World Heart Day is annually observed on September 29 and is intended to increase public awareness of heart diseases, including their prevention and their global impact. In 1999, the World Heart Federation (WHF), in conjunction with the World Health Organization (WHO), announced the establishment of World Heart Day. During these unprecedented times, people with heart […]
For his selfless services and for sending home lakhs of migrants in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, Sonu Sood has been conferred the prestigious SDG Special Humanitarian Action Award by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The award was presented at a virtual ceremony on Monday evening. “This is a rare honour. A UN […]
“Zindagi to apne damm par hi jiyi jati hey..dusro k kandhe par tohh shirf janaje uthaye jate hey.” (Life is lived on one’s own terms. Only the dead are carried on others’ shoulders.) Bhagat Singh, a Sandhu Jat, was born on this day in September 1907 to a Sikh family in Banga village, Jaranwala Tehsil […]
A tractor was set on fire near India Gate, Delhi, on Monday morning in protest against the farm bills. According to fire officials, they received information regarding the incident at 7.42am and two fire tenders were rushed to the spot. The tractor was removed by the police and fire department doused the fire. President Ram […]
A friend and former staff member of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput (SSR), have decided to go on a hunger strike from October 2 over the ‘delay’ in the probe being carried out by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The late actor’s friend Ganesh Hiwarkar and former staff Ankit Acharya have decided to take […]
The Asian leg of the 2020 Badminton World Tour scheduled for November has been postponed until next year in Bangkok, officials said, due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Badminton World Federation (BWF) said three tournaments on the tour were now scheduled to be played back-to-back in mid-January, with the finals at the end of the […]
The Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee has announced to extend their ‘rail roko’ till September 29 in protest against the farm Bills, recently passed in Parliament. The Railways had cancelled various special trains running from the Ferozepur division from September 24 to 26, which was scheduled to conclude today, but was extended. Members of the committee […]