Northwest India has recorded the highest temperature in 122 years, however, people can get some respite from April 2 to April 4 before the temperature rises again. RK Jenamani, senior scientist, India Meteorological Department (IMD), while speaking with news agency ANI, said, “Northwest India has contributed to the highest temperature of 30.73 degrees Celsius which […]
Two civilians were “mistakenly” shot at by the Army in Tirap district of Arunachal Pradesh, Army sources said on Saturday. The incident happened at Chasa village on Friday evening when the two villagers, identified as Nokphya Wangdan (28) and Ramwang Wangsu (23), were returning home after fishing in a river, they said.The two villagers were […]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that the next pandemic could be triggered by insect-borne pathogens, including Zika and dengue. Arthropod-Borne viruses (Arboviruses) such as dengue, yellow fever, chikungunya and zika viruses are all current public health threats in tropical and sub-tropical areas where approximately 3.9 billion people live.The frequency and magnitude of outbreaks […]
India on Saturday delivered 40,000 tonnes of diesel to crisis-hit Sri Lanka, the island nation’s NewsWire said, quoting Ceylon Petroleum Corporation chairman Sumith Wijesinghe. NewsWire said distribution will start this evening – welcome news for hundreds of fuel stations across Sri Lanka that had no supply over the past few days. An equal-sized consignment of […]
A slew of opportunities have opened for India with the new agreement that has been signed with Australia, Union minister Piyush Goyal said on Saturday as the two countries hailed the trade pact. Goyal signed The India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (“IndAus ECTA”) with Australia minister Dan Tehan at a virtual event that was […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Nepalese counterpart Sher Bahadur Deuba on Saturday inaugurated a cross-border railway network, a power transmission line and launched India’s RuPay payment card in Nepal after they vowed to significantly expand the bilateral ties in wide-ranging talks. The two sides also inked four pacts to expand cooperation in areas of […]
Top Indian-American US advisor Daleep Singh discussed goals and mechanisms of US sanctions imposed on Russia during his recent trip to New Delhi, the White House has said. Singh, considered a key architect of Washington’s punitive economic sanctions against Moscow, was in New Delhi this week to discuss ways to deepen US-India economic cooperation and […]
India and Australia on Saturday signed an economic cooperation and trade agreement under which Canberra would provide duty-free access in its market for over 95 per cent of Indian goods such as textiles, leather, jewellery and sports products. The India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement was inked by Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and […]
The National Medical Commission on Friday unveiled a new competency-based medical education for undergraduate course curriculum to be applicable to the current batch of MBBS students for 2021-2022 admitted to colleges in February and March 2022. Highlights of the course are replacement of Hippocratic Oath with Maharishi Charak Shapath; introduction of yoga and preferable celebration […]