dec 16: Bakhshi, a traditional epic poetry performance art of Uzbekistan, has been included on the UNESCO representative list of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity, the Uzbek Ministry of Tourism and Sports said on…
EU leaders unanimously vote for prolonging Russia sanctions
Brussels, Dec 17: Leaders of the EU countries have unanimously voted for the prolongation of sanctions against Russia during the EU summit in Brussels, European Council President Charles Michel said on Friday.
"Massive consequences &…
Kid falls into borewell in Chhatarpur, MP
Chhatarpur, MP, Dec 16: A one-and-a-half-year-old girl fell into a borewell on Thursday at a farm in Douni village and got stuck at a depth of about 15 ft, police said.
A rescue operation including personnel of the Army, State Disaster…
Himachal: SC allows govt to divert forest land for non-forest purpose
Shimla, Dec 16 (UNI) Supreme Court of India vide its order dated 9th and 14th December, 2021 in relaxation to restraint order dated 11th March, 2019 passed in Writ Petition (Civil) No. 202 of 1995 has allowed the Himachal Pradesh government…
Punjab govt names Sirhind-Fatehgarh Sahib-Bela road after Mata Gujar Kaur
Sangrur, Dec 16: Punjab Public Works Minister Vijay Inder Singla on Thursday informed that the state government has named the Sirhind-Fatehgarh Sahib-Bela road after Mata Gujar Kaur.
The Minister said that the road connecting to three…
