Changes In NEET-Super Speciality Exams From Next Year: Centre
The changes in NEET-Super Speciality examination will be implemented from next academic year, the Centre informed Supreme Court on Wednesday. The Centre said the changes in the pattern of the examination will be implemented from academic year 2022-23. A bench of justices D Y Chandrachud, Vikram Nath and B V Nagarathna recorded the submission of […]
British military begins deliveries to ease fuel supply crisis
LONDON: The British military started delivering fuel to petrol stations on Monday, after a tanker driver shortage sparked two weeks of panic buying by motorists. Troops in fatigues drove tankers from Buncefield Oil Depot in Hemel Hempstead 20 miles (32 kilometres) north of London after the military was put on standby last week. Some 200 […]
Priyanka Gandhi asks PM Modi to see video clip showing SUV mowing down farmers
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday cited a new video clip showing an SUV mowing down farmers and asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to see it. “Have you seen this video Modi ji? This video shows the son of a member of your council of ministers running over farmers with his vehicles. Please see […]
Five held in Bangladesh over murder of Rohingya leader
COX’S BAZAR: Five Rohingya men have been arrested over the killing of a prominent community leader in a refugee camp in Bangladesh, police said on Sunday, adding that they were probing links to a militant group. Mohibullah — a high-profile figurehead for the more than 800,000-strong Muslim minority who fled the Myanmar military in a mass exodus […]
Lakhimpur Kheri: UP Police File FIR Against Minister’s Son, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Denied Entry
The violence at Lakhimpur Kheri on Sunday left at least eight persons dead including farmers and BJP workers. The incident occurred following farmers’ agitating over Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya’s visit to the site. As per reports, Two SUVs were set on fire by angry farmers, reports said, after they hit a group of […]
Democrats under pressure to save Biden’s agenda
WASHINGTON: Democrats entered a second day of likely marathon negotiations on Friday to resolve splits over the scope of President Joe Biden’s domestic spending plans, knowing that failure could be crippling for the party. On Thursday, a game of political chicken between moderate Democrats and more leftwing members over two disputed spending bills ended in […]
Over 90 crore Covid vaccine doses administered in India: Health Minister
The cumulative COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 90 crore, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Saturday. The country-wide vaccination drive was rolled out on January 16 with health care workers (HCWs) getting inoculated in the first phase. The vaccination of frontline workers (FLWs) started on February 2. “Shastri ji gave […]
Over 2,000 health facilities shuttered in Afghanistan, says Red Cross
KABUL: Afghanistan’s health system is on the verge of collapse, a top Red Cross official warned on Thursday, saying more than 2,000 health facilities had been shuttered across the conflict-ravaged country. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) warned that a dire lack of funding was pushing Afghanistan’s health system to […]
Punjab CM Charanjit Channi to meet Prime Minister Modi today
Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday and is expected to urge him that the Centre withdraw its letter on postponing the paddy procurement in the state from October 1. This will be Channi’s first meeting with Modi after the senior Congress leader took oath as Punjab chief […]
North Korea claims testing hypersonic missile
SEOUL: North Korea has successfully tested a new hypersonic gliding missile, state media reported on Wednesday, in what would be the nuclear-armed nation’s latest advance in weapons technology. Tuesday’s launch was of “great strategic significance”, the official Korean Central News Agency said, as the North seeks to increase its defence capabilities a “thousand-fold”. Hypersonic missiles move far […]