UP Govt Gives Nod To Priyanka Gandhi To Bring In 1000 Buses Carrying Migrants
The Uttar Pradesh government has accepted Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s proposal to ply 1000 buses to ferry migrant workers into the state. Awanish Awasthi, Uttar Pradesh Additional Chief Secretary (Home), wrote to Gandhi seeking the details of 1000 buses and drivers, news agency ANI reported. Awasthi was replying to Gandhi’s May 16 letter to […]
550 districts in India have Covid-19 cases; many in rural areas
Even as India relaxed restrictions for the next phase of the lockdown, two separate, but related, data points point to a new challenge in India’s battle against the coronavirus pandemic. On May 17, 550 of India’s 736 districts had Covid-19 positives cases, an addition of around 180 districts in the last fortnight, according to data […]
US wants India to stand up to China. It can do that only with American aid and tech support
The Covid pandemic offers India and the United States an opportunity to bolster their partnership. The large-scale loss of human life, social disruption, and economic devastation caused by the pandemic will almost certainly be followed by massive rehabilitation efforts. During that phase, India-US cooperation, and American encouragement of India’s role as a regional leader could […]
Temporary Setback? Why Most Indians Won’t Give Up On Their Dubai Dreams
Rameshwar Nath stares at the white-and-ebony foyer of a five-star hotel above the calm turquoise waters of the Dubai Canal. Once brimming, the vast foyer—like the rest of the hotel—is now forlornly empty. For the past 15 years, Rameshwar has refurbished guest rooms, touched up nooks and crannies. The gussied-up hotel guests and the clatter […]
500 Buses Ferrying Migrants From Rajasthan Stuck At UP Border, Congress Awaits Yogi Govt’s Nod
As many as 500 buses, arranged by Congress party to ferry migrants from Alwar in Rajasthan to Uttar Pradesh, are stranded at the Bahaj inter-state border as they did not get the permission from the UP government to enter into the state, party leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said on Sunday. She said the Uttar Pradesh […]
Cyclonic Storm ‘Amphan’ Expected To Intensify In Next 12 Hours As Odisha Braces For It
Already stretched to the limits in fighting the COVID-19 menace, the Odisha government is now bracing for another crisis — cyclonic storm ‘Amphan’ in the Bay of Bengal. The deep depression over the south-east Bay of Bengal, which lay centered about 1060 km south of Paradip on Saturday morning, has now turned into a cyclonic […]
Taliban accuses India of playing ‘negative’ role by supporting Kabul govt
NEW DELHI: The Taliban has lashed out at India, accusing it of playing a “negative” role by supporting the government in Kabul. In an interview to Azm, a news website, Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai, deputy head of the Taliban’s political office in Qatar and head of the negotiating team with the US, was quoted as saying that “if […]
FDI limit hiked, restriction on weapons import for self-reliance in defence
From raising foreign direct investment (FDI) in defence manufacturing to creating a separate budget for buying locally-made military hardware and notifying a list of weapons/equipment that cannot be imported, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced a raft of measures to boost self reliance in the defence sector. The other steps announced by Sitharaman to […]
Delhi AIIMS tests popular cancer drug to see if it can prevent mild Covid from getting severe
New Delhi: Researchers at AIIMS, Delhi, are conducting trials on a popular cancer drug to see if it can slow the assault of Covid-19 inside the human body. The trials involving imatinib are already underway on 100 “mildly symptomatic” patients and the results are expected by July, a researcher involved in the study told ThePrint. Branded as Glivec, […]
Beware of fake datesheet of CBSE Class 10 and Class 12 exams being circulated: PIB
The Press Information Bureau (PIB) on Saturday said that a fake whatsapp message claiming to be the datesheet of CBSE Class 10 and Class 12 examination is circulating on the social media. PIB urged people to beware of this fake datesheet claiming to be that of CBSE Class 10 and Class 12 exams. PIB has […]
