Prime Minister Narendra Modi (File photo) NEW DELHI: After the Prime Minister Narendra modiInnovative apps mentioned in Mann Ki Baat last Sunday, various indigenous apps have been ranked in the top 10 on the app store in their respective categories. In the “social” category, the indigenous apps in the top …
Read More »Facebook’s ‘vested lobby’ works to ‘discredit India’s democratic process’: Prasad to Zuckerberg | India News
NEW DELHI: In the midst of a raging controversy over political bias and interference in Facebook At the urging of its top Indian officials, the government on Tuesday wrote a strong letter to the founder of the social media giant. Mark Zuckerberg, accusing the company’s employees of “officially abusing” Prime …
Read More »Kafeel Released After Allahabad HC Criticized His Detention Under NSA | India News
(ANI photo) PRAYAGRAJ: On Monday, the Allahabad High Court ordered the immediate release of Dr. Kafeel Khan, who has spent more than seven months in prison for his public speech against CAA and NRC outside the Aligarh Muslim University campus, saying that the pediatrician’s arrest under the National Security Act …
Read More »Dr. Kafeel Khan Released from Mathura Prison | India News
(ANI photo) LUCKNOW / MATHURA: Following an order from the Allahabad Superior Court, Dr. Kafeel Khan was released from Mathura jail late Tuesday night, his attorney said. “Mathura jail the administration informed around 11:00 pm that Dr. Kafeel will be released, and around midnight, he was released, “Khan’s lawyer, Irfan …
Read More »Lightning killed nearly 3,000 in India in 2019: NCRB data | India News
NEW DELHI: A total of 8,145 deaths were reported in India in 2019 due to causes attributable to forces of nature, with nearly 3,000 of them caused by lightning, a report by National Office of Criminal Records Has revealed. The majority (50.3%) of the reported victims belonged to the age …
Read More »1.54 lakh people killed in traffic accidents in India in 2019, reason for speeding in 60% of cases: Data | India News
Representative photo: PTI NEW DELHI: A total of 4.37.396 road accidents were recorded across India in 2019, resulting in the death of 1,54,732 people and the injury of another 4,39,262, according to the latest National Office of Criminal Records (NCRB) data. In addition, the majority (59.6 percent) of traffic accidents …
Read More »India Border Dispute With China: China Tried To Alter Status Quo Even While Talks With Army Were Ongoing, MEA Says | India News
NEW DELHI: The Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that Chinese troops resorted to “provocative actions” to change the status quo in the south bank area of Pangong lake and the Indian side took appropriate defensive measures to thwart their attempts. Foreign Ministry spokesman Anurag Srivastava said the Chinese side violated …
Read More »Corona Roundup: Nearly 2 Million Cases in August, Core Teams Deployed to 4 States and More | India News
NEW DELHI: India reported close to 2 million Covid-19 cases in August, the highest recorded in any country for any month since the outbreak of the pandemic. The country also saw an increase in deaths from the virus, with 28,859 deaths reported in August, a 50% increase from the previous …
Read More »Covid-19: JEE-Mains held across the country amid a ‘new normal’ | India News
NEW DELHI: The Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) – Major for admission to engineering colleges began Tuesday amid strict precautions and social distancing measures in light of the Covid-19 pandemic even as the chorus continued to grow to postpone the crucial exam that has already been postponed twice. Scenes outside test …
Read More »India for permanently removing J&K issue under UNSC’s ‘outdated agenda item’ | India News
Representative photo UNITED NATIONS: India at the UN has called for the Jammu and Kashmir issue to be permanently removed under the “outdated agenda item” of the “India-Pakistan issue” from the Security Council agenda, saying that “irrational exuberance“There are no winners in a decent world. In a veiled attack on …
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