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ON COVID, WE STAND AS A ROLE MODEL FOR WORLD TODAY: GAJENDRA SHEKHAWAT

23 Jan 2021

In an exclusive interview with The Daily Guardian, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Union Minister for Jal Shakti and Lok Sabha MP from Jodhpur, spoke about how India’s quick handling of the Covid-19 crisis and the post-2014 shifts in the agricultural sector are proof of the country’s rapid development under the leadership...

HOUSE PANEL MEET: TWITTER GRILLED ON BLOCKING SHAH’S ACCOUNT IN 2020

22 Jan 2021

Members of a parliamentary committee on Thursday raised the issue of social networking site Twitter temporarily locking the account of Union Home Minister Amit Shah in November last year as well as misrepresentation of the Indian map by the micro-blogging site, sources said. The parliamentary standing committee on information technology...

Biden rejoins WHO and Paris climate accord, ends Trump’s Muslim travel ban

22 Jan 2021

Hours after being sworn in, President Joe Biden informed United Nations Director-General Antonio Guterres about the US’ decision to re-join the World Health Organisation. He also reversed Donald Trump’s controversial ‘Muslim travel ban’, which blocked travel to the United States from several predominantly Muslim and African countries, and signed an...

Maharashtra becomes first state to hit 20L Covid mark

22 Jan 2021

Maharashtra’s Covid-19 tally crossed the 20-lakh mark with the addition of 2,886 fresh cases. With the new cases, Maharashtra’s Covid-19 tally rose to 20,00,878. Maharashtra has also become the first state in the country to reach the 20-lakh Covid-19 caseload mark. The state reported 52 more deaths due to the...

VACCINE DIPLOMACY GIVES INDIA AN EDGE OVER CHINA IN NEIGHBOURHOOD

22 Jan 2021

India will give millions of doses of Covid-19 vaccine to its friendly neighbouring countries in the next few weeks, government sources told Reuters on Thursday, drawing praise from its neighbours and countering growing Chinese presence in the region. Free shipments of AstraZeneca’s vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India...

PM MODI RELEASES AID TO 6 LAKH BENEFICIARIES IN UP UNDER AWAAS YOJANA

21 Jan 2021

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday released financial assistance to over 6 lakh beneficiaries in UP under Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana–Gramin, through video conference. He also interacted with the beneficiaries, while the Union Rural Development Minister, Governor of Uttar Pradesh and Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh were also present. About...

Biden, Harris sworn in to lead US, PM Modi congratulates

21 Jan 2021

Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States and Kamala Harris as Vice President in a historic ceremony to take the leadership of a nation ravaged by the Covid-19 pandemic and deeply divided by deep political hostility. The daughter of Shyamala Gopalan became the first...

GOVT OFFERS TO SUSPEND FARM LAWS FOR 18 MONTHS, STIR MAY BE CALLED OFF

21 Jan 2021

Farmer union leaders on Wednesday said they would consider the Centre’s proposal to put on hold farm laws for 18 months and form a committee of government and farmer representatives to discuss the laws clause wise and respond at the next meeting on 22 January. The tenth round of talks...

GOVERNMENT ASKS WHATSAPP TO WITHDRAW NEW PRIVACY POLICY

20 Jan 2021

T he Government of India on Tuesday asked Facebook-owned WhatsApp to withdraw the recent changes in the privacy policy of the messaging app, saying unilateral changes are not fair and acceptable. Sources in the government say that the IT Ministry raised concerns over information security of Indian WhatsApp users. The...

Covid vaccines safe, only 0.18% adverse events so far: Govt

20 Jan 2021

Of the total people vaccinated against Covid-19 so far, the Union government on Tuesday said 0.18 per cent were adverse events following immunisation, while 0.002 per cent had to be hospitalised which is fairly low. Addressing a press conference, NITI Aayog member (Health) V.K. Paul said concerns about adverse effects...

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