Indian envoy to Qatar meets Taliban leader Stankzai
Raises India's concern that Afghan soil should not be used for anti-India acts, terrorism
New Delhi: Indian envoy to Qatar Deepak Mittal on Tuesday met Taliban leader Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai in Doha, first high-level contact between the two sides on a day the US completed withdrawal of its troops from Afghanistan. The Ministry of External Affairs said Ambassador Mittal raised India’s concern at the meeting that Afghanistan’s soil […]
‘High-level group monitoring developments in Afghanistan’
New Delhi: A high-level group comprising External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, NSA Ajit Doval and a number of other senior officials is focusing on India’s immediate priorities in Afghanistan following the drawdown of American forces from the country after 20 years of presence. Official sources said on Tuesday that the group has been meeting regularly […]
Point out law and procedure for monitoring, interception of phones: HC to Centre
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Tuesday allowed the Central government to file a “detailed affidavit” on a PIL alleging “generalised surveillance” of the citizens by the authorities and sought details of procedure in relation to the monitoring and interception of phones. “Time to file detailed affidavit granted to Union of India. Point out in […]
India wants solution to border dispute with China through dialogue: Defence Minister
Chandigarh: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Monday that India wants a solution to the border dispute with China through dialogue and asserted that the government would never allow the sanctity of borders to be violated. The Modi government has made it clear to the forces that any unilateral action on the Line of Actual […]
1993 trains blast case: SC irked as accused jailed for 11 years without framing of charges
New Delhi: “Convict him or acquit him,” an anguished Supreme Court observed on non-framing of charges on an accused jailed for 11 years over serial blasts in multiple Rajdhani Express and other trains in 1993. Underlining the right to speedy trial, the top court sought a report from the special Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) […]
‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’: I&B’s ‘Iconic Week’ concludes in Delhi
Delhi: ‘Iconic Week’, the week-long celebration of ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting concluded on Sunday. The celebrations which began on 23rd August saw an enthusiastic participation by all Media Units of the Ministry. The most notable feature of the week was the inauguration of e-Photo exhibition “Making of the Constitution” […]
New Covid variant, C.1.2, may be more infectious, evade vaccine protection: Study
New Delhi: A new variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus which cause COVID-19, has been detected in South Africa and many other countries globally which could be more transmissible and evade protection provided by vaccines, according to study. Scientists from National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) and the KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform (KRISP) in South […]
India logs 42,909 new COVID-19 cases
New Delhi: India saw a single-day rise of 42,909 new COVID-19 infections, which took the total tally of cases to 3,27,37,939, while active cases registered an increase for the sixth consecutive day, according to Union health ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll has climbed to 4,38,210 with 380 fresh fatalities, according to the data […]
SC issues fresh SOP to facilitate resumption of physical hearing of some cases from Sept 11
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has issued fresh standard operating procedures to accord final hearing of cases in physical mode from September 1, and will employ a hybrid option from Tuesday to Thursday amid strict observance of Covid appropriate norms. The top court has been hearing cases through video-conferencing since March last year due to […]
Recruitment of volunteers for trial of Covid vaccine Covovax on children begins
New Delhi: Recruitment of volunteers for the phase 2/3 clinical trial of COVID-19 vaccine Covovax among children aged 2 to 17 years began on Sunday at the Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences and Research here. The trial would be held across 10 sites and would cover 920 children — 460 each in the age groups […]
