Rashtrapati Bhavan, Qutub Minar and other monuments to #GoBlue on the World Children’s Day
New Delhi: The Rashtrapati Bhavan, Qutub Minar and other monuments across India will #GoBlue on the World Children’s Day on November 20 in solidarity with child rights and the impact of COVID-19 on children’s lives, the UNICEF said. Iconic monuments will light up in blue under the #GoBlue campaign, it said. On the occasion of […]
Delhi fire service responds to 205 distress calls on Diwali
New Delhi: The Delhi Fire Service received 205 calls related to fire incidents on Diwali, slightly less than the last year, officials said on Sunday. The incidents include a fire at a godown in west Delhi’s Mundka in which a 28-year-old man was killed while another was injured, they said. “We received 205 fire-related calls […]
COVID-19: 44,684 new cases take India’s virus tally to 87,73,479
New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 tally climbed to 87.73 lakh with 44,684 new cases in a day, while 81,63,572 people have recuperated from the disease so far, bringing the national recovery rate to 93.04 per cent on Saturday, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The fresh cases pushed the number of novel coronavirus cases to […]
India will give ‘prchand jawab’ if it is tested: PM Modi at Longewala Post
Longewala (Rajasthan): Keeping with his practice of spending time with soldiers on Diwali, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday addressed troops at Longewala Post in which he asserted that India will give “prachand jawab” (fierce reply) if it is provoked. In a clear swipe at China, Modi said without naming it that entire world feels […]
Modi pays tribute to Nehru on his birth anniversary
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday paid tribute to the country’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru on his birth anniversary. Born on November 14, 1889, the Congress stalwart remains India’s longest serving prime minister. “My humble tributes to the country’s first prime minister Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru on his birth anniversary,” Modi tweeted. Vice […]
India’s COVID-19 caseload reaches 87.28 lakh, recovery rate rises to 92.97%
New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 87.28 lakh on Friday with a single-day increase of 44,879 cases, while the recoveries surged to 81,15,580, pushing the national recovery rate to 92.97 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry’s data. The death toll reached 1,28,668 after 547 more fatalities were reported in the country in […]
WHO to set up centre for traditional medicine in India, PM says matter of pride
New Delhi: The World Health Organisation announced on Friday that it will set up a Global Centre for Traditional Medicine in India, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressing confidence that just like the country has emerged as the ‘pharmacy of the world’, the WHO institution will become the centre for global wellness. WHO Director General […]
Grand Deepotsav celebrations start in Ayodhya
Ayodhya (UP): Deepotsav celebrations began on Friday in the city of Ayodhya in the presence of Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, a Diwali event which will also see the lighting of a record 5.51 lakh earthen lamps at dusk. Soon after landing here, the Governor and the chief minister offered […]
Obama mentions Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in his memoir
New York: Former US president Barack Obama says Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has a “nervous, unformed quality” about him like a student eager to impress the teacher but lacking aptitude and passion to “master the subject.” The New York Times reviewed Obama’s memoir ‘A Promised Land’, in which among other issues, the first Black American […]
Our assistance does not create indebtedness: India at G-77 ministerial meeting
United Nations: India’s assistance to other nations does not create indebtedness, is without conditionalities and the country’s cooperation is guided by its partners’ development priorities, India has told the G-77 annual ministerial meeting, reiterating its commitment to work with developing country partners towards a resilient and sustainable recovery from COVID-19. “In India’s development cooperation, we […]
