Month: December 2021

Biden marks anniversary of 1972 car crash that killed wife

GREENVILLE, Del. — President Joe Biden on Saturday commemorated the 49th anniversary of the car crash that killed his first wife and infant daughter, visiting their graves at the Saint Joseph on the Brandywine Roman Catholic Church. Their deaths occurred just after Delaware voters elected Biden to the Senate […]

French MPs arrive in Taiwan for visit amid China tensions

TAIPEI, Taiwan — A group of six French lawmakers arrived in Taiwan for a five-day visit on Wednesday, following a similar trip led by a group of French parliamentarians in October that China sought to discourage. François de Rugy, the head of the Taiwan Friendship group in the […]

Lt Governor reviews J&K’s COVID-19 situation

Says, we need to have tough measures in place to prevent the contagion due to surge in cases of new variant Omicron worldwide Directs Civil & Police administration to ensure everyone follows Covid-appropriate behaviour District admins to carry out analysis of Covid trend in their respective districts and […]

J&K Judicial Academy organises one day workshop on “Domestic Violence Act and Section 125 CrPC”

JAMMU, DECEMBER 18:J&K Judicial Academy, under the patronage of Justice Pankaj Mithal, Chief Justice, High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, (Patron-in-Chief, J&K Judicial Academy), guidance of Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur, Chairman, Examination cum Judicial Education and Training Programme Committee and Justice Tashi Rabstan, Justice Sindhu Sharma, […]

Lt Governor takes ride in Olectra Greentech’s electric bus from Raj Bhawan to Trikuta Nagar

The E-Bus will be on trial run on different inter-city and intra-city routes Government committed to provide quality transport facilities to public: Lt Governor JAMMU, DECEMBER 18: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha today took a ride in Olectra Greentech’s electric bus from Raj Bhavan till Trikuta Nagar, which is […]

PM lays the foundation stone of Ganga Expressway in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh

Ganga Expressway will pass through Meerut, Hapur, Bulandshahr, Amroha, Sambhal, Budaun, Shahjahanpur, Hardoi, Unnao, RaeBareli, Pratapgarh and Prayagraj Pays tributes to Pandit Ram Prasad Bismil, Ashfaq Ullah Khan, Thakur Roshan Singh whose martyrdom day falls tomorrow “Ganga Expressway will open new doors of progress for UP” “When the […]

Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh spells out broad contours of Government’s vision

Says, the aim is to make India a global defence manufacturing hub Armed Forces modernisation and creating an ‘Aatmanirbhar’ defence industry to deal with present & future security threats is our focus: RM Focusses on ‘Make in India, Make for India and Make for the world’ DELHI, DECEMBER […]

COVID-19 UPDATE

DELHI, DECEMBER 18: 136.66 cr vaccine doses have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive India’s Active caseload currently stands at 84,565, lowest in 569 days Active cases account for less than 1% of total cases, currently at 0.24%; Lowest since March 2020 Recovery Rate currently at […]

Pakistan to rally Muslim countries to help Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan is rallying Muslim countries to help Afghanistan stave off an economic and humanitarian disaster while also cajoling the neighboring country’s new Taliban rulers to soften their image abroad. Several foreign ministers from the 57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation are meeting in Islamabad on Sunday to […]

Over Ethiopia’s objections, UN rights body backs war monitor

GENEVA — Over Ethiopia’s objections, the U.N.’s main human rights body voted Friday to create an international team of experts to boost scrutiny of rights abuses in the devastating yearlong war between Ethiopian government forces and fighters from the country’s Tigray region. Ethiopia’s government decried a “neocolonialist mentality” […]

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