Daily Archives: January 1, 2022

Strategic shift in 2021?

India's Foreign Policy By Dr D KGiri (Prof. International Politics, JIMMC) Quite a few India’sforeign policy analysts contend that New Delhi over the last year has taken...

Def ministry describes Gen Rawat as true patriot; says nation will never forget his...

New Delhi, Dec 31 (PTI) India's first Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat was an "outstanding" soldier and a "true patriot" whose insights...

India insisted on ‘complete disengagement’ in all its talks with China on eastern Ladakh...

New Delhi, Dec 31 (PTI) India held several rounds of military talks with the Chinese side to deescalate the situation in eastern Ladakh without...

Competition Commission of India orders probe against tech giant Apple for app store restrictions

New Delhi, Dec 31 (PTI): The Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Friday ordered a detailed probe against technology major Apple for alleged unfair...

I-T dept detects evasion worth crores after raids on ‘foreign-controlled’ mobile companies

New Delhi, Dec 31 (PTI): The Income Tax Department has detected alleged unaccounted income worth over Rs 6,500 crore after it recently raided some...

Over 16.2mn content pieces “actioned” on Facebook proactively in India during November: Meta

New Delhi, Dec 31 (PTI): Social media giant Meta said over 16.2 million content pieces were “actioned” on Facebook across 13 violation categories proactively...

Omicron has started replacing Delta variant in India, say sources

New Delhi, Dec 31 (PTI): Omicron has started replacing Delta variant in the country in terms of the number of COVID-19 cases and positive...

Removed 61,114 content pieces in Nov in India: Google compliance report

Removed 61,114 content pieces in Nov in India: Google compliance reportNew Delhi, Dec 31 (PTI): Google received 26,087 complaints from users and removed 61,114...

Corona spike in Assam but no deaths

Guwahati, Dec 31 (PTI) Assam reported a spike in corona virus cases on with 192 fresh infections on Friday but no deaths due to...

10 new cases push Nagaland’s COVID-19 tally to 32,201

Kohima, Dec 31 (PTI) Nagaland's COVID-19 tally rose to 32,201 on Friday as 10 more people tested positive for the infection, seven more than...

TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee to embark on two-day Tripura tour, discuss organisational issues

Agartala, Dec 31 (PTI) Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banjerjee would be on a two-day visit to the state from Sunday to discuss...

63 children among 243 new COVID-19 patients in Mizoram

Aizawl, Dec 31 (PTI) Mizoram's COVID-19 tally rose to 1,41,400 on Friday as 243 more people, including 63 children, tested positive for the infection,...

‘Drug peddler’ shot at while trying to escape custody: Assam Police

Jorhat (Assam), Dec 31 (PTI) A suspected drug peddler was injured after police opened fire at him while he was allegedly trying to escape...

India steamroll Sri Lanka by nine wickets for eighth U-19 Asia Cup title

Dubai, Dec 31 (PTI) India reaffirmed their supremacy in the U-19 Asia Cup with a record eighth title as they hammered Sri Lanka by...

Everyone told Virat not to quit captaincy as it would affect India in T20...

New Delhi, Dec 31 (PTI) Virat Kohli was requested by everyone, including BCCI office bearers, to reconsider quitting T20 captaincy before the ICC T20...

From Rio 2016 to Tokyo 2020, Indian women’s hockey team has come a long...

New Delhi, Dec 31 (PTI): Indian women's hockey team skipper Rani Rampal feels their memorable run at the Tokyo Olympics has taught the players...

World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship: Koneru Humpy loses final round to finish fifth

Warsaw, Dec 31 (PTI): India's top player Koneru Humpy finished fifth in the women's event of the FIDE World Blitz championship while her compatriot...

Alexander Zverev sets sights on ATP Cup, hopes to have ‘best season of career’...

Sydney, Dec 31 (AFP): Alexander Zverev had the best season of his career in 2021 and the world number three said Friday he plans...

Military: 4 Pakistani soldiers, 2 militants killed in raids

PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Dec 31 (AP) — Pakistani security forces raided two militant hideouts in a former Taliban stronghold near Afghanistan, triggering shootings that killed...

India votes in favour of UNSC resolution to renew mandate of Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive...

United Nations, Dec 31 (PTI) India, which will chair the UN Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) in 2022, voted in favour of a resolution...