Tag: India
Restriction On India-UK Flight Extended Till Feb 14
Centre on Wednesday extended the restriction on flights between India and UK upto midnight of February 14, 2021. ....
India To Soon Become Big Producer Of Defence Equipment: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday addressed the National Cadet Corps (NCC) rally here and said that India will soon be known as a big producer of defence equipment instead of being the world's biggest arms buyer. ....
Javadekar Tried To Shift Blame For Delhi Violence: Punjab CM
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday hit out at Union minister Prakash Javadekar over his "disgraceful and desperate" attempt to shift blame for the Red Fort violence, which Amarinder claimed had been instigated by supporters and members of the BJP in collusion with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), with the Congress nowhere in the picture. ....
Plea In SC: Stay WhatsApp Privacy Policy That Affects 400 Million Indians
A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking an interim stay on the operation of new privacy policy of WhatsApp, the applicaton with more than 400 million users in the country. ....
At 94, India Records Lowest Covid Deaths After May 14
A year into the pandemic and after rounds of vaccination, India on Tuesday reported 94 Covid deaths in 24 hours, the lowest since May 14 last year. ....
SC Says Not Condoning Republic Day Violence, Cites PM Statement
The Supreme Court on Wednesday cited Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statement that law will take its own course, as it declined to entertain a PIL urging it to issue directions to register FIR against persons or organisation responsible for dishonouring of the national flag at the Red Fort on Republic Day. ....
How Maharaja Vs Raja Played Out In The Rajya Sabha On Thursday
It was Maharaja vs Raja in Rajya Sabha on Thursday when the erstwhile Maharaja of Gwalior and now BJP MP Jyotiraditya Scindia and Congress MP Digvijaya Singh, former Raja of Raghogarh, launched no-holds-barred attacks on each other's parties. ....
India Logs 12,408 New Covid-19 Cases, Tally Reaches 1,08,02,591
Continuing its streak of low numbers of single-day coronavirus cases, India reported 12,408 new infections in the last 24 hours, increasing the overall tally to 1,08,02,591, health officials said on Friday. ....
RBI Keeps Repo Rate Unchanged At 4 Percent
Adopting a wait and watch approach, the Reserve Bank retained its key short-term lending rates along with the growth-oriented accommodative stance during the final monetary policy review of FY21. ....
3rd Phase Of Covid Vaccination Drive To Cover Those Above 50, Beginning March: Harsh Vardhan
The most vulnerable age group of people in the country, those aged above 50 will get the first jab in March second week onwards, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan informed Parliament on Friday. ....
