The government is monitoring the Omicron situation everyday and constantly assessing this new Covid variant with experts, the Parliament was told on Monday.”I have spoken with the states on this Covid variant and also an SOP has been issued for travellers landing from abroad for preventing the infection,” Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya told the […]
WHO chief scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan on Monday called for the expansion and strengthening of the COVID-19 vaccination programme across the world in view of the rising cases of Omicron variant. Speaking virtually at one of the plenary sessions at the PANEX-21, organised at the Armed Forces Medical College here in Maharashtra, Dr Swaminathan said […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday held a phone conversation covering bilateral defence cooperation, supply of fertilisers and ways to enhance India’s engagement with the Russian Far Eastern region. he talks came two weeks after Putin visited Delhi for the 21st India-Russia annual summit that witnessed the inking of 28 […]
A court in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras district has sentenced a 35-year-old man to death for raping and killing a 10-year-old girl, officials said on Monday. The man, also convicted under the stringent POCSO Act, has been slapped with a penalty of Rs 50,000 as well by the district and sessions court.”Accused Chandrapal should be hanged […]
A senior DRDO scientist who was arrested for “planting explosives” inside the Rohini district court allegedly attempted suicide by consuming hand wash in a washroom in police custody, officials said on Sunday. The accused, Bharat Bhushan Kataria (47), is undergoing treatment at AIIMS and is completely stable, they said.Kataria was arrested for allegedly planting an […]
The army has been deployed to restore essential services hit by the ongoing strike of electricity department personnel here, officials said Sunday. They said the deployment was made following a request by the administration.In a communication addressed to the army, Jammu Divisional Commissioner Raghav Langer said that due to the strike by electricity department personnel, […]
Delhi police arrested Bharat Bhushan Kataria (47), a senior scientist with the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). Although it was initially assumed to be a terror attack due to the use of a low-intensity tiffin bomb, police have now said it was a murder attempt.Delhi Police clarified that the Rohini court blast was a […]
Out of the 36 Rafale aircraft for which India had signed a contract with France, 32 have been delivered and out of the remaining four, three will arrive in India on time, that is, in February next year, said Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari today.”As far as discussions on Rafale are concerned, we’re thankful to […]
Income Tax (IT) department on Saturday morning conducted searches on the premises of people associated with the Samajwadi Party (SP) in different cities of Uttar Pradesh. Premises of Manoj Yadav in Agra, Neetu Yadav aka Jainendra Yadav in Lucknow, Rajeev Rai in Mau are among those raided by the I-T sleuths. The I-T officials said […]
Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of the 594-km long Ganga Expressway in Shahjahanpur district of Uttar Pradesh on Saturday.Addressing the crowd at the foundation laying ceremony, PM Modi said that the Ganga Expressway will bring “infinite opportunities” for everyone, including farmers and youth.”This expressway will open doors for Uttar Pradesh’s development. It will […]