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‘SISTER’ CLAIMS SIDHU ABANDONED MOTHER

29 Jan 2022

Controversy swirled around Punjab Congress Pradesh Committee chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday, when his US-based sister, Suman Toor alleged that the former cricketer had abandoned their mother after the death of their father in 1986. Talking to reporters here on Friday, Suman Toor said that her mother died a...

India signs contract to sell Brahmos to Philippines

29 Jan 2022

India’s BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited (BAPL) signed a contract with the Department of National Defence of the Republic of Philippines on Friday for the supply of Shore Based Anti-Ship Missile System to the Philippines, the Ministry of Defence said. The BAPL is a joint venture company of the Defence Research...

NAGESWARAN IS NEW CHIEF ECONOMIC ADVISOR

29 Jan 2022

Just a couple of days before tabling the 2021-22 Economic Survey in Parliament, the government on Friday appointed V. Anantha Nageswaran as the new Chief Economic Advisor. “The Government has appointed Dr V. Anantha Nageswaran as the Chief Economic Advisor and today, he has assumed charge,” the Ministry of Finance...

AIR INDIA RETURNS TO THE TATAS AFTER 69 YEARS

28 Jan 2022

The Indian state carrier Air India was formally handed over to the Tata group of companies on Thursday afternoon through a formal ceremony held at the Air India house in New Delhi. “Welcome back, Air India,” the Tata Group welcomed the Maharaja back into its family after 69 years, through...

INDIA, CARS TO FORM WORKING GROUP ON AFGHANISTAN

28 Jan 2022

With the Sino-Indian rivalry over Central Asia heating up, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hosted the first India-Central Asia Summit in a virtual format, and set “three major goals” that will take the ties between the Central Asian Republics (CARs) and New Delhi to much higher levels. PM Modi...

DELHI LIFTS WEEKEND CURFEW, SCHOOLS TO STAY CLOSED

28 Jan 2022

The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) on Thursday decided to lift the weekend curfew and the odd-even market rules for shops in the national capital. The decision was taken after Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal, along with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, chaired a meeting of DDMA to review the Covid situation...

‘HM SAID, JAYANT IN WRONG ALLIANCE, DOORS OPEN FOR HIM’

27 Jan 2022

Ahead of the first phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections on 10 February, Union Home Minister Amit Shah held a meeting with Jat leaders in the national capital on Wednesday. The meeting was attended by Union Minister Sanjeev Balyan, and BJP MPs Satyapal Singh and Parvesh Verma. Western Uttar...

WORLD LEADERS WISH INDIA ON REPUBLIC DAY

27 Jan 2022

Many heads of states and governments extended their wishes on India’s 73rd Republic Day and highlighted the country’s special place and importance in the world. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in his message spoke about how the two countries were “tied by bonds that span over decades”. Johnson in his...

TRAIN SET ON FIRE, RAILWAY RECRUITMENT EXAM POSTPONED

27 Jan 2022

Indian Railways have postponed the Railway Recruitment Board or RRB NTPC examination following the ruckus created by students in Bihar protesting against alleged irregularities in Non-Technical Popular Categories examinations. A committee led by Principal Executive Director (Industrial Relations) of the Railway Ministry, Deepak Peter Gabriel was formed on Wednesday to...

PRESIDENT KOVIND LAUDS INDIA FOR TACKLING COVID

26 Jan 2022

President Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday said that tackling the coronavirus pandemic was bound to be more difficult in India due to high population density and limitation of resources in a developing economy but people have “shown an unmatched resolve” against the coronavirus. In his address on the eve of...

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