Daily Archives: September 1, 2022

Pak PM Sharif Thanks PM Modi For Concern Over Loss Amid Devastating Floods

Islamabad, Aug 31 (PTI): Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday thanked his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for his concern over the human and...

President Droupadi Murmu Condoles Sonia Gandhi’s Mother’s Death

New Delhi, Aug 31 (PTI): President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday said she was sad to learn about the passing away of Congress chief Sonia...

Gujarat Man Returns Home After Spending 28 Years In Pak Jail

Ahmedabad, Aug 31 (PTI): A Gujarat man has reunited with his family after spending more than 28 years in Pakistan jail on espionage charges...

India’s first indigenously developed vaccine for cervical cancer prevention to be launched Thursday

New Delhi, 31 Aug: India’s first indigenously developed quadrivalent Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine for the prevention of cervical cancer will be launched here...

India showing intent as problem solver: Environment minister at G20 meet

New Delhi, 31 Aug: Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav on Wednesday said India is showing intent as a problem solver despite not being a...

‘Government yet to decide on extending free foodgrains scheme beyond September’: Finance Secretary

NEW DELHI, 31 Aug: Finance Secretary T V Somanathan on Wednesday said the government is yet to take a decision on extending PMGKAY under...

Chidambaram offers help to Assam Cong in CAA case in SC

Guwahati, Aug 31 (PTI) Former union minister and eminent lawyer P Chidambaram offered assistance in the case filed by Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC)...

Assam govt asked to speed up minority development: Nat’l Commission for Minority member

Guwahati, Aug 31 (PTI) The Assam government has been asked to accelerate implementation of schemes meant for development of minority communities in the state,...

Assam to hold ‘Chintan Shivir’ for ministers, officers

Guwahati, Aug 31 (PTI) The Assam government will hold a three-day 'Chintan Shivir' next month for its ministers and senior officials to discuss various...

UN inspectors head to Ukraine nuclear plant in war zone

KYIV, Ukraine, Aug 31 (AP) — A team of U.N. inspectors made its way toward Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant Wednesday on a perilous,...

Gorbachev mourned as rare world leader but some still bitter

BERLIN, Aug 31 (AP) — Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union and for many the man who restored democracy to then-communist-ruled...

Gorbachev, who redirected course of 20th century, dies at 91

MOSCOW , Aug 31 (AP) — Before Mikhail Gorbachev came along, the Soviet Union seemed an immovable superpower in perpetual antagonism to the United...

WHO: New COVID cases, deaths keep falling nearly everywhere

GENEVA, Aug 31 (AP) — The number of new coronavirus cases and deaths reported globally continued to fall nearly everywhere in the world in...

Political crisis continues in Baghdad after bloody clashes

BAGHDAD, Aug 31 (AP) — Iraqi paramilitary forces killed in heavy clashes with the supporters of a powerful Shiite cleric were laid to rest...

European charity seeks safe port for 460 rescued migrants

MILAN, Aug 31 (AP) — The SOS Mediterranee charity is urgently seeking a port to safely unload 460 people rescued from the sea in...

Sudan official: Death toll from seasonal flooding at 100

CAIRO, Aug 31 (AP) — Flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains across much of Sudan killed at least 100 people since the start...