Month: June 2021

A delegation of Central Secretariat officials calls on Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh and discusses promotion and other service matters with him

DELHI, JUNE 30: A delegation of Central Secretariat officials today met Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh and discussed promotion related issues and other service matters with him. After […]

BJP workers, farm law protestors clash in Ghazipur

Ghaziabad (UP), Jun 30:  BJP workers and farm law protesters clashed in Ghazipur on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border on Wednesday. The ruckus took place when the BJP workers were carrying out a procession on a flyway where the farm law protesters, chiefly supporters of the Bharatiya Kisan Union, […]

Delimitation commission to visit J&K between Jul 6-9

New Delhi, Jun 30: The delimitation commission will visit Jammu and Kashmir between July 6-9 and interact with political parties, public representatives and officials of the Union Territory to gather “first hand” information of the mega exercise to carve out new constituencies, the EC said on Wednesday. A […]

‘Excruciating:’ Florida collapse search stretches to Day 6

SURFSIDE, Florida — The slow work of sifting through the remnants of a collapsed Florida condo building stretched into a sixth day Tuesday, as families desperate for progress endured a wrenching wait for answers. “We have people waiting and waiting and waiting for news,” Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine […]

Twitter faces new headache in India after police complaint over controversial map

LUCKNOW, India, June 29 – A Hindu hardline group has filed a complaint with police against Twitter’s (TWTR.N) country head after politically sensitive regions were depicted outside a map of India on its website, kickstarting an investigation in a fresh headache for the U.S. tech firm. A map on Twitter’s […]

EXCLUSIVE U.N. expert backs probe into Iran’s 1988 killings, Raisi’s role

Summary Javaid Rehman, UN expert on Iran, criticises conduct of election Urges independent inquiry into alleged 1988 killing of thousands Tells Reuters probe must establish role of President-elect Raisi Iran has never acknowledged the mass executions in Khomeini era GENEVA, June 29 (Reuters) – The U.N. investigator on […]

Undeclared conflict? America’s battles with Iran-backed militia escalate, again

WASHINGTON, June 29 – U.S. President Joe Biden’s latest strikes against Iran-backed militia in Syria and Iraq were not the first nor likely the last of his young presidency. For some of Biden’s fellow Democrats, the crucial question is: does the pattern of attacks and counter-attacks amount to […]

NITI Aayog Releases Report on Not-for-Profit Hospital Model in India

DELHI, JUNE 29: NITI Aayog today released a comprehensive study on the not-for-profit hospital model in the country, in a step towards closing the information gap on such institutions and facilitating robust policymaking in this area.  “There has been relatively low investment in the expansion of the health […]

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