Former US vice-president Joe Biden has officially accepted the Presidential nomination of the Democratic Party. “It is with great honour and humility that I accept this nomination for President of the United States of America,” he said. Biden hit out at US President Donald Trump saying that “the current president’s cloaked American darkness for much […]
The Ram Janmabhoomi Teertha Kshetra Trust on Thursday morning tweeted that the construction of the Ram Mandir has started with engineers from Larsen & Toubro (L&T), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras and Central Building Research Institute (CBRI) Roorkee testing the soil at the Janmabhoomi site. The shrine will be built by adhering to ancient […]
The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday ordered the CBI to investigate Sushant Singh Rajput’s death case. The SC said that the first information report (FIR) registered in Bihar based on the complaint filed by Sushant Singh’s father KK Singh was correct and Bihar was competent to ask the CBI to investigate the case. Mumbai police […]
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who had last week recovered from Covid-19, was again admitted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, on Monday night. As per a release, Amit Shah has been complaining of fatigue and body aches for last three-four days. “He has been admitted to AIIMS for post Covid care,” […]
India’s Covid-19 death toll breached the 50,000 mark on Monday as 941 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Monday. As many as 57,982 cases were reported in the last 24 hours across the nation, taking the total count to 26, 47,664 and 50,921 […]
Supreme Court on Friday held senior lawyer Prashant Bhushan guilty of contempt of court for his tweets on Chief Justice of India (CJI) SA Bobde and the Supreme Court. “These charges are serious,” a three-judge bench of Justices Arun Mishra, BR Gavai and Krishna Murari said while delivering the verdict through video conferencing. The Supreme […]
After Vivo’s exit, Ramdev’s Patanjali Ayurved is considering to bid for the title sponsorship of upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL), said a company official. This move would help the Haridwar-based firm access a global marketing platform, as Patanjali is focusing on exports for its Ayurveda-based fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG). Patanjali spokesperson S K Tijarawala said, […]
Captain Dipak Vasant Sathe, pilot of the ill-fated Air India Express flight who had died when the aircraft skidded off the runway in Kerala on Friday night was an alumnus of the National Defence Academy (NDA), Pune. Survivors said the aircraft’s captain helped save their lives as he used his presence of mind and averted […]
Twitter Inc on Thursday announced that it will start labelling accounts of key government officials, institutions and state-backed media accounts. “Election labels contain additional information about Twitter accounts for specified political candidates. The label appears on the profile page of the candidate’s Twitter account and on the Tweets sent and Retweeted by the candidate’s account. […]
United States President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on Thursday banning all transactions with Chinese company ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok and WeChat, within 45 days citing national security concerns. “The TikTok app may be used for disinformation campaigns that benefit the Chinese Communist Party, and the United States must take aggressive action […]