Daily Archives: October 21, 2021

The toilet packets of Longding

Editor, One fine winter, I reached the general ground for my evening football game along with my colleagues and friends from various departments. As I...

India needs to become a global power to defend itself, says Gadkari

New Delhi, 20 Oct: Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday said India needs to become a global power, not to attack anyone but to...

Co-WIN can be customised, scaled up for health interventions across globe: MEA official

NEW DELHI, 20 Oct: India's Co-WIN technological platform which is spearheading its COVID-19 vaccination drive can be customised and scaled up for health interventions...

Centre Appeals To People To Get Vaccinated As India Nears 1 Billion Doses

New Delhi, Oct 20 (PTI): As India nears the milestone of administering 100 crore Covid vaccine doses, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday...

Priyanka Gandhi meets family members of man who died in police custody in Agra

Agra/Lucknow, Oct 20 (PTI) Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday night met the family members of a man who died in police custody...

100 cr Covid doses: Country’s largest khadi tricolour to be displayed at Red Fort...

New Delhi, Oct 20 (PTI) To mark the completion of administering of 100 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses, the largest khadi tricolour in the country,...

BJP, Anti-Drugs Agency Spreading “Terrorism” In Mumbai: NCP’s Nawab Malik

Mumbai, Oct 20 (PTI): The BJP and the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) are spreading "terrorism" in Mumbai, NCP leader and Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik...

Women voters outnumber male in 3 Meghalaya Assembly constituencies going to bypolls

Shillong, Oct 20 (PTI) Women voters outnumbered their male counterparts in all the three Meghalaya Assembly constituencies where by-elections will be held on October...

NEIPDA calls for 48-hr petrol pump closure in Guwahati

Guwahati, Oct 20 (PTI) A prominent petroleum dealers association has called for closure of petrol pumps for 48 hours in Guwahati from 6 am...

Flood: Central team visits Assam to assess damages; state seeks funds

Guwahati, Oct 20 (PTI) A high-level Inter-Ministerial Central Team visited various districts of Assam for an on-spot assessment of damages caused by flood and...

2 persons arrested for smearing govt hoarding written in Assamese with black ink

Guwahati, Oct 20 (PTI) Two persons have been arrested for allegedly smearing a state government hoarding written in Assamese with black ink in Silchar...

Lakshya sails into second round; Saina, Prannoy, Kashyap lose at Denmark Open

Odense, Oct 20 (PTI) Young Lakshya Sen thumped compatriot Sourabh Verma in straight games to enter the second round but it was curtains for...

Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra returns to training after historic feat

New Delhi, Oct 20 (PTI) Star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra has returned to training at the NIS-Patiala more than two months after he clinched...

Fit-again Bajrang starts training, but decides to skip Senior Nationals

New Delhi, Oct 20 (PTI) Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist wrestler Bajrang Punia on Wednesday said that he has started training after recuperating from his...

Women’s Boxing: Simranjit, Pooja headline national championship field

Hisar, Oct 20 (PTI) Olympians Simranjit Kaur (60kg) and Pooja Rani (81kg) headline a strong field for the National Women's Boxing Championship, which will...

Bus bombs kill 14 in Syria capital; shells elsewhere kill 10

Damascus, Oct 20 (AP) Two bombs attached to a bus carrying Syrian troops exploded in Damascus during the morning rush hour Wednesday, a military...

WHO: Europe the only region with rise in COVID-19 last week

London, Oct 20 (AP) The World Health Organization said there was a 7% rise in new coronavirus cases across Europe last week, the only...

Bitcoin tops $66,000, hits high on mainstreaming excitement

New York, Oct 20 (AP) Bitcoin jumped to a record Wednesday, topping 66,000 for the first time, as it rides a wave of excitement...

Putin orders nonwork week as COVID numbers rise in Russia

Moscow, Oct 20 (AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered the country's workers to stay off work for a week starting later this...

Jaishankar discusses expanding academic research between India and Israel with education experts

Tel Aviv, Oct 20 (PTI) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday discussed expanding academic research and technology collaboration between India and Israel to...