Month: July 2021

Death toll in rises to 157 in Germany and Belgium floods

Summary Germany to discuss emergency funds in coming days Floods kill at least 133 in Germany Death toll in Belgium rises to 24 ERFTSTADT, Germany/WASSENBERG, Germany, July 17 – Rescue workers searched flood-ravaged parts of Germany and Belgium for survivors on Saturday after burst rivers and flash floods […]

Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah presents medals

Paying tributes to the First DG of BSF, KF Rustamji, the Union Home Minister said that it is only because of the sacrifices made by martyrs of the Border Security Force and other paramilitary forces of the country that India has been able to make its proud presence […]

BULLETIN ON COVID-19

Posted On: 17 JUL 2021 , Delhi Over 40 Crore Vaccine Doses administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive3,02,27,792 total recoveries across the country so farRecovery Rate increases to 97.31%43,916 patients recovered during last 24 hoursIndia reports 38,079 new cases in last 24 hoursIndia’s Active Caseload currently at […]

Priyanka Gandhi demands that Lakhimpur Kheri panchayat polls be held again

Lucknow, Jul 17: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday demanded that the recent panchayat elections held in Lakhimpur Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh be cancelled, and re-polls be held. She was speaking to reporters after reaching Semra village in Pathgava block of the district. On July 9, […]

UP: Minor girl raped by man

Mau (UP) Jul 17: A one-and-a-half-year old girl was allegedly raped by a man here, police said on Saturday. The man took the minor girl away on the pretext of buying her toffees on Friday night. He took her to a secluded spot and allegedly raped her. He later […]

J-K Police, NIA joint training programme concludes

Srinagar, Jul 17: A week-long joint training programme on capacity building of the Jammu and Kashmir Police with the National Investigation Agency (NIA) concluded here on Saturday, an official said. The aim of the programme was to enhance the skills of investigating officers and make them experts in handling […]

Europe floods: Death toll over 110 as rescues continue

BERLIN — At least 110 people have died in devastating floods across parts of western Germany and Belgium, officials said Friday, as rescue operations and the search for hundreds still unaccounted for continued. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said he was “stunned” by the devastation caused by the flooding […]

Biden: US will protect Haiti embassy, won’t send troops

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Thursday that the U.S. will bolster security at its embassy in Haiti following last week’s assassination of that country’s president, but sending American troops to stabilize the country was “not on the agenda.” Haiti’s interim government last week asked the U.S. and […]

Google expands India cloud services with new infrastructure push

NEW DELHI, July 15 – Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google is ramping up cloud infrastructure in India with a second cluster of data centres in and around capital New Delhi to meet increasing customer demands in a key growth market, senior company executives said. The Google cloud region in Delhi and […]

Further flooding feared in western Germany with death toll above 80

SCHULD/ERFTSTADT, Germany, July 16 – Further flooding was feared in western Germany on Friday as a breach at another dam loomed and the death toll rose to more than 80 in what is Germany’s worst mass loss of life in years. Entire communities lay in ruins after swollen […]

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