Sri Lankan envoy meets Rajnath Singh, discusses boosting defense ties
New Delhi, Nov 30 (UNI) Sri Lankan High Commissioner Milinda Moragoda on Tuesday met Defence Minister Rajnath Singh here and explored avenues of further augmenting defence and security cooperation with India.
In a tweet, the Sri Lankan…
Cheema: NHM employees will be regularized on formation of AAP govt
Kharar, Nov 30 (UNI) Supporting the demands of the employees working under the National Health Mission (NHM), Punjab, senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Harpal Singh Cheema said that on the formation of the AAP government in Punjab, the…
Lt Gen Manoj Mago takes over as Comdt. National Defence College
Chandigarh, Nov 30 (UNI) Lieutenant General Manoj Kumar Mago, on Tuesday took over as the 34th Commandant of National Defence College after the superannuation of Air Marshal D Choudhury.
Prior to taking over as the Commandant NDC, Lt Gen…
Channi to PM: Let’s evolve mechanism for complete waiver of farmers & farm laborers debt,
Chandigarh, Nov 30 (UNI) Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Tuesday exhorted the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to accept his proposal for complete waiver of farmers and farm labourers' debt, adding he said Punjab government is…
Param Bir Singh: Process for suspension underway, says Mah Min
Mumbai, Nov 30 (UNI) The process of suspension of former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh is ongoing, said Maharashtra Home Minister Dilip Walse-Patil here on Tuesday.
Singh was absconding for many days after levelling the charge…
Amazon fined $1.3 bn in Italy for misusing dominant market position
Rome, Dec 9: The Italian Competition Authority, a quasi-autonomous non-governmental organization, fined the online retailer Amazon 1.1 billion euros ($1.3 billion) for abusing its dominant market position, the authority said on Thursday.…
Saudi Arabia reopens Consular Office at Embassy in Kabul
Moscow, Nov 30 (UNI/Sputnik) Saudi Arabia has reopened the consular office at its embassy in the Afghan capital of Kabul, the country's foreign ministry announced on Tuesday.
"Given the desire of the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi…
US admin searches places to store nuclear waste, in jobless areas
Washington, Nov 30 (UNI/Sputnik) The US is counting on the prospect of new jobs in a bid to find communities willing to store nuclear waste from power plants and weapons facilities, the Energy Department (DOE) said on Tuesday.
"We know…
Veteran journalist & TV expert Vinod Dua is still critical !
NEW DELHI: The rumors of veteran journalist and producer of TV programmer Vinod Dua's death, circulated in the Delhi's media circles this morning. Yet his daughter discounted the rumors and told media friends that he has been shifted to…
Japan, Israel bar foreigners as WHO flags global risk from Omicron
The Omicron variant of coronavirus carries a “very high” global risk of surges, the WHO warned on Monday, as more countries reported cases, prompting border closures and reviving worries about the economic recovery from a two-year pandemic.…
Nursing unions blame EU, 4 countries for Covid deaths
A coalition of unions representing more than 2.5 million nurses from 28 countries has accused the EU, UK, Norway, Switzerland, and Singapore of human rights violations over their blocking of a temporary waiver of corporate pharmaceutical…
Emergence of Omicron variant brings COVID-19 vaccine inequity ‘home to roost’
LONDON: The emergence of the new omicron variant and the world's desperate and likely futile attempts to keep it at bay are reminders of what scientists have warned for months: The coronavirus will thrive as long as vast parts of the world…
Update And Check KYC Status of Your PF Account
A significant step in ensuring a smooth use of one’s provident fund account is the ratification of KYC niceties. Once the KYC details are authenticated and linked with the PF account, it becomes simpler to transfer the account or view the…
Goa: New Tour Package by IRCTC
The winter season has started, along with it Christmas and New Year holidays are also going to fall in the month of December. Many people are making up their mind to go out somewhere on both these occasions. If you too are planning to…
Police to investigate ‘secret meeting’ between Param Bir, Sachin Waze
Singh and Waze -- an undertrial prisoner who is the main accused in the Antilia security scare case and is being investigated by the NIA -- allegedly met in a separate room in the premises where the Chandiwal Commission holds its hearings,…
In speeches, PM called for ‘quality debates’; in House, Govt pushed 15 Bills in under 10 mins last…
Nine minutes in Rajya Sabha and three minutes in Lok Sabha: that’s how long the Farm Laws Repeal Bill, 2021, took to be passed Monday — without any discussion.
Just a few hours before the Bill was passed, Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
Cases of adverse vaccine effect less than 0.01%: Centre in SC
Seeking to put to rest apprehensions about Covid-19 vaccines, the Centre has told the Supreme Court that the percentage of Adverse Event Following Immunisation (AEFI) having serious or severe consequences, including deaths, in the case of…
Among poll-bound states, UP trails on poverty index, Goa best
Of the seven states headed into Assembly elections next year, Uttar Pradesh has the highest proportion of people who are multidimensionally poor, at 37.79 per cent of its total population, while Goa has the lowest ratio at 3.76 per cent.…
BJP to start sports league named after Article 370 in Amit Shah seat
Gandhinagar: THE BJP in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar, the Lok Sabha constituency represented by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, is planning to host tournaments in cricket and kabaddi under the label Gandhinagar Loksabha Premier League 370, or GLPL…
Boycott session or take fight to the Govt? Opposition will take a call today
With the suspension of 12 Rajya Sabha MPs deepening the political divide and threatening a washout of the entire winter session, backchannel talks were held between the government and the Opposition Monday to find an amicable resolution,…
