Day: February 21, 2019

‘Runway to a Billion Opportunities’ – Raksha Mantri Inaugurates Aeroindia 2019

open view news desk Raksha Mantri Smt Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurated the 12th biennial edition of International Aerospace and Defence Exhibition and declared the Aero India 2019 open today amidst a lot of fanfare at Air Force Station Yelahanka in Bengaluru. This edition of Aero India, for the first time, […]

NABH revamps Entry-Level Certification process for Hospitals

open view news desk National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Organizations (NABH) has revamped Entry-Level Certification Process to make it simpler, digital, fasterand user-friendly. The revised process is driven through a new portal called HOPE – Healthcare Organizations’ Platform for Entry-Level-Certification with a focus to promote quality […]

NITI Aayog organises two-day National Workshop on Promoting Healthy Diets Through Local Food Systems

open view news desk With an aim to improve nutritional choices and enhance dietary diversity of India, the NITI Aayog, in collaboration with National Centre of Excellence and Advanced Research on Diets (NCEAR-D), UNICEF India and Lady Irwin College, organised a National Workshop on “Promoting Healthy Diets Through […]

CRPF commando injured in Naxal encounter in Chhattisgarh

Raipur, Feb 21: A CRPF commando was Thursday injured in an encounter with Naxals in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh, officials said. They said the special jungle warfare battalion of the force, CoBRA, and the state police were out for an operation in the Badelanka-Chintalnar axis of the district in […]

SC to consider listing of plea seeking review of its verdict in Rafale case

New Delhi, Feb 21: The Supreme Court Thursday said that it would consider listing of a plea seeking review of its verdict in the Rafale case. The apex court on December 14 last year dismissed a clutch of PILs, including the one filed by former Union ministers Yashwant Sinha […]

India withdraws security for Kashmir separatist leaders

NEW DELHI – India’s Jammu and Kashmir state withdrew the security details for 18 separatist leaders and 155 other opposition figures on Wednesday after an Islamist suicide bomber killed 40 paramilitary troopers last week. The restive mountain state is currently administered by India’s federal government after Prime Minister […]

Taiwan unveils Asia’s first draft law on same-sex marriage

TAIPEI – Taiwan on Thursday proposed a draft law to allow same-sex marriage in Asia’s first such bill, but the legislation was criticised by rights activists and conservative groups amid a heated debate over marriage equality. Voters opposed marriage equality in a series of referendums late last year, […]

Timeline: Debt-laden Jet Airways edges closer to safety

India’s Jet Airways Ltd, after several attempts at finding help to save the carrier from a crippling pile of debt, last week approved a rescue deal which will make its lenders its largest shareholders and fix a near 85 billion rupee funding gap. Jet, which had debt exceeding […]

Saudi to free 850 Indian prisoners from its jails: India government

NEW DELHI – Saudi Arabia will release 850 Indians from its prisons after a request from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during its Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s visit to New Delhi, India’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday. Saudi jails hold the greatest number of Indians incarcerated in […]

Why do zebras have stripes? They make bad landing strips for flies

WASHINGTON – Scientists are providing new evidence to answer the longstanding question about why zebras have stripes. It appears stripes make terrible landing strips, bamboozling the fierce blood-sucking flies that try to feast on zebras and carry deadly diseases. Researchers on Wednesday described experiments demonstrating that horse flies […]

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