Frontline: Meet the Army Riflewomen posted at the LoC
The first time she heard an artillery shell drop in the valley below, Wanjen and her platoon members rushed to an underground bunker. Backs to the wall, hearts pounding, they did a quick headcount. “We did it several times after that. It is a different feeling each time — the anxiety, the adrenaline rush…,” she […]
Citing business reasons, Facebook opposed action on BJP-linked hate posts: WSJ report
In what highlights the challenges of policing content by social media platforms, The Wall Street Journal has reported that citing business imperatives, Facebook’s top public policy executive in India “opposed applying hate-speech rules” to at least four individuals and groups linked with the BJP despite the fact that they were “flagged internally for promoting or participating in violence.” […]
Ladakh, Leh, Kargil to be India’s first carbon neutral region: PM Modi
A 7500 MW solar park is being built in Ladakh for electricity and infrastructure development in the region. The Ladakh, Leh and Kargil region will be developed and declared to be a carbon neutral region, PM Modi said in his Independence Day speech on Saturday. While the concept of carbon neutral villages have been considered […]
Over 64,000 Fresh Covid Cases Reported In India, Recovery Rate Improves To 71.17 Per Cent
India’s COVID-19 caseload surpassed 24 lakh on Friday after 64,553 people tested positive in a day, and the recoveries rose to over 17 lakh, the Health Ministry said. With 17,51,555 people defeating the disease, the recovery rate has surged to 71.17 per cent. The caseload increased to 24,61,190, while the death toll climbed to 48,040 with 1,007 people […]
Uttarakhand wants permit regime near China border to end for strategic reasons
Uttarakhand tourism minister Satpal Maharaj has written to the Centre urging it to remove some areas from Inner Line restrictions near Indo-China border in the state to boost tourism there, said officials. The letter was written by the minister on Tuesday in which he cited that removing some areas from Inner Line restrictions would also […]
‘We live as brothers, sisters’ — Muslims form human chain to save temple amid Bengaluru riots
Bengaluru: A viral video showing Muslim youth forming a human chain to guard a temple during the violence that erupted in Bengaluru Tuesday night has emerged on social media. The video shows young men holding hands and ensuring that rioters didn’t attack the temple located in Pulakeshinagar. In the video, one can hear people appealing to the […]
‘Modi hai toh Mumkin hai’, tweets Rahul Gandhi. It is a jibe
With a pithy one liner, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday took yet another swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy’s warning that the country’s GDP growth may touch its lowest since independence in the backdrop of a raging coronavirus pandemic. Gandhi employed PM Modi’s widely popular 2019 election campaign slogan […]
COVID-19: 60,963 fresh cases take India’s tally to 23,29,638
New Delhi:India’s COVID-19 tally went past 23 lakh on Wednesday, with a single day increase of 60,963 cases, while the recoveries surged to16,39,599, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The total coronavirus cases in the country have mounted to 23,29,638, while the death toll climbed to 46,091with 834 new fatalities being reported in a […]
2 Dead, Dozens Injured, Over 100 Arrested As Violence Breaks Out In Bengaluru Over Facebook Post
At least two persons were killed, dozens, including policemen, injured during violence that broke out in Bengaluru on Tuesday night after a relative of Congress MLA posted derogatory post against on social media targetting a community. A mob rampaged through Bengaluru’s Pulakeshi Nagar Tuesday night and vandalised a police station and the Congress legislator Akhanda […]
Explained: Why Russian vaccine is a long way from being available in India, if at all
Russia has kept its promise, and approved a novel coronavirus vaccine for public use without the final phase of human trials. It is the first coronavirus vaccine to be approved, though a Chinese vaccine has been cleared for ‘limited use’ much earlier, to be administered only on soldiers of the People’s Liberation Army. The Russian vaccine, developed by Moscow-based […]