The Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan held a virtual review meeting with Delhi government officials on Friday to discuss preparations for the trial of the Covid-19 vaccination campaign to be carried out in all the states and territories of the union on January 2. In Delhi, the drill will …
Read More »Covid forced people to accept the importance of migrant work: PM Modi
In his first New Year’s speech, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that the Covid-19 crisis had forced those who did not understand the importance of migrant workers to do so. He spoke at the inauguration of six Light House Projects under the Global Housing Technology Challenge with the …
Read More »Flights from the UK will resume on January 8; only 15 per week until January 23
Flights between India and the United Kingdom, suspended since December 23 to verify the transmission of the most contagious new strain of the new coronavirus detected in that country, will resume on January 8, the government said Friday night. There will only be 15 flights a week for the first …
Read More »India calls for urgent assistance for 39 Indian sailors aboard two ships in Chinese waters
India on Friday called for “urgent, practical and time-limited” assistance for 39 Indian sailors stranded aboard two ships in Chinese waters, considering the “grave” humanitarian situation unfolding on the ships. Foreign Ministry (MEA) spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said the Indian bulk cargo ship MV Jag Anand has been anchored near the …
Read More »SSC Delhi Police Exam 2020 Answer Key Released, Here’s How To Raise Objections
SSC Delhi Police Exam 2020 Answer Key: The Personnel Selection Commission (SSC) has published the preliminary answer key for the Delhi Police Recruitment Examination. The preliminary answer key is available for download on the website: ssc.nic.in. Candidates can log in and download the answer key through their roster number and …
Read More »Dharavi stands up again: ‘It’s only a matter of time … Mumbai, the only city where it recovers quickly after the crisis’
“Mumbai is the only city where I can earn enough money to fulfill my dreams, and Dharavi is the cheapest place to stay,” smiles Sandeep Pandey, summarizing why he returned to the slum in December from his village in Uttar Pradesh. “When I left Dharavi in March, I thought I …
Read More »West Bengal: Cong and the left ask the government to demonstrate the majority, they want the Assembly to be convened
When asking the TMC government to demonstrate its majority in the plenary session of the Chamber, the opposition CPI (M) and Congress demanded on Thursday the convening of the Assembly session as soon as possible. The lawsuit was raised by the two opposition parties amid defections by high-profile Trinamool board …
Read More »They called us illegal. How is it possible?’ Family declared Indians after year of detention
After a year and a half in a detention center as ‘illegal aliens’, the New Year has brought freedom and citizenship to Mohammad Nur Hussain, 34, his wife Sahera Begum, 26, and their two minor children, who Indigenous people have been declared in a new trial by an Alien Court …
Read More »Kerala Motion Against Farm Laws: BJP MLA Supports, Retracts
Despite the BJP launching a nationwide campaign in defense of the three core agricultural laws, the party’s sole lawmaker in Kerala, O Rajagopal, backed an Assembly resolution on Thursday calling for the repeal of the laws. However, hours later, Rajagopal issued a statement saying that he had, in fact, vehemently …
Read More »Three killed in J&K, police say militants, their families deny it
Three young men were killed in Srinagar in the early hours of Wednesday in an “encounter”, with the army and police claiming they were terrorists planning a major attack along the Srinagar-Baramulla highway. Shortly after the men’s photos surfaced on social media, the families came forward claiming that all three …
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