The US state department rubbished the allegations by Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan that America was involved in the no-confidence motion tabled in the National Assembly earlier this week. State department spokesperson Ned Price asserted that there was no truth to the allegations, insisting that the US respects and supports Pakistan’s constitutional process and the […]
Police in Sri Lanka have arrested 45 after overnight violence as hundreds tried to storm president Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s house in Colombo to protest the economic crisis. Security forces fired tear gas and water cannons – AFP said police fired into the crowd (it is unclear if live ammunition was used) – and troops with assault […]
Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday moved an official resolution in the Punjab assembly on the immediate transfer of Chandigarh to Punjab adhering to the sentiments of the people and maintaining harmony. Whenever a state has been divided earlier, the Capital remained with the parent state, the resolution said. “For maintaining harmony and taking […]
Russia is offering India big discounts on the direct purchase of oil as sales to other nations dip following stringent sanctions over its invasion of Ukraine, Bloomberg reported Thursday. Russia is willing to sell high-grade oil up to $35 per barrel – which could increase to $45 per barrel after the latest surge in global […]
Russian troops handed control of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant back to the Ukrainians and left the heavily contaminated site early on Friday, more than a month after taking it over, Ukrainian authorities said, as fighting raged on the outskirts of Kyiv and other fronts. Ukraine’s state power company, Energoatom, said the pullout at Chernobyl […]
Union minister Jitendra Singh will on Friday introduce a bill in the Lok Sabha to provide a regulatory framework for India’s research activities in the Antarctic. The Indian Antarctic Bill 2022 aims to provide national measures to protect the Antarctic environment, and dependent and associated ecosystems. The bill also aims to give effect to the […]
Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov is expected to meet and hold talks with external affairs minister S Jaishankar on Friday in New Delhi. Lavrov is also expected to call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Lavrov arrived in India on Thursday after his two-day visit to China. Ministry of external affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi welcomed Lavrov […]
Department of Health & Family Welfare, Punjab, Roche Products India and Niramai Health Analytix inked an MoU for accelerating cancer screening and treatment for Breast Cancer in the state of Punjab. The partnership named “Punjab Breast Cancer AI-Digital project”, also known as ‘Pink project’ will focus on efforts to ensure timely identification, treatment initiation, and […]
Punjab Water Resources Minister Bram Shanker Jimpa directed the officials of the department to ensure quality and timely completion of the all ongoing projects in the state, while asking them to prepare a project for renovation & rejuvenation of Bhangi Choe in the Hoshiarpur city on the pattern of Badi and Chhoti Nadi of Patiala. […]
