Month: April 2021

Online Dispute Resolution’s Role Critical during Covid-19 Pandemic: Justice DY Chandrachud

NITI Aayog, Agami & Omidyar Release ODR Handbook DELHI, APRIL 10: Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) has the potential to decentralize, diversify, democratize, and disentangle the justice delivery mechanism, Supreme Court Justice DY Chandrachud said today. He was addressing the release event of a handbook on ODR, developed by […]

‘Tika Utsav’ is beginning of second major war against Corona: PM

Society and people should lead in creating ‘micro containment zones’: PM We have to move towards zero vaccine wastage: PM Make targets at personal, social and administration level for ‘Tika Utsav’ and make effort to achieve them: PM DELHI, APRIL 11: The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has called […]

Maharashtra crosses 1-crore vaccination mark

Mumbai Apr 11:  Maharashtra has administered COVID-19 vaccine doses to over one crore people so far, a senior health official said on Sunday. The vaccination drive began on January 16 this year across the country and is currently underway for front-line and health care workers, and people aged […]

EC trying to suppress facts by barring entry of politicians in Cooch Behar: Mamata

Siliguri, Apr 11:  Describing the incident of firing in Cooch Behar as a “genocide”, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said the Election Commission has restricted the entry of politicians in the district for 72 hours as it seeks to “suppress facts”. The TMC supremo, while […]

Gun salutes mark death of UK’s Prince Philip

LONDON — Gun salutes across the U.K., in Commonwealth countries and at sea are marking the death of Britain’s Prince Philip on Saturday as military leaders honor the former naval officer and husband of Queen Elizabeth II. Batteries of cannons in London, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Belfast and other cities […]

Iran launches advanced uranium enriching machines to mark nuclear day

President Hassan Rouhani reiterated Iran’s commitment to nuclear non-proliferation on Saturday while overseeing the launch of advanced centrifuges at the underground Natanz nuclear plant to mark National Nuclear Technology Day. Iran has breached many restrictions imposed by a 2015 deal on its atomic activities in response to former […]

South Asia surpasses grim milestone of 15 million COVID-19 cases: Reuters tally

Coronavirus infections in the South Asia sub-region surpassed the grim milestone of 15 million on Saturday, a Reuters tally shows, led by India’s record daily infections and vaccine shortages. South Asia – India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Bhutan, Nepal, Maldives, and Sri Lanka – accounts for 11% of global cases […]

India protests U.S. Navy’s transit through its exclusive economic zone

India protested to the United States for a navy vessel conducting a transit through its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) without consent, the foreign ministry said on Friday, in a rare row between the friendly navies of the two countries. The USS John Paul Jones “asserted navigational rights and […]

China fines Alibaba record $2.75 bln for anti-monopoly violations

China slapped a record 18 billion yuan ($2.75 billion) fine on Alibaba Group Holding Ltd on Saturday, after an anti-monopoly probe found the e-commerce giant had abused its dominant market position for several years. The fine, about 4% of Alibaba’s 2019 domestic revenues, comes amid a crackdown on […]

COVID19 Vaccination-Day 84

More than 9.78 Cr COVID19 vaccine doses administered 32.16 lakh vaccine doses given till 8 pm today DELHI, APRIL 9: The cumulative number of COVID19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 9.78 Crore today. A total of 9,78,71,045 vaccine doses have been given, as per the provisional report till 8 pm today. […]

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