Monthly Archives: August 2022

Consensus needed on basic issues

By Inder Jit (Released on 1 November 1983) Consensus has become a fashionable word in New Delhi these days. Everyone who is anyone now talks of...

India and Brazil not only partners but can share best practices for their mutual...

New Delhi, 24 Aug: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has emphasised the importance of making Latin America a major business hub for India by...

Ayushman cards will be co-branded, to include names of state schemes, says Health Ministry

New Delhi, 24 Aug: Ayushman cards will be co-branded with state logos and names of state-specific health schemes along with the Centre's flagship health...

No rollback of fee hike in Assam’s Dibrugarh University: VC

Dibrugarh (Assam), 24 Aug: Amid the stalemate between Dibrugarh University authorities and its students' union over fee hike, the vice chancellor on Wednesday said...

Cattle smuggling scam: TMC’s Anubrata Mondal sent to 14-day jail custody

Asansol (WB), 24 Aug: A special CBI court on Wednesday remanded Trinamool Congress leader Anubrata Mondal to 14 days in judicial custody. Mondal was arrested...

India set to have 180k km highways, 120k km rail lines by 2025: Report

Mumbai, 24 Aug: The country is on course to build more national highways and rail lines during the decade ending 2025 than it has...

Faridabad: Healthcare, spirituality closely linked in India, says PM Modi

Faridabad (Hry), 24 Aug: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said healthcare and spirituality are closely linked in India and the country's COVID-19 vaccination...

Boeing aggressively pushes F/A-18 Super Hornet to Indian Navy

New Delhi, 24 Aug: US aerospace major Boeing on Wednesday pitched its F/A-18 Super Hornet as the best platform to address the Indian Navy's...

India, Japan 2+2 dialogue set to take place next month in Tokyo

New Delhi, Aug 24 (PTI) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar are set to visit Tokyo next month to hold...

Healthcare, spirituality closely linked in India: PM Modi

Faridabad/Mohali, Aug 24 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said healthcare and spirituality are closely linked in India and the country's COVID-19 vaccination...

Parliamentary panel calls Twitter and IRCTC officials over data security and privacy

New Delhi, Aug 24 (PTI) A parliamentary panel has called top executives of social media giant Twitter on Friday on the issue of citizens'...

Captured Pakistani terrorist was sent to attack Indian post: Army

Rajouri/Jammu, Aug 24 (PTI) A Pakistani terrorist, who was captured in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, was paid Rs 30,000 by a colonel...

Mizoram exports second consignment of pineapples to Dubai, Bahrain

Aizawl, Aug 24 (PTI) Six days after the first consignment of home grown pineapples was exported to Dubai, Mizoram on Wednesday sent another batch...

Nagaland needs help in terms of resources, says Sitharaman

Dimapur (Nagaland), Aug 24 (PTI) Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said that Nagaland requires exposure to get investment and needs hand-holding in...

Ukraine marks Independence Day six months after start of war

KYIV, Ukraine, 24 Aug (AP) — Residents of Kyiv woke up to air raid sirens as Ukraine observed its Independence Day on Wednesday, which...

Panel details pressure campaign for unproven COVID treatment

WASHINGTON , 24 Aug (AP) — Officials in the Trump White House tried to pressure U.S. health experts into reauthorizing a discredited COVID-19 treatment,...

Floods wreak havoc across Pakistan; 903 dead since mid-June

ISLAMABAD , 24 Aug (AP) — Heavy rains have triggered flash floods and wreaked havoc across much of Pakistan since mid-June, leaving 903 dead...

Ex-mayor arrested on charges of discrediting Russian army

Moscow, Aug 24 (AP) The former mayor of Russia's fourth-largest city was arrested Wednesday on charges of discrediting the country's military, part of a...

WHO: COVID deaths down by 15%, cases fall nearly everywhere

Geneva, Aug 24 (AP) The number of coronavirus deaths reported worldwide fell by 15% in the past week while new infections dropped by 9%,...

EAM Jaishankar calls on Brazilian President Bolsonaro

Brasilia, Aug 24 (PTI) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday called on Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and conveyed warm greetings of Prime Minister...