- Sunday, March 30, 2025
The Indian health ministry on Wednesday (23) rubbished media reports alleging that homeless people have been “barred” from registering for the Covid-19 vaccine because of unavailability of technical requirements as “baseless”. In a statement, the ministry said there have been some reports alleging that the homeless have been “barred and…
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (23) refused to stay the Competition Commission of India (CCI) notice asking Facebook and WhatsApp to provide information in relation to an investigation sought by it into the instance messaging app’s new privacy policy. A vacation bench comprising Justices Anup Jairam Bhambhani and Jasmeet…
India’s external affairs minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Tuesday (22) said talks between parties in Afghanistan have not seen a reduction in violence in the war-ravaged nation. Speaking in reference to the UN secretary general’s report on the situation in Afghanistan, he said the violence has only surged, especially after…
Shubham Ghosh MOODY'S Investors Service on Wednesday (23) slashed India’s growth projections to 9.6 per cent for the 2021 calendar year, from the earlier estimate of 13.9 per cent and warned that faster vaccination progress will be key in limiting economic losses in the June quarter. In its report called…
IN what is seen as a tightening of rules that could hit e-commerce giants like Amazon and Walmart-Flipkart, India has proposed banning flash sales on e-commerce websites and said their affiliate entities should not be listed as sellers on their platforms. The new rules of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs,…
Shubham Ghosh INDIA'S ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday lashed out at opponent leader Rahul Gandhi saying he was playing politics over the country’s coronavirus crisis after the latter released a “white paper” on the Centre’s handling of the pandemic. The former Congress president said while releasing the “white…
Shubham Ghosh A TOP Israeli diplomat in India, Rony Yedidia-Clein, visited Parmarth Niketan in Rishikesh in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand and exchanged ideas with ashram president His Holiness (HH) Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji on water conservation and environmental preservation. Yedidia-Clein, the Charge d’affaires of the Embassy of Israel,…
Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday (22) said prime minister Narendra Modi should hold talks with Pakistan for a resolution to the controversy and give peace a chance in the region. Speaking to reporters after a meeting of the Gupkar alliance, she said if the Indian…
Shubham Ghosh THE People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) is set to attend the all-party meeting that prime minister Narendra Modi has convened in New Delhi on Thursday (24). Alliance chairperson and former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Farooq Abdullah made the announcement after the PAGD leaders met at…
A COUPLE of high-ranking bureaucrats in the South Indian state of Telangana have fuelled a controversy by touching the feet of the state’s chief minister, K Chandrasekhar Rao, at official events. The matter has drawn a heavy criticism from the Opposition. P Venkatarami Reddy, the district collector of Siddipet, was…
