Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Monday said that Hindus and Muslims share the same ancestry and every Indian citizen is a “Hindu”. Speaking at an event In Mumbai, organised by Pune-based Global Strategic Policy Foundation, the RSS chief said “sane” Muslim leaders should stand firmly against fundamentalists. “The word Hindu was equivalent […]
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Majority of deaths due to dengue, scrub typhus: Centre
The Centre said that a majority of children’s deaths in Uttar Pradesh’s (UP) Firozabad district occurred due to dengue, as well as scrub typhus, and leptospirosis. A letter was sent to the UP Chief Secretary Rajendra Kumar Tiwari by the Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan. He stated that the central team has found that majority […]
In a first, Indian Army grants time scale Colonel rank to women officers
The Indian Army on Monday granted time scale Colonel rank to five women officers after completion of 26 years of reckonable service, according to the defence ministry. The five women officers selected for Colonel time scale rank are Lt Col Sangeeta Sardana from the Corps of Signals, Lt Col Sonia Anand and Lt Col Navneet […]
August 14 declared as ‘Partition Horrors Remembrance Day’
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday declared August 14 will be observed as ‘Partition Horrors Remembrance Day’ to acknowledge the pain undergone by Indians due to the partition of India in 1947. In a notification, the Home Ministry said the people of India, while celebrating “Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav”, will salute those sons and daughters […]
Olympics: Ravi Kumar Dahiya bags silver medal in men’s 57kg category
Ravi Kumar Dahiya bagged a silver medal in the men’s 57kg freestyle event after a 4-7 loss to Russia’s Zavur Uguev in the final on Thursday. Ravi became the second Indian wrestler, after Sushil Kumar, to win a silver medal at the Olympic Games and the fifth wrestler after KD Jadhav, Sushil Kumar, Yogeshwar Dutt, […]
Vice Admiral SN Ghormade takes charge as Indian Navy Vice Chief
Vice Admiral SN Ghormade on Saturday took over as the new Vice Chief of Naval Staff succeeding Vice Admiral G Ashok Kumar. Ghormade was holding the charge of deputy chief of the Integrated Defence Staff (Operations and Training) since March 8. Before this, he was holding the appointment of Controller Personnel Services in the Integrated […]
Covid-19 vaccine for children likely next month: Health Minister
The government is likely to start vaccinating children against Covid-19 by next month, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said in a BJP Parliamentary Party meeting held on Tuesday. According to experts, this will be a giant step in breaking the chain of transmission and also reopening schools across the country amid warnings of a possible […]
800-year-old Ramappa Temple bags UNESCO’s heritage site tag
Telangana’s Rudreswara Temple (also known as the Ramappa Temple) has been given a world heritage site tag by the UNESCO. The decision was taken at the 44th session of the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO on Sunday (25th July). Ramappa temple, a 13th century engineering marvel named after its architect – Ramappa, was proposed by […]
Tokyo Olympics 2020: Events, dates, time and all you need to know
Tokyo Olympics 2020 is just a day away. After so much of talk around its cancellation till recently, the Olympics are finally happening. India has sent its largest ever contingent to the Olympic Games with 120 athletes (67 men, 53 women). The Olympics will begin on 23 July and will go on till 8 August. […]
Karnataka becomes first Indian state to reserve govt jobs for transgenders
Karnataka has become the first Indian state to set aside government jobs for transgenders by giving the community 1 percent reservation. The quota will be applicable to transgender candidates in all categories—general, scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and other backward classes. The state government had recently submitted a report to the Karnataka High Court, saying a […]