By: PTI | New Delhi | Updated: September 10, 2020 1:17:44 am The first batch of five Rafale jets arrived in India on July 29, almost four years after India signed an intergovernmental agreement with France to acquire 36 of the jets at a cost of Rs 59,000 crore. France …
Read More »PM Modi bats for clay jugs for drinking water than single use plastic bottles
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | September 9, 2020 1:08:49 pm Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (AND ME) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday advocated the use of clay jugs instead of single-use plastic bottles for drinking water to save the environment and urged street vendors to use the …
Read More »See: Donald Trump asks a White House reporter to remove his mask, he refuses
By: Trends Desk | New Delhi | Updated: September 9, 2020 5:02:59 pm The World Health Organization has promoted the use of face masks to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus. A video of US President Donald Trump asking a journalist to remove his mask before asking a question …
Read More »Now detained, AstraZeneca trials were also in India
Written by Amitabh Sinha | Pune | September 9, 2020 9:47:23 am A sign with the AstraZeneca Plc logo stands on the company’s DaVinci building at Melbourn Science Park in Cambridge, UK (Photographer: Jason Alden / Bloomberg) Phase 3 clinical trials of a coronavirus vaccine being developed by AstraZeneca, in …
Read More »Sanjay Raut Named Shiv Sena’s Chief Spokesperson
By: PTI | Mumbai | September 8, 2020 12:57:49 pm The Shiv Sena in a statement Tuesday said that Raut has been appointed as the party’s main spokesperson. (Proceedings) The Shiv Sena said Tuesday that it appointed its Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Raut as the party’s main spokesperson. Raut, who …
Read More »Mumbai police accuse Sushant Singh Rajput’s sisters of instigating suicide
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: September 8, 2020 10:16:10 am After the 34-year-old Rajput was found hanged in his apartment, the Mumbai police recorded a case of accidental death. (Photo: Sushant Singh Rajput / Facebook) Mumbai police filed an FIR on Tuesday against Sushant Singh Rajput’s …
Read More »In the middle of the GST row, the Center indicates that it will not borrow
By: ENS Economic Bureau | New Delhi | Updated: September 8, 2020 7:27:06 am The Minister of Finance, Nirmala Sitharaman, in the fourth edition of the Business Reform Action Plan. As the States ruled by the center and not BJP Continue to face the mechanism to comply with the compensation …
Read More »Jaishankar on India-China clash in Ladakh: ‘Serious situation … needs in-depth talks at the political level’
Written by Krishn Kaushik | New Delhi | Updated: September 8, 2020 7:44:14 am The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Express Adda. Two days before his trip to Moscow, where he is likely to hold talks on the border standoff with Chinese Foreign Minister and State Councilor Wang Yi, Foreign …
Read More »Downtown reaches hotspot districts, finds glaring gaps
Written by Kaunain Sheriff M | New Delhi | Updated: September 8, 2020 7:20:56 am India recorded 90,802 new infections on Sunday, the second day in a row for more than 90,000 numbers, signaling an extraordinary increase with daily detections dramatically increasing over the previous week. The Center has received …
Read More »Pangong boils again: China claims India fired warning shots
Written by Krishn Kaushik | New Delhi | September 8, 2020 4:50:07 am Exactly a week ago, Indian troops occupied strategic heights on the southern bank of Pangong Tso and Rechin La, giving them a commanding view of the terrain in the Chushul sector. Days after Indian troops thwarted Chinese …
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