A Pakistani drone with a payload of magnetic bombs and UBGL grenades was shot down along the international border in the Hiranagar sector of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district early Sunday, police said. The drone was coming from the border side and was shot down in the Talli Hariya Chak area.“On the basis of drone […]
The US surpassed China to become India’s top trading partner in 2021-22, reflecting strengthening economic ties between the two countries.According to the data of the commerce ministry, in 2021-22, the bilateral trade between the US and India stood at USD 119.42 billion as against USD 80.51 billion in 2020-21. Exports to the US increased to […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday expressed concern over the waste dumps in Uttarakhand’s Kedarnath amid the ‘Char Dham Yatra’. Speaking during his monthly radio address of ‘Mann Ki Baat’, he also said that contrasting images have emerged from the holy site. “At present, the holy journey of ‘Char-Dham’ in Uttarakhand is going on in […]
The Centre has issued a new advisory warning people to not share the photocopy of their Aadhaar card with any organisations as it can be misused. In a notification, issued on May 27, the ministry of electronics and information technology said organisations which have obtained a user license from the UIDAI can use Aadhaar for […]
A Tara Air’s 9 NAET twin-engine aircraft carrying 22 passengers – including four Indians and three Japanese nationals – flying from Pokhara to Jomsom in Nepal, lost its contact with the airport authorities on Sunday morning, news agency ANI reported. The plane lost its contact at 9:55am, it added. The remaining were Nepali citizens, ANI […]
The Indian men’s hockey team scored two fantastic field goals to beat Japan 2-1 in its first Super 4 league match and avenge its loss in the pool stage of the Asia Cup here on Saturday. The defending champions, who lost 2-5 against Japan in the pool stage, scored two eye-catching field goals through Manjeet […]
The West Bengal government plans to replace Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar as visitor to the state’s nine private universities, information leaked from the education department indicated on Saturday, days after the cabinet decided that chief minister Mamata Banerjee will replace Dhankhar as chancellor of the 17 state-run universities, triggering a row , reported Hindustan Times. Officials […]
Maharashtra on Saturday reported its first cases of the Covid-19 infection with BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants of the Omicron strain of the virus in at least seven cases in Pune. According to the state health department’s report on whole genomic sequencing, four patients of BA.4 variants and three patients of BA.5 variants were detected in […]
Two unidentified militants were killed in an encounter with security forces in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, police said.Acting on specific inputs about the presence of militants in Shitipora area of Bijbehara in the south Kashmir district, security forces launched a cordon and search operation there, a police official said. He said […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said he had spared no effort while serving the country in the last eight years, and not done any such work that would make people hang their heads in shame.Modi was addressing a gathering after inaugurating a 200-bed multi-specialty hospital at Atkot town in Gujarat’s Rajkot district. “I have […]