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NEW DRONE POLICY SHOWING GREAT RESULTS, SAYS PM

25 Oct 2021

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that India’s new drone policy is already showing great results and highlighted that India is one of the first countries in the world to prepare digital records of land in its villages with the help of drones. Addressing the monthly radio programme Mann...

Punjab CM writes to PM against extension of BSF jurisdiction

23 Oct 2021

Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take another look into the extension of BSF’s jurisdiction from 15 km to 50 km near the International Border and restore the status quo that existed before the notification of 11 October 2021. This would help...

UK Foreign Secretary in India, says partnership is crucial

23 Oct 2021

British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, who is on a two-day trip to India, on Friday met External Affairs Minister, Dr S. Jaishankar and said that partnership with India was absolutely crucial. She is one of the three high profile visitors from UK in India currently. The other two are UK...

PEOPLE’S PARTICIPATION FIRST LINE OF DEFENCE AGAINST COVID: PM

23 Oct 2021

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that the Central government made public participation the first line of defence in India’s fight against the pandemic. In a televised speech addressing the nation, after India breached the 100-crore cumulative Covid-19 vaccination mark on Thursday, the Prime Minister said India’s Covid vaccination...

India planning strategic coal reserves to tackle supply disruption

22 Oct 2021

Stung by the criticism and facing a rude wake-up call, Government of India is now likely to build and maintain a “strategic” stock of natural gas and imported coals that can tide over at least one month’s time period of supply disruption. India, which has the fourth largest reserve of...

Pakistan stays on FATF grey list, gets Turkey for company

22 Oct 2021

Pakistan will continue to stay on the grey list of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) even as it was joined by its ally Turkey, accordig to the announcement made by FATF president Marcus Pleyer on Thursday evening. The entry of Turkey to the list was expected as a lot...

INDIA HITS A BILLION, SCRIPTS COVID VACCINATION HISTORY

22 Oct 2021

In a landmark achievement, India’s cumulative Covid-19 vaccination coverage crossed 100 crore doses on Thursday. A total of 100 crore, that is 1 billion vaccine doses have been administered so far to eligible beneficiaries, as per the CoWIN portal at 9:47 am on Thursday. India’s Covid-19 vaccination drive was launched...

UTTARAKHAND DEATH TOLL MOUNTS TO 46, RESCUE OPS ON

21 Oct 2021

The death toll in rain-battered Uttarakhand has mounted to 46 following several incidents of flash floods and landslides in the past few days. As per the state’s natural disaster incident report, as many as 12 people have been injured in these incidents. One died in Champawat’s Banbasa on October 17...

PM INAUGURATES KUSHINAGAR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN UP

21 Oct 2021

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday inaugurated the Kushinagar International Airport in Uttar Pradesh. Union Minister of Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia, Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and other dignitaries were also present at the ceremony. The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister gave its approval...

DISTRICT COMMANDER OF TERRORIST RESISTANCE FRONT NEUTRALISED

21 Oct 2021

Two terrorists have been neutralised in an encounter that broke out between terrorists and security forces in the Dragad area of Shopian district in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday morning, police said, even as Jammu and Kashmir police on Wednesday arrested one Lashkar-e-Tayyaba (LeT) terrorist. “Two unidentified terrorists killed. Search...

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