On the directives of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, the Punjab government has issued detailed guidelines to all the administrative secretaries, head of departments, divisional commissioners and deputy commissioners to ensure punctuality of all employees/officers for the convenience of general public coming from far flung areas to these offices. Likewise, fixed timings should be prescribed […]
The Union health ministry on Friday announced that Covid precaution dose, also known as the booster dose, will be available to the 18+ population starting from April 10, at private vaccination centres. “It has been decided that precaution dose of COVID vaccines will be made available to 18+ population group at private vaccination centres. The […]
Karnataka home minister Araga Jnanendra on Friday suspected there “might be some communication” from India that has prompted praise from Al-Qaeda chief Ayman Al Zawahiri for a girl who had confronted a mob over hijab controversy earlier this year, reported news agency ANI. Noting Al-Qaeda’s absence in India, the minister said that the terrorist organisation […]
Bengaluru police are conducting searches in at least six schools after they received a bomb threat on Friday morning. City Police and Bomb Detection and Disposal Squads have evacuated these schools and combing operations are underway. Police, who have cleared two schools so far, said the threat prima facie appears to be a hoax. Additional […]
More than 30 people were killed and over 100 were wounded in a Russian rocket strike on a railway station in east Ukraine on Friday as civilians tried to evacuate to safer parts of the country, the state railway company said. It said two Russian rockets had struck a station in the city of Kramatorsk […]
In a bid to check fraud, the Reserve Bank on Friday decided to permit all banks to introduce card-less cash withdrawal through ATMs. Currently, card-less cash withdrawal through ATMs is a permitted mode of transaction offered by a few banks in the country on an on-us basis (for their customers at their own ATMs).”It is […]
In a fresh battle, BharatPe founder and former managing director Ashneer Grover has threatened a legal action against CEO Suhail Sameer and the board for his comments on professional networking platform LinkedIn against his sister Ashima Grover, along with seeking a resignation from Chairman Rajnish Kumar. In a letter written to BharatPe Board, Ashneer said […]
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday kept the benchmark interest rate unchanged at 4 per cent and decided to continue with its accommodative stance despite rising inflation. This is the 11th time in a row that the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) headed by RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das has maintained the status quo. RBI had […]
The United States on Thursday busted an alleged ISI cell trying to intrude into the American intelligence and security apparatus, including its high profile Secret Service, which is in charge of the security of the President. Arian Taherzadeh, 40, and Haider Ali, 35, were arrested by the FBI in Southeast Washington on Wednesday on a […]