World Health Organization, Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said that results from clinical trials of drugs that might be effective in treating COVID-19 patients can be expected soon. He said, nearly five thousand 500 patients in 39 countries have been recruited into the solidarity trial so far. Mr. Ghebreyesus said …
Read More »PM Modi launches Aatmanirbhar Bharat App Innovation Challenge
The Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched Aatmanirbhar Bharat Innovation Challenge to identify the best Indian Apps that are already being used by citizens and have the potential to scale and become world class Apps in their respective categories. Prime Minister Narendra Modi today urged people of tech community to …
Read More »India asks Pakistan to vacate all Indian territories under their illegal occupation
The 627 Indian nationals who were stranded in Pakistan have returned through Integrated Check Post, Attari. Giving the information, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said they returned on the 25th, 26th and 27th of June. He said, there are about 100 people who still remain in Pakistan and India …
Read More »India, China call for phased & step wise de-escalation along LAC at military-level talks
India and China have emphasised the need for an expeditious, phased and step wise de-escalation as a priority along the Line of Actual Control(LAC). Both sides have been engaged in discussions through established military and diplomatic channels to address the situation. Commanders from People’s Liberation Army and Indian Army held …
Read More »Third round of talks between India and China underway to de-escalate tension in eastern Ladakh
The third round of talks between India and China are in progress at Moldo- Chushul border post on Chinese side. Our correspondent reports, Commander level Army officers of India and China are holding discussions to ease the tensions on the border issues of Eastern Ladakh region. As per the latest …
Read More »PM Modi to share his thoughts with people in ‘Mann Ki Baat’ programme on All India Radio at 11 AM tomorrow
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will share his thoughts with the people in the country and abroad in the ‘Mann Ki Baat’ programme on All India Radio at 11 AM tomorrow. It will be the 66th episode of the monthly radio programme. It will be broadcast on the entire network of …
Read More »Father-son death in police custody sparks outrage
By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies CHENNAI/ THOOTHUKUDI (TAMIL NADU)/ NEW DELHI: The death of a father and son in police custody in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu has caused outrage after the victims’ family accused the police of torturing the duo in custody. P Jayaraj, 59, …
Read More »Jun 26, 2020 , 4:17PM Recovered cases of COVID-19 exceed active cases by over 96,000
Government today said that the recovered cases of COVID-19 have exceeded the active cases by more than 96 thousand. The Health Ministry said the graded, pre-emptive and proactive steps taken by the Centre along with the States and Union territories for prevention, containment and management of COVID-19 are showing encouraging …
Read More »PM launches ‘Atma Nirbhar Uttar Pradesh Rojgar Yojana’ for migrant workers
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that the fight against the Covid-19 epidemic is going on and since there is no Vaccine for Coronavirus, we only have one medicine for this virus and that is Mask and 2 gaz ki doori or social distancing. Launching the unique and path-breaking initiative …
Read More »India cautions China over its claim to area of deadly clash
18-06-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ BEIJING: India has cautioned China against making “exaggerated and untenable claims” on the sovereignty of the Galwan Valley area even as both nations tried to end a standoff in the high Himalayan region where their armies engaged in a …
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