Day: January 25, 2020

President of India approves the conferment of Jeevan Raksha Padak Series of Awards-2019 on 54 persons on the occasion of Republic Day 2020

open view news desk The President of India has approved the conferment of Jeevan Raksha Padak Series of Awards – 2019 on 54 persons which includes Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak to 07, Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak to 08 and Jeevan Raksha Padak to 39 persons. 05 awards are […]

Rajya Sabha Committee calls for mandatory apps on all devices and filters to regulate children’s access to pornography content

open view news desk The Adhoc Committee of the Rajya instituted by Chairman Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu has made 40 far reaching recommendations to prevent sexual abuse of children and to contain access to and transmission of child pornography content on the social media. The report of the […]

Curtain Raiser – Republic Day Celebrations 2020

open view news desk India’s military might, cultural diversity, social and economic progress will be on display during the 71st Republic Day celebrations at the majestic Rajpath, here tomorrow. Anti-satellite weapon – Mission Shakthi developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Army’s battle tank Bhishma, infantry combat vehicles, […]

President of India Graces National Voters’ Day Celebrations

open view news desk The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, graced and addressed the 10th National Voters’ Day Celebrations, being organised by the Election Commission of India, today (January 25, 2020) in New Delhi.  Speaking on the occasion, the President said that the National Voters’ Day […]

Gallantry and Distinguished Service Awards to Army on Republic Day 2020

open view news desk List of Army personnel awarded for their gallantry and distinguished service on the occasion of Republic Day 2020 is enclosed. You are requested to publish the name and awards of the awardees suitably. Following documents are attached :-            (a)   Summary of gallantry and distinguished […]

Wuhan bans cars, Hong Kong closes schools as virus spreads

BEIJING — The virus-hit Chinese city of Wuhan, already on lockdown, banned most vehicle use downtown and Hong Kong said it would close schools for two weeks as authorities scrambled Saturday to stop the spread of an illness that has infected more than 1,200 people and killed 41. […]

‘This is huge’: Locust swarms destroy crops in East Africa

KATITIKA, Kenya — The hum of millions of locusts on the move is broken by the screams of farmers and the clanging of pots and pans. But their noise-making does little to stop the voracious insects from feasting on their crops in this rural community. The worst outbreak […]

Trump’s idea of executive power is also impeachment defense

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump has always been a man of absolutes. Something is the best or the worst, a person is a winner or a total loser, an event has never happened before, even when it has. Absolutism was the unwritten credo of his career in business and […]

Dems say oust Trump or he’ll betray again; ‘He is who he is’

WASHINGTON — Closing out their case, House Democrats warned in Donald Trump’s impeachment trial that the president will persist in abusing his power and endangering American democracy unless Congress intervenes to remove him before the 2020 election. They then implored Republican senators to allow new testimony before rendering a final […]

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