LAC standoff: Corps Commanders meet today, MEA official in India team
More than a week after Indian and Chinese foreign ministers reached an agreement in Moscow on a five-point approach to resolve the military standoff in eastern Ladakh, the sixth round of the Corps Commander-level talks will be held on Monday morning. Sources in the defence establishment confirmed that the delegation will, for the first time since May, […]
Month before standoff, China blocked 5 patrol points in Depsang
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, making a statement in Rajya Sabha Thursday on the situation along the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh, said “patrolling patterns are traditional and well-defined… no force on earth can stop our soldiers from patrolling” and “there will be no change in the patrolling pattern”. But the situation on the ground, especially in the Depsang Plains […]
NASA releases photos of Jupiter, reveals mind-blowing observations
NASA’s Hubble telescope is known to capture some of the spectacular occurrences in the space and this time as well, it has captured dazzling images of gigantic Jupiter along with its tiny moon Europa. The telescopic images that NASA recently released were of the monster planet when it was 406 million miles away from the […]
NSA Doval asks citizens to be cautious as financial frauds surge due to dependence on digital payment platforms
Asking citizens to be cautious while being online, National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval said on Friday financial frauds have seen exponential increase due to greater dependence on digital payment platforms following the Covid-19 pandemic. He also said the Centre was coming up with the National cyber security Strategy – 2020 which envisions the safe, […]
No Force Can Stop Indian Army From Patrolling Ladakh Border: Rajnath Singh In Rajya Sabha
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said that no force in the world can stop Indian troops from patrolling the country’s border in Ladakh region. Replying to clarifications sought by MPs in Rajya Sabha on his statement on the border row, the minister said skirmishes and face-off with China in the last few months have […]
Army, Air Force, Navy reported around 20,000 Covid cases & 35 deaths, govt tells Rajya Sabha
New Delhi: Nearly 20,000 military personnel have been infected with the novel coronavirus, with the highest being in the Army that has reported over 16,000 cases. Minister of State for Defence Shripad Naik, who himself tested positive in August, told the Rajya Sabha Wednesday in a written reply that 32 soldiers in the Army died due to […]
COVID-19 tally in India crosses 50-lakh mark
New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 tally of cases galloped past 50 lakh, just 11 days after it crossed 40 lakh with 90,123 infections being reported in a day, while recoveries surged to 39,42,360 on Wednesday pushing the recovery rate to 78.53 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The total coronavirus cases mounted to 50,20,359, […]
Sonia Gandhi to miss monsoon session of Parliament, to travel outside India for medical check-up
Congress president Sonia Gandhi will be travelling outside the country for a routine medical check-up which could not take place earlier due to the ongoing pandemic situation, party officials said on Saturday. The Congress president will be accompanied by her son and party leader Rahul Gandhi. Both Opposition leaders will give the upcoming monsoon session […]
India Reports Over 97,000 Covid Cases, 1,200 Deaths In 24 Hours
India’s COVID-19 caseload raced past 46 lakh with a record 97,570 infections being reported in a day, while 36,24,196 people have recuperated so far taking the national recovery rate to 77.77 per cent on Saturday, according to Union health ministry data. The total number of coronavirus cases has mounted to 46,59,984, while the death toll […]
Sushant Singh Rajput death: Mumbai court denies bail to Rhea Chakraborty in drug case
A special court in Mumbai on Friday rejected the bail pleas filed by Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty and her brother Showik, who were arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in connection with the drugs case linked to the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput. Besides this, the court also rejected the bail pleas of four others accused […]