Daily Archives: December 29, 2021

Assam reports 120 new COVID cases, two more deaths

Guwahati, Dec 28 (PTI) Assam on Tuesday registered 120 new COVID-19 cases, 17 more than the previous day, with the tally rising to 6,20,357,...

Drones to map unsurveyed inhabited areas of BTR in Assam

Guwahati, Dec 28 (PTI) Drones will be deployed to map unsurveyed inhabited areas in Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) as the exercise will enable authorities...

Govt launches project to upskill Nagaland artisans

New Delhi, 28 Dec: The government on Tuesday launched a pilot project to upskill over 4,000 cane and bamboo artisans from Nagaland under the...

PM Narendra Modi in Haldwani on Thursday to launch multiple projects

New Delhi, 28 Dec: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Haldwani in Uttarakhand on Thursday to inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of 23...

Biological e aims to produce 100 million doses of corbevax every month from Feb...

Hyderabad, 28 Dec: Biological E. Limited plans to complete production at a rate of 75 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine Corbevax per month,...

Mukesh Ambani wants to accelerate leadership transition at Reliance

New Delhi, 28 Dec: Richest Indian Mukesh Ambani on Tuesday mentioned about leadership transition at his energy-to-retail conglomerate, saying he wants the process to...

Increasing production, raw material security steel sector’s focus in 2022

New Delhi, 28 Dec: Increasing per capita steel consumption and production of special steel as well as enhancing raw material security will remain the...

Biden signs USD 768.2 billion defense spending bill into law

Washington, Dec 28 (AP) US President Joe Biden signed the National Defense Authorization Act into law Monday, authorising USD 768.2 billion in military spending,...

Afghan women protest against Taliban killings of ex-soldiers

KABUL, Dec 28 (AFP): A crowd of women marched through the Afghan capital on Tuesday, accusing Taliban authorities of covertly killing soldiers who served...

China says Musk’s SpaceX satellites came close to its space station twice, endangering astronauts

Beijing, Dec 28 (PTI) China on Tuesday alleged that US billionaire Elon Musk-owned SpaceX's satellites had two close encounters with its space station in...

Israeli PM says not opposed to ‘good’ nuclear deal with Iran

Tel Aviv, Dec 28 (AP) Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Tuesday he is not opposed to a good nuclear deal between Iran and...

Save the Children staff confirmed dead in Myanmar massacre

Bangkok, Dec 28 (AP) The humanitarian group Save the Children said Tuesday it has confirmed that two of its staff were among at least...

Pakistan Cabinet endorses first-ever National Security Policy: Moeed Yusuf

Islamabad, Dec 28 (PTI) Pakistan's Cabinet on Tuesday endorsed the country's first-ever National Security Policy that emphasised that economic progress should be at the...

Yemen rebels allow UN flights temporarily into Sanaa airport

Cairo, Dec 28 (AP) The Iran-backed rebels in Yemen said Tuesday they are temporarily allowing UN humanitarian flights to land at the airport in...