Month: January 2021

NICSI celebrates 25 years of its establishment

Union Minister Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad launched: TEJAS – A Visual Intelligence Tool, e-Auction India, Work from AnyWhere and NIC Products Portfolio DELHI, JANUARY 28: National Informatics Centre Services Incorporated (NICSI), a Public Sector Enterprise under National Informatics Centre (NIC), Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY), celebrated 25 […]

Tiktok to shut down India business

By Prasoon Srivastava New Delhi, Jan 27: Chinese social media firm Bytedance, which owns Tiktok and Helo apps, has announced the closure of its India business following continued restrictions on its services in the country. Tiktok’s global interim head Vanessa Pappas and vice president for global business solutions Blake […]

Woman from Poonch crosses over to PoK, returned by Pak

Jammu, Jan 28: A 36-year old woman, who had inadvertently crossed over to Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) from Poonch, was returned by Pakistani authorities at the cross-LoC point on Thursday, officials said. Zareena Bi from Chela Dangri had inadvertently crossed over to the other side four months back, they […]

Mehbooba demands immediate withdrawal of farm laws

Jammu, Jan 28:  PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday demanded immediate withdrawal of the three farm laws saying these were enacted without consulting farmers. Mehbooba, who arrived in Jammu on Wednesday on a week-long tour of the region to hold threadbare discussions with senior PDP leaders on party […]

Biden says he’s ‘bringing back the pros’ for virus briefings

WASHINGTON — For nearly a year it was the Trump show. Now President Joe Biden is calling up the nation’s top scientists and public health experts to regularly brief the American public about the pandemic that has claimed more than 425,000 U.S. lives. Beginning Wednesday, administration experts will host briefings […]

ByteDance cuts India workforce, unsure of comeback after app ban: internal memo

NEW DELHI – China’s ByteDance is cutting the size of its 2,000-plus India team and is unsure when it will make a comeback, the company told employees in an internal memo on Wednesday, months after its popular TikTok video app was banned. The move came after India this […]

India top court suspends ruling on man who molested girl after outcry

NEW DELHI – India’s top court on Wednesday suspended a lower court’s ruling reducing the punishment for a man who groped a girl after the verdict sparked an outcry in a country where crimes against women have become politically contentious. Rights groups and politicians had warned that the […]

Chinese smartphone brands expanded India market share in 2020 – report

BENGALURU – Chinese smartphone brands increased their market share in India in 2020, a year marked by deadly border clashes between the Asian neighbours and backlash against Chinese firms in India, research firm Counterpoint said on Wednesday. Chinese brands commanded 75% of India’s smartphone market last year, up […]

Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs celebrates International Customs Day

DELHI, JANUARY 27: The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) today observed the International Customs Day, 2021. The theme for this year as given by World Customs Organisation (WCO) is “Customs bolstering Recovery, Renewal and Resilience for a sustainable supply chain”. The main programme was held […]

Update on COVID-19 Vaccination

More than 23 Lakh Healthcare Workers Vaccinated across the country Nearly 3 Lakh beneficiaries vaccinated till 6 pm on 12th day of vaccination drive Only 0.0007% people have recorded hospitalization against vaccinations No case of serious/severe AEFI or death attributable to vaccination till date DELHI, JANUARY 27: The […]

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