Month: September 2022

Gandhi loyalist, ex-UN diplomat in race to lead India’s opposition Congress party

NEW DELHI, Sept 30 – An ex-United Nations diplomat and a veteran politician emerged on Friday as contenders to lead India’s main opposition Congress party as it prepares to elect a new president from outside the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty for the first time in nearly 25 years. Shashi Tharoor, […]

Methane blast in Baltic Sea highlights global problem

NEW YORK — Scientists have been measuring the scale of the massive methane leak from damaged pipelines in the Baltic Sea, with the latest figures equating the levels of gas escaping to the annual emissions of some whole countries. It is believed to be the single biggest recorded gas leak […]

Div Com reviews progress on Katra-Banihal stretch of USBRL project, discusses land issues

Div Com reviews progress on Katra-Banihal stretch of USBRL project, discusses land issues Asks Reasi, Ramban DCs to resolve bottlenecks for smooth execution of work JAMMU, SEPTEMBER 30: Divisional Commissioner Jammu, Ramesh Kumar today chaired a meeting to review the progress of work on Katra -Banihal stretch of […]

President Smt Droupadi Murmu confers 68th National Film Awards

Films a great medium of spreading soft-power, enhancement of quality of movies will make soft power more effective: President Smt Droupadi Murmu Awards bring out regional strength of our country; artists from hinterlands now household names: Union Minister Shri Anurag Thakur SEP 30, 2022 The President of India, […]

3,947 new cases recorded in the last 24 hours

SEP 30, 2022 218.52 cr Total Vaccine doses (94.84 cr Second Dose and 21.19 cr Precaution Dose) have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive 34,21,962 doses administered in last 24 hours India’s Active caseload currently stands at 39,583 Active cases stand at 0.09% Recovery Rate currently […]

Putin declares Ukrainian regions part of Russia, defies West

KYIV, Ukraine — Russian President Vladimir Putin signed treaties Friday to annex parts of Ukraine in defiance of international law, vowing to protect the newly incorporated regions by “all available means” in another escalation of his seven-month invasion of the country. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy responded by saying […]

Friend or foe? Japan-China ties complicated after 50 years

TOKYO — Friend or foe? Or both? On the streets of Tokyo and Beijing, the ties between Japan and China remain complicated and often contradictory, 50 years after the two Asian countries normalized relations as part of the process that brought Communist China into the international fold. Chinese official media and textbooks […]

Kremlin gets ready to annex 4 regions of Ukraine on Friday

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia on Friday will formally annex parts of Ukraine where separation “referendums” received approval, the Kremlin’s spokesman said, confirming the expectations of Ukrainian and Western officials who have denounced the Moscow-managed votes as illegal, forced and rigged. Four regions of Ukraine — Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and […]

PM declares 36th National Games open in Ahmedabad

PM inaugurates world-class ‘Swarnim Gujarat Sports University’ in Desar “When the event is so wonderful and unique, its energy is bound to be this extraordinary” “The victory of the players and their strong performance in the sporting field also paves the way for victory of the country in […]

Officer Trainees of Indian Foreign Service call on the President

SEP 29, 2022 A group of Officer Trainees of Indian Foreign Service (2021 batch) called on the President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu, at Rashtrapati Bhavan today (September 29, 2022).  Addressing the Officers Trainees, the President said that it is going to be all the more exciting as […]

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