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The Fourth Meeting of the India-Sri Lanka Joint Working Group on Fisheries was held yesterday through virtual mode. The meeting covered the entire gamut of issues related to fishermen and fishing boats which have been on the agenda of bilateral discussions between India and Sri Lanka for many years. It […]
The country’s COVID-19 recovery rate has reached to 95.99 per cent. During the last 24 hours, more than 26 thousand COVID patients have recovered. Health Ministry said, the total number of recoveries has gone up to over 98 lakh 34 thousand. The actual caseload currently comprises only 2.56 per cent […]
Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank will announce the dates of commencement of CBSE Board examinations- 2021 for classes 10th and 12th this evening. Earlier, during virtual interaction with teachers, Mr Nishank informed that CBSE is making necessary preparations for conducting the 2021 board examinations for classes 10th and 12th after […]
The Government has further extended the deadline to file the income tax return (ITR) for individual taxpayers till 10th January 2021 in view of the Covid-19 pandemic. The deadline for filing ITR for the financial year 2019-20 by companies has also been extended till 15th February 2021. The Income Tax department said, the […]
The entire state of Nagaland has been declared a disturbed area for six more months. The Home Ministry in a notification said, the Central government is of the opinion that the area comprising the whole of Nagaland is in such a disturbed and dangerous condition that the use of armed […]
The next round of talks between the Central Government and farmers’ unions will be held on 4th of January. The Centre yesterday held the sixth round of talks with representatives of farmers’ unions was in New Delhi. Union Ministers Narendra Singh Tomar, Piyush Goyal and Som Prakash were present in the meeting. Speaking after the […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at Rajkot in Gujarat at 11 AM today through video conferencing. For the project, 201 acres of land has been allotted. It will be built at an estimated cost of One thousand One […]
The world was in absolute shock and the Neapolitans couldn’t believe their senses when the world’s most expensive player moved to one of the world’s poorest cities and led the […]
US President-elect Joe Biden has alleged that agencies critical to US security have suffered “enormous damage” at the hands of the Trump administration. Mr Biden said his team is not getting the information it needed, including from the Department of Defence, as it makes its transition to power. He was […]
Science and Technology Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan has released the report – Action Agenda for an Atma Nirbhar Bharat prepared by Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council, TIFAC in New Delhi. Speaking on the occasion yesterday, Dr Harsh Vardhan said the ideas contained in the report should be taken forward […]
The Sports Ministry has issued Standard Operating Procedures, SOP for conduct of sporting events in country. The SOP said that a COVID task force shall be constituted for each sporting competition by the organizing committee to guide and monitor all athletes and Athlete Support Personnel. This task force will be […]
US President-elect Joe Biden has alleged that agencies critical to US security have suffered “enormous damage” at the hands of the Trump administration. Mr Biden said his team is not getting the information it needed, including from the Department of Defence, as it makes its transition to power. He was […]
Cold wave conditions intensify in northern parts of country after the fresh snowfall in the higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. In Himachal Pradesh the minimum temperature dropped on to two notches acorss the state. However, weather remaind dry in most parts of the state. Maximum […]
The COVID-19 recovery rate in the country has touched 95.92 per cent. Total recoveries has reached 98 lakh 7 thousand 5 hundred 69 with 24 thousand 900 recoveries in the last 24 hours. With 16 thousand 4 hundred 32 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, total cases reached […]
The Government has assured that vaccines will work against the new variants of coronavirus and there is no evidence that current vaccines will fail to protect against the new variants reported from the UK and South Africa. Briefing media in New Delhi yesterday, Principal Scientific Advisor K. Vijay Raghavan said […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that infrastructure is the biggest source of any nation’s strength. He said as India is moving fast towards the path of becoming a big economic power, the best connectivity is the priority of the country. Emphasising on the importance of connectivity and infrastructure development […]
The Centre has invited the protesting farmer’ unions for talks today to end the impasse over the three farm laws. This will be the sixth round of talk between the government and farmers to end the deadlock. The Centre has written to the 40 protesting farmers’ unions and invited them […]
World Health Organization’s senior officials have warned that the Coronavirus is not necessarily the big one, and that there is a real chance of another, more serious pandemic spreading across the world. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, the UN agency is learning new things about the virus every day, including […]
Minister for Railways Piyush Goyal has said that Railways should gear up to ensure all last mile connectivity as it speeds up the problem progress of Dedicated Freight Corridors, DFCs in the country. Reviewing the progress of upcoming DFCs, Mr Goyal asked the officials to continue to engage and coordinate […]
In Melbourne Cricket Test, team India trounced Australia by 8 wickets and level the four test series 1-1. Mayank Agarwal and Cheteshwar Pujara got out cheaply. After initial hiccup, Shubman Gill and stand in skipper Ajinkya Rahane kept their cool and reached the target of 70 runs with ease.For Australia […]
The country’s COVID-19 recovery rate has reached to 95.83 per cent. During the last 24 hours, more than 21 thousand COVID patients have recovered. Health Ministry said, the total number of recoveries has gone up to over 97 lakh 82 thousand. The actual caseload currently comprises only 2.72 per cent […]
The Central Government has invited the protesting farmer unions for talks tomorrow to end the impasse over the three farm laws. This will be the sixth round of talks between the government and farmers to end the deadlock. The Centre had written to the 40 protesting farmer unions and invited […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has flagged off the 100th Kisan Rail from Sangola in Maharashtra to Shalimar in West Bengal through video conferencing on Monday. In his address, Mr Modi said, Kisan Rail service is a measure to increase the income of the farmers and it will bring a big […]
