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India tests record 6 crore Covid samples as active cases cross 10-lakh mark

18 Sep 2020

With a spike of 97,894 fresh cases and 1,132 deaths in the last 24 hours, the total number of active Covid-19 cases in India crossed the 10-lakh mark on Thursday. The total case tally in the country now stands at 51,18,254 including 10,09,976 active cases, 40,25,080 recoveries and 83,198 deaths....

Harsimrat quits Union Cabinet but SAD to remain part of NDA

18 Sep 2020

Displaying her opposition to three agriculture-related bills, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader and Union Food Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal resigned from the Union Cabinet on Thursday evening. The resignation came soon after SAD leader Sukhbir Singh Badal opposed two farmer-related bills in the Lok Sabha. The SAD is an...

Rajnath talks tough, says no one can stop Army from patrolling

18 Sep 2020

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday asserted that no force in the world can stop Indian troops from patrolling the country’s border in the Ladakh region. The Union Minister was replying to clarifications sought by MPs in the Rajya Sabha on his earlier statement. During the monsoon session of Parliament,...

Gadkari tests Covid-19 positive as India’s tally crosses 5-million mark

17 Sep 2020

Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday tested positive for Covid-19, following which he isolated himself. Another shocking news came when Minister of State for Railways Suresh Angadi also tested Covid positive and was taken to AIIMS, Delhi. As per reports, his condition is critical. Meanwhile,...

Rajnath to make statement on China in RS, Opposition divided on LAC debate

17 Sep 2020

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will make a statement on the China issue in the Rajya Sabha today as he had done in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. As per the law of the proceedings of the upper house, the Opposition has a right to seek clarification after the minister’s statement...

IN LADAKH, ARMY READYING THE TANK THAT BROUGHT PAKISTAN TO ITS KNEES IN KARGIL

17 Sep 2020

Tensions between India and China on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) are at their peak. Military forces from both sides have nearly come faceto-face and even after several rounds of talks, the situation has not de-escalated. The Indian Air Force is also flying by on its side of the...

INDIA WANTS PEACE, BUT READY FOR WAR, SAYS RAJNATH AS ARMY GEARS UP FOR WINTER

16 Sep 2020

It was an assertive Defence Minister Rajnath Singh who made a statement in the Lok Sabha on the situation at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and said that India wants peace but is prepared for war. Talking about his visit to Moscow, Singh said that both he and External...

NSA DOVAL STORMS OUT OF SCO MEET AFTER PAKISTAN PROJECTS FICTITIOUS MAP

16 Sep 2020

National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval on Tuesday walked out of a virtual meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) NSAs after Pakistani representative projected a map that inaccurately depicted the borders of the two countries. Pakistan’s representative sat before a “new” political map that showed Kashmir and Junagadh as...

India’s Covid tally nears 5-million mark, recovery rate rises to 78.28%

16 Sep 2020

India’s total Covid tally on Tuesday crossed the 49- lakh mark with a spike of 83,809 cases and 1,054 deaths in the last 24 hours. With this, the country is expected to touch the 5 million-mark very soon. A total of 49,30,237 coronavirus cases have been reported in the country...

Rajnath to make LAC statement today as China plans to dig in for the long haul

15 Sep 2020

Amid reports of Chinese troops laying network of optical fibre cables in Ladakh, suggesting they were digging in for the long haul despite high-level talks aimed at resolving a standoff there, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is set to make a statement in Parliament today on the border tensions with China,...

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