Cabinet Reshuffle: Pokhriyal, Harsh Vardhan And Other Union Ministers Resign
With a reshuffle of the Narendra Modi cabinet expected later in the day, resignations have started flying fast and thick with a number of Union Ministers resigning on Wednesday. Union Education Minister Dr Ramesh ‘Nishank’ Pokhriyal has resigned citing health reasons, according to sources. As per reports, Union Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar has also resigned from the […]
Air Force To Buy 10 Anti-Drone Systems From Indian Vendors: Reports
Amid rising concerns of drone attacks on Indian soil, the Indian Air Force has decided to buy 10 counter-unmanned aircraft systems (CUAS) from Indian vendors, reports claimed. According to reports, these CUAS will be used to tackle small, commercially available drones rigged with explosives. According to the Time of India, a day after the recent […]
4 killed as worst forest fire in decades buffets Cyprus
ARAKAPAS: A huge forest blaze in Cyprus killed four people, destroyed homes and forced evacuations of villages, police said on Sunday, as Greece, Israel and other countries deployed fire-fighting planes to the Mediterranean island. The Egyptian government said the four dead were agricultural workers from the North African country, while Nicosia vowed in a tweet […]
Sena-BJP ties like Aamir Khan-Kiran Rao relationship: Sanjay Raut
Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Monday evoked the post-divorce relationship between actor Aaamir Khan and Kiran Rao to stress that the political paths of his party and BJP are separate but friendship remains between the former alliance partners. “Look at Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao. (Their) paths have separated but (they) are friends. Same […]
Israeli settlers leave West Bank outpost after deal with govt
BEITA: Israeli settlers left an illegal outpost in the occupied West Bank on Friday in adherence to an agreement struck with nationalist premier Naftali Bennett’s new government, reporters and a settler leader said. With Israeli military and police on site, the last cars streamed out of Eviatar — near the Palestinian city of Nablus — […]
UP Polls: Mayawati Accuses BJP, SP and Congress Regimes of ‘Gross Misuse’ of Power
Ahead of the covered Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections in 2022, former Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati has accused the former governments of Congress and Samajwadi party of abuse of power and failure to establish rule of law across the state. In a series of tweets, she even lambasted the current BJP government for “gross […]
Army enforces lockdown in Bangladesh; Europe sees fresh surge
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s 168 million people on Thursday began a strict coronavirus lockdown while Indonesia announced emergency curbs as infections surged across parts of the Asia-Pacific. A European Union-wide coronavirus travel certificate was also set to come into force on Thursday, but concerns persisted about a resurgence of the disease as the World Health Organisation said […]
Centre Sends Covid-19 Control Teams To 6 States Witnessing High Number Of Cases
The Centre has rushed multiple teams to states that are reporting a high number of coronavirus cases, including Kerala, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Manipur. The teams were sent for urgent control and containment measures of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases in these states, an official release stated. The two-member high level team to […]
Xi warns against foreign bullying as China marks party centenary
China’s President Xi Jinping on Thursday warned that foreign forces attempting to bully the nation will “get their heads bashed”, and hailed a “new world” created by its people as the ruling Communist Party marked the centenary of its founding. In an hour-long address from Tiananmen Square, Xi pledged to build up China’s military, committed […]
Punjab reels under long, unscheduled power cuts
Despite the Punjab Government paying Rs 20,000 crore fixed charges to three private thermal plants and CM Capt Amarinder Singh asking the Finance Department to spare Rs 500 crore to buy additional power, the electricity supply situation has been erratic in the state, leading to unscheduled cuts lasting several hours. Not only villages and agriculture […]