Daily Archives: August 4, 2022

Government in process of introducing GPS instead of FASTag: Nitin Gadkari

New Delhi, 3 Aug: The government is looking at new technologies to replace toll plazas in the country and the new system will be...

Health ministry releases dos and don’ts to prevent contracting monkeypox

New Delhi, 3 Aug: With rising cases of monkeypox in the country, the Union health ministry on Wednesday released a list of dos and...

‘These days, everyone wants freebies;: SC asks Centre, Niti Aayog, others to brainstorm ‘issue’

NEW DELHI, 2 Aug: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked stakeholders like the Centre, Niti Aayog, Finance Commission and the RBI, to brainstorm on...

CWG: Indian women register 3-2 win over Canada, enter semifinals

Birmingham, 3 Aug: The Indian women's hockey team survived some anxious moments before beating lower-ranked Canada 3-2 in its must-win Pool A match to...

Ghosal wins historic bronze medal in CWG squash

Birmingham, 3 Aug: Breaking a long-standing jinx, Saurav Ghosal on Wednesday claimed India's first ever singles medal in squash -- a bronze -- at...

Weightlifter Lovepreet claims bronze on CWG debut

Birmingham, 3 Aug: India's Lovepreet Singh won a bronze in men's 109 kg to continue the country's medal rush in weightlifting at the Commonwealth...

Nitu, Hussamuddin assure India of two boxing medals at CWG

Birmingham, 3 Aug: Nitu Ganghas showed her ferocity to demolish Northern Ireland's Nicole Clyde in the women's 48kg category and assure India their first...

Mizoram: 39-year-old man, his son missing as vehicle plunges into river

Aizawl, Aug 3 (PTI) A 39-year-old man and his son went missing after their car skidded off the road and plunged into a river...

Mizoram Police seizes heroin worth Rs 2.8 crore

Aizawl, Aug 3 (PTI) Mizoram Police seized 562 gm of heroin worth Rs 2.8 crore from the possession of a woman in Serchhip district,...

Assam CM’s directive to make elaborate arrangements for 75th I-Day

Guwahati, Aug 3 (PTI) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday directed officials to make elaborate arrangements for celebrating the country's 75th Independence...

75th year of independence: Assam to remit sentences of 18 prisoners

Guwahati, Aug 3 (PTI) The Assam government has decided to remit the sentences of 18 prisoners under certain categories in commemoration of the 75th...

Two Assam government employees arrested for taking bribes

Guwahati, Aug 3 (PTI) Two Assam government employees were arrested for allegedly taking bribes in Cachar and Kamrup district on Wednesday, police said. In Cachar's...

Pelosi says US will not abandon Taiwan as China protests

TAIPEI, Taiwan, Aug 3 (AP) — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi left Taiwan after a visit that heightened tensions with China, saying Wednesday that...

CWG: Two Sri Lankan athletes, one official go missing; police investigating

Birmingham, Aug 3 (PTI) The Sri Lankan contingent at the Commonwealth Games has asked its athletes and officials to submit their passports after three...

UN says nearly 12 million facing acute hunger in Sudan

Cairo, Aug 3 (AP) The United Nations painted a grim picture for Sudan's humanitarian situation, saying Wednesday that almost a quarter of the country's...

Groups ask UN to investigate Beirut’s massive 2020 blast

Beirut, Aug 3 (AP) Lebanese and international organisations Wednesday called on the UN Human Rights Council to send a fact-finding mission to investigate the...

Sri Lankan police give ultimatum to protestors to vacate main protest site and adjacent...

Colombo, Aug 3 (PTI) The Sri Lankan police on Wednesday set an August 5 deadline for the protesters to remove all illegal tents and...

1 killed, 13 injured in massive warehouse fire near Moscow

Moscow, Aug 3 (AP) A massive fire engulfed a warehouse outside Moscow on Wednesday, killing at least one person, injuring 13 others and leaving...

Iran and EU send envoys to Vienna to revive nuclear talks

Tehran, Aug 3 (AP) Iran and the European Union said on Wednesday they would send representatives to Vienna amid what appears to be a...