Monthly Archives: February 2023

Defence budget sees a modest increase-editorial

A modest increase in the annual defence budget allocation, made by Finance Minister  Nirmala Sitharaman in the Budget 2023-24, has come as a big...

Stop sweeping muck under carpet

Guillotine Hate By Poonam I Kaushish Democracy is a conflict of interests masquerading as a contest of principles, an adage which shows how we are sinking...

Few question integrated Hospital Management Information System

Editor, I would like to put forward following few lines to the concerned authorities of integrated Hospital Management Information System(iHMIS) of Arunachal Pradesh and to...

Recovery of arms, explosives in Manipur: NIA files charge sheet against 7 people

New Delhi, 8 Feb: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday filed a charge sheet against seven accused, including a juvenile, in a case...

No country should be allowed to use Afghan territory to export terrorism: NSA...

New Delhi, 8 Feb: National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Wednesday said that no country should be allowed to use Afghan territory to export...

Sikkim happy as SC removes people of foreign origin’ reference from order

Gangtok, 8 Feb: Citizens of Sikkim including Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang and other political leaders on Wednesday expressed jubilation after the Supreme Court...

Budget 2023-24 will give boost to fund-starved sectors: MSME secretary

Noida, 8 Feb: The Centre has acknowledged MSMEs' contribution to the country's economic growth, and the Budget 2023-24 has given a boost to the...

ISRO schedules SSLV-D2 launch on Friday

New Delhi, 8 Feb: The Indian Space Research Organisation will undertake the second developmental flight of Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) on Friday from...

Temporary jails coming up in Assam as crackdown on child marriage continues

Guwahati/Goalpara, Feb 8 (PTI) As the crackdown on child marriage continued in Assam, the police are now setting up additional prison facilities to house...

India has emerged as strong nation, can face any challenge: Rajnath Singh

Agartala, 9 Feb (PTI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday asserted that India has emerged as a strong nation that can face any challenge. Asserting...

Work on strategically important Chushul-Dungti-Fukche-Demchok road in Ladakh has begun: Jaishankar

New Delhi, Feb 8 (PTI) India has focused on a rapid development of infrastructure along the northern borders with China for obvious “strategic reasons”,...

G20: Environment & Climate Sustainability meet in Bengaluru from Thursday

Bengaluru, 8 Feb: The first Environment and Climate Sustainability Working Group (ECSWG) Meeting, under India's year-long G20 presidency, will be held here from February...

Netanyahu, Modi discuss ways to bolster close and important ties: Israeli PMO

Jerusalem, 8 Feb: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, on Wednesday discussed ways to strengthen "close and important" relations...

Three million people in India at risk of flooding by glacial lakes: Study

New Delhi, 8 Feb: Three million people in India are at risk of flooding caused by glacial lakes, the highest number of those exposed...

Covid-19 may affect brain, trigger neurological problems, says doctor

Thiruvananthapuram, 8 Feb: COVID-19 may have been viewed and treated primarily as a respiratory illness, but it is more sinister and pervasive in its...

Hope fading as deaths in Turkey, Syria quake pass 11,000

GAZIANTEP, 8 Feb: With hope fading to find survivors, stretched rescue teams toiled Wednesday in Turkey and Syria, searching for signs of life in...

South Korean lawmakers impeach minister over crowd crush

SEOUL, 8 Feb: South Korea’s opposition-contro-lled parliament on Wednes-day voted to impeach the country’s interior and safety minister, Lee Sang-min, holding him responsi-ble for...

Zelenskyy tells UK ‘freedom will win,’ pushes for warplanes

LONDON, 8 Feb: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pushed for fighter jets to ensure his country’s victory over Russia in a dramatic speech before the...

Uganda blocks operations of UN rights office in the country

KAMPALA, 8 Feb: Ugandan authorities say they will not renew the mandate of the United Nations human rights office in the East African country,...

Sri Lankan leader appeals for patience amid economic crisis

COLOMBO, 8 Feb: Sri Lanka’s president on Wednesday appealed for patience amid the country’s worst economic crisis but promised brighter times ahead. President Ranil Wickremesinghe...