The leaders of the seven world’s leading industrial nations (G7) will meet from June 11-13, 2021, in the English coastal county of Cornwall to address shared challenges such as the recovery from Covid-19 crisis, climate change, technological change and scientific discovery. “The Prime Minister will use the first in-person G7 summit in almost two years […]
Xiaomi Corporation has been branded a “Communist military company” and blacklisted by the Donald Trump-led US government. In addition to Xiaomi, the US Department of Defense (DOD) has also blacklisted 8 other Chinese companies including China’s third-largest oil company as well as the state-owned Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC). The US government alleges that […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched India’s Covid-19 vaccination drive and asserted that the made-in-India vaccines being rolled out will ensure a “decisive victory” for the country over the coronavirus pandemic. A sanitation worker became the first person to receive the COVID-19 shot at AIIMS, New Delhi. AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria was administered the […]
India on Thursday confirmed that there won’t be a foreign head of state or government as the chief guest at this year’s Republic Day celebrations, the fourth time this has happened since independence in 1947. The decision was taken after UK prime minister Boris Johnson’s last-minute decision to cancel his visit due to having to […]
The National Board of Examinations (NBE) has announced that National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for Postgraduate (NEET PG 2021) will be held in computer-based mode on April 18, 2021, at multiple exam centres in India. Information regarding the brochure and application form will be released soon one: nbe.edu.in and natboard.edu.in NBE also stated that the board might […]
Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) president Dushyant Dave resigned on Thursday, stating he had forfeited his right to continue as the leader of the bar association. In his brief letter, Dushyant Dave said, “Following recent events, I feel that I have forfeited my right to continue as your leader.” Noting that the tenure of the […]
The US House of Representatives on Wednesday impeached President Donald Trump for ‘inciting’ last week’s deadly violence at Capitol Hill. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi confirmed the impeachment making Trump the first US president to be impeached twice. Congress voted 232 to 197 on the single article of impeachment charging Trump with “incitement of insurrection”. Trump […]
India hosts the grandest and largest religious festival- Kumbh Mela 2021, where people from different walks of life gather to take a holy dip in the river. Kumbh Mela takes place once every 12 years and takes place on the banks of the Godavari river in Nashik, Shipra river in Ujjain, Ganges in Haridwar, and […]
Luxury fashion house Louis Vuitton seems to have withdrawn yoga mat made from cowhide leather from sale on its website after Hindus protested against the product. Rajan Zed, president of the Universal Society of Hinduism, said in a statement on Tuesday, that this yoga mat seemed ridiculing and offending two serious concepts of Hinduism—cow and […]
Ahead of the January 16 nationwide vaccination drive, the first Covishield vaccine consignment containing vials were dispatched from the Serum Institute of India (SII) in the early hours of Tuesday. Amid tight security, three trucks carrying the very first consignment of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine left for Pune airport to be flown to 13 locations […]