Tag: U
Nitin Gadkari Promises 8-hour Travel Between Delhi And Srinagar By 2023
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari has promised to reduce the travel time by car between New Delhi and Srinagar from 24 hours to just 8 hours, while the drive between Jammu and Srinagar in December 2023 would be of an incredible four hours. ....
New Covid Variant: Tamil Nadu Intensifies Screening At Airports
The Tamil Nadu government has directed to intensify screening at Chennai international airport and other airports in the state after the Union Health Ministry issued an alert on the risk posed by a new Covid-19 variant. ....
India Adds Over 8K Fresh Covid Cases, 465 Deaths In 24 Hours
India recorded 8,318 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the country's total caseload since the pandemic began to 3,45,63,749, according to health ministry data updated on Saturday morning. ....
Omicron Strain: Alarm In Bengaluru As Two South Africa Returnees Test COVID-19 Positive
Amid the rising fear of the third wave of COVID-19 and the new SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.529 - dubbed as a 'variant of concern' by WHO, two South African nationals have now tested positive for coronavirus at the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru, creating panic among the health authorities over the new Omicron variant of the lethal virus. ....
Delhi HC Nixes Fresh Plea Seeking Ban On Salman Khurshid's Book
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday rejected a fresh petition seeking direction from the Centre and Delhi government to stop the publication, circulation, and sale of former Union Minister and Congress leader Salman Khurshid's "controversial" book for its alleged remarks on Hindutva likening it to radical jihadist groups like ISIS and Boko Haram. ....
Tracking Variants: Centre Asks States To Send All Samples From Covid Hotspots
Tightening its genome sequencing measures to ensure early detection of new variants, including Omicron, the Union Health Ministry has asked states to send “100 per cent samples” from Covid hotspots, starting with two recent clusters in Karnataka’s Dharwad and Maharashtra’s Thane. ....
PM Modi Holds Meeting With Senior Cabinet Ministers
To discuss government strategy in the parliament, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday held a meeting with senior cabinet ministers. Sources said that union ministers Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman, Nitin Gadkari, Kiren Rijiju and Pralhad Joshi attended the meeting which was held before the start of parliament proceedings. ....
Kangana Ranaut's Car Waylaid By Protesting Farmers In Punjab
The car of actress Kangana Ranaut was stopped and surrounded by protesting farmers in Punjab's Kiratpur Sahib town on Friday, demanding an apology from her for comments against the women farmers. ....
From Raghuram Rajan To Sachin And Binny Bansal - IIT-D's Power-packed Alumnus
From Kiran Bedi, the first female IPS officer of India, to noted economist Raghuram Rajan to Sachin and Binny Bansal, the founders of Flipkart, the Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi (IIT-D) has produced some famous personalities who have played a great role in the economic progress of the country. ....
Stock Market Today: Sensex Down 200 Pts, Nifty Below 17,150; Maruti Slumps
The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) fell a tad lower during the early trade on Monday. ....
