Monthly Archives: January 2023

Men marrying girls below 14 to be booked under POCSO Act: Assam CM

Guwahati, 23 Jan: The Assam Cabinet on Monday decided to book men who marry girls below 14 years in the state under the Protection...

TMC MPs share link to controversial BBC documentary on PM Modi, say they...

NEW DELHI, 23 Jan: Lashing out at the Centre, Trinamool Congress MPs Mahua Moitra and Derek O'Brien on Sunday shared the link to the...

China wants to reduce India’s influence in Indian Ocean region, say papers submitted...

NEW DELHI, 23 Jan: Chinese activities and influence in India's extended neighbourhood have grown increasingly with the sole purpose of keeping New Delhi constrained...

‘Apple looks to scale up manufacturing in India’, says Piyush Goyal

Gandhinagar, 23 Jan: iPhone-maker Apple is looking to scale up its manufacturing in India as the business environment is helping global firms make the...

Indigenously-developed 5G, 4G tech roll out this year: Ashwini Vaishnaw

Gandhinagar, 23 Jan: Indigenously-developed 5G and 4G telecom technology stack will be rolled out in the country this year and the platform will be...

Maldives supports India’s candidature for UNSC non-permanent membership

Male, 23 Jan: The Maldives will support India's candidature for a non-permanent seat of the United Nations Security Council for the 2028-2029 term, the...

Govt launches U-WIN to digitise India’s universal immunisation programme

New Delhi, 23 Jan: Carrying vaccination cards of children and pregnant women, struggling to keep a tab on the next jab and other such...

Lavrov says West prevented negotiations to end Ukraine war

PRETORIA, 23 Jan: Moscow was willing to negotiate with Ukraine in the early months of the war but the U.S. and other Western nations...

EU plans more Iran sanctions; won’t list Revolutionary Guard

BRUSSELS, 23 Jan: The European Union is set Monday to impose sanctions on several more Iranian officials suspected of playing a role in the...

UK PM Rishi Sunak orders ethics probe into tax scandal-hit Tory chief

London, 23 Jan: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday ordered an independent investigation into the tax affairs of scandal-hit Conservative Party chairman Nadhim...

Lights out in Pakistan as energy-saving move backfires

ISLAMABAD, 23 Jan: Much of Pakistan was left without power for several hours on Monday morning as an energy-saving measure by the government backfired....

Poland pushes for more tanks for Kyiv, will seek German OK

WARSAW, 23 Jan: Poland said Monday it would ask Berlin for permission to send German-built Leopard tanks to Ukraine, as the government in Warsaw...

With Djokovic’s leg OK, he sees Australian title realistic

Melbourne, 23 Jan: It took about a week for Novak Djokovic to go from worrying about whether he simply could play a match at...

Hockey WC: Germany, South Korea book quarterfinal berths

Bhubaneswar, 23 Jan: South Korea stunned 2016 Olympic champions Argentina in the penalty shootout to book a quarterfinal berth, while Germany also reached the...

Not that I’m aware of: Dravid on India adopting split captaincy

Indore, 23 Jan: India head coach Rahul Dravid on Monday denied that his team has adopted split captaincy. Since India's uncerem-onious semifinal exit from the...

Mary Kom to lead oversight committee to probe allegations against WFI prez

NEW DELHI, 23 Jan: Boxing great MC Mary Kom will lead a five-member oversight committee that will probe the sexual harassment charges against Wrestling...

Indian shuttlers eye redemption at Indonesia Masters

Jakarta, 23 Jan: Top Indian shuttlers, including Lakshya Sen, will look to quickly recover from the India Open disappointment when they begin their campaign...

Wonderboy Gyamar Nikum signs deal with Mumbai City FC

ITANAGAR, 22 Jan: Mumbai City Football Club (FC) has signed Arunachal's wonderboy Gyamar Nikum from Rajasthan United under a five-year contract deal amounting to...

Govt yet to recognise PI Eda Moyong as martyr

PASIGHAT, 22 Jan: Orik Moyong - the grandson of Eda Moyong alias Ada Moyong, who had served as a public interpreter (PI) during the...

Mock drill on earthquake preparedness conducted at SLHEP site

KOLAPTUKAR, 22 Jan: The 12th battalion of the NDRF, along with the NHPC and the Central Industrial Security Force on Sunday conducted a joint...