NEW DELHI: From announcing major projects in the Maldives to repairing strained ties with Nepal, India is reaching out to its South Asian neighbors and beyond to counter China’s growing reach. Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla and National Security Adviser Ajit Doval paid visits to Nepal and Sri Lanka respectively …
Read More »In the process of requesting emergency use of ‘Covishield’ in the next 2 weeks, says CEO of Serum | India News
NEW DELHI: Serum Institute of India is in the process of applying for the emergency use authorization of Covishield in the next two weeks, CEO Adar Poonawalla said. After holding a review meeting on Saturday with the Prime Minister Narendra modiPoonawalla said: “All over the world, now everyone is dependent …
Read More »PM Modi reviews vaccine work in Ahmedabad, Hyderabad and Pune | India News
AHMEDABAD / HYDERABAD / PUNE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Ahmedabad, Hyderabad and Pune on Saturday to review the coronavirus vaccine development work there. The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said the one-day visit was aimed at gaining a first-hand perspective of the preparations, challenges and roadmap in India’s effort to …
Read More »Chirag Downplays BJP By Lining Up Sushil Modi For Seat Won By Ram Vilas Paswan India News
PATNA: With cold shoulders from the Bjp in the by-seat election of Rajya Sabha in Bihar, LJP chairman Chirag Paswan He said Saturday that he belonged to the saffron festival and that he was free to make a decision on who to place. The seat was vacated after the death …
Read More »MARCOS deployed near Pangong Lake in eastern Ladakh, naval commandos to get new ships soon | India News
NEW DELHI: In the midst of the ongoing confrontation between India and China, the marine commandos (FRAMES) of the Indian Navy have been deployed to the Pangong lake area in eastern Ladakh. The idea behind the deployment of MARCOS in eastern Ladakh where the Indian Air Force Garud operatives and …
Read More »After the double engine power in Bihar, will there be a double Modi government in the Center? | India News
NEW DELHI: As urged by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the campaign for the recent Bihar assembly elections, the state has a “dual-engine government,” with the NDA in power both in the center as in the state. Now, with the BJP nominating former Bihar Chief Deputy Minister Sushil Kumar Modi …
Read More »Karnataka CM political secretary hospitalized after “suicide” attempt, stable | India News
BENGALURU: Karnataka Chief Minister BS YediyurappaPolitical secretary and relative NR Santosh, who was hospitalized after an alleged suicide attempt, is “stable and cheerful” and could be discharged in a day or two, doctors who treated him said Saturday. According to sources, Santosh is said to have attempted suicide by consuming …
Read More »Farmers Protest at Border Points, Refuse to Head to North Delhi Protest Site: Latest Events | India News
NEW DELHI: Thousands of farmers gathered at the Singhu border held a meeting on Saturday morning amid a heavy security presence and decided to continue demonstrating there as hundreds of farmers entered the national capital to hold a protest in Sant Nirankari Ground on Friday after facing tear gas, water. …
Read More »PM Modi will visit the vaccine manufacturing units in Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Pune today | India News
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a three-city visit on Saturday to personally review the vaccine development and manufacturing process. He will visit the Zydus Biotech Park in Ahmedabad, Bharat Biotech in Hyderabad and the Serum Institute of India in Pune, Maharashtra, the Prime Minister’s Office said. …
Read More »Jammu Kashmir elections 2020: Polls for the first phase of the DDC elections in Jammu Kashmir begin | India News
JAMMU: Survey for the first phase of the first elections to the District Development Councils (DDC) in Jammu and Kashmir started on saturday morning. Forty-three of the 280 electoral districts of the Union Territory go to the polls in the first phase of DDC elections. Voting will end at 2 …
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