India reports 38,079 fresh COVID-19 positive cases in last 24 hours
July 17, 2021 10:56India reported 38,079 new COVID-19 positive cases and 560 deaths in last 24 hours.
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Danish Siddiqui, Indian Photojournalist killed in Kandahar, Afghanistan
July 16, 2021 23:54The journalism fraternity in India has been shocked by the killing of an acclaimed photojournalist and PulitzerPrize winner Danish Siddique in Afghanistan. The 40-year-old journalist was killed during a night crossfire between the Afghan special forces and Taliban attackers on Thursday. Siddiqui was reportedly in the main market of Spin Boldak district embedded with security […]
1,100 crore projects launched in Gujarat and that’s not even the beginning of 2022 elections campaign
July 16, 2021 22:05After laying the foundation stones of development projects in Uttar Pradesh; now it’s time for Gujarat. On July 15, PM Narendra Modi inaugurated projects worth Rs 1,500 crore in Varanasi and today he launched over 11 projects worth 1,100 crore projects in Gujarat.The commonality between the two states—UP and Gujarat—is its importance in the 2022 […]
SAWM condemns Danish Siddiqui killing
July 16, 2021 22:00SAWM India is shocked and saddened at the tragic death of Photojournalist Danish Siddiqui while reporting the escalating violence between Taliban and Afghan forces in Spin Boldak, Kandahar. Danish, who worked for Reuters in India was a Pulitzer Award winning journalist. His images from Kashmir after the removal of Article 370, and more recently of […]
RRVL acquires stake in Just Dial Ltd
July 16, 2021 21:25Reliance Retail Ventures Limited (“RRVL”), Just Dial Limited (“Just Dial”), and VSS Mani and others, today executed definitive agreements. These include a preferential allotment of 2.12 crore equity shares (equivalent to 25.33 percent post preferential share capital) at a price per share of Rs 1,022.25; Acquisition of 1.31 crore equity shares by RRVL from VSS […]
Sudhanshu Vats to join Pidilite as Deputy Managing Director
July 16, 2021 20:50Pidilite Industries Limited announced on Friday, July 16, that Sudhanshu Vats will join the company as Deputy Managing Director, effective from September 1, 2021. Sudhanshu Vats, an alumnus of IIM-Ahmedabad and NIT Kurukshetra, has a rich career of 30 years spanning diverse organizations like Unilever, Castrol, Viacom18 and more recently, EPL (formerly known as Essel […]
Govt warns about 3rd Covid wave
July 16, 2021 18:39Government warns India of the probable outbreak of the third Covid wave. The next 125 days to be very critical in order to contain the disease.
Floods in Germany and Belgium: 100 dead
July 16, 2021 15:37After days of heavy rainfall, floods in Germany and Belgium have destroyed homes. Close to 100 people have been reported dead and many more go missing. Notably, the region’s worst flooding, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said, ‘The government is doing everything possible to save lives.”
Test, Track, Treat, Tika – 4T mantra to tackle Covid-19
July 16, 2021 13:38During his virtual meeting with the CMs, PM Narendra Modi asks them to follow ‘4T strategy’ to avoid the third wave of Covid-19. CMs of six states – Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, and Kerala – were asked to follow the mantra – ‘Test, Track, Treat and Tika (vaccine)’ – in order to […]
Reuters photojournalist Danish Siddiqui killed
July 16, 2021 13:36Danish Siddiqui, a Reuters photojournalist, was killed in clashes in Spin Boldak district in Kandahar, sources confirmed. The Indian journalist was covering the situation in Kandahar over the last few days
Punjab Congress Crisis: Navjot Singh Sidhu meets Sonia Gandhi
July 16, 2021 13:09The former Cabinet Minister arrived in Delhi for a meeting with Congress President, Sonia Gandhi. The meeting is also attended by Punjab affairs in-charge, Harish Rawat. The speculation over the appointment of Navjot Singh Sidhu as Punjab PCC Chief. Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has expressed his resentment over Sidhu being given a key role […]
Paytm files draft for Rs 16,600 crore IPO
July 16, 2021 12:23Backed by Soft bank, the Indian digital payment start-up Paytm, filed for an initial public offering (IPO) of up to Rs 16,600 crore ($2.23 billion), draft papers on Friday. The Noida-based company is backed by investors namely, Berkshire Hathaway Inc, China’s Ant Group, and Japan’s Soft Bank. The IPO proceeds will be used to strengthen the payment […]
Case registered against T-Series head Bhushan Kumar on allegations of rape
July 16, 2021 12:17A woman claimed that she was allegedly raped by the head of T-Series Bhushan Kumar however he is yet to respond to the allegation.
Acquitted in Tulsiram Prajapati encounter case, DSP Ashish Pandya applies for voluntary retirement
October 17, 2023 15:02Deputy Superintendent of Police Ashish Pandya, who was accused and later acquitted in the 2006 Tulsiram Prajapati encounter case, has applied for voluntary retirement. He sent his application to the Gujarat Home Department on Thursday. Pandya, who is posted as DSP in the SC/ST cell in Bhuj, West Kutch, was one of the accused in […]
Infant crushed to death at Gandhinagar railway station ahead of PM inaugural
July 16, 2021 00:00Hours before Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday virtually inaugurates the Gandhinagar railway station he had painstakingly visualised as a model of sorts, a six-month-old girl was crushed to death under a tractor-trolley that was mopping up the site for the event. The girl was a daughter of a worker couple engaged at the site. […]
PM to virtually inaugurate key projects in Gujarat
July 15, 2021 21:23On July 16, 2021, PM Narendra Modi will be virtually inaugurating several key projects of the Railways in Gujarat along with an Aquatics and Robotics gallery, and Nature Park in Gujarat Science City, Ahmedabad. The Railway projects include the newly redeveloped Gandhinagar Capital Railway station, gauge converted-cum-electrified Mehesana – Varetha line, and the newly electrified […]
DRI raids company owned by Gorsi Parekh
July 15, 2021 21:31Mumbai Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) raids a Gandhinagar based Arraycom (India) company owned by Gorsi Parekh. She is also the owner of Ahmedabad International School.
Gujarat reports 38 fresh corona cases in last 24 hours
July 15, 2021 19:56Gujarat reports 38 fresh corona cases with 90 recoveries and 0 deaths in last 24 hours.
MP Governor’s OSD appointment raises eyebrows
July 15, 2021 21:34After two terms and a retirement period of over two years, former Vice-Chancellor from the Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Dr Dakshesh Thakar is now the new OSD to Madhya Pradesh Governor, Mangubhai Chagganbhai Patel. The appointment has kicked off controversy and has stirred off angry criticism from academicians. An academician who served as a […]
Team of J&K CID raids Kot Bhakwal jail in Jammu
July 15, 2021 20:41A team of Jammu & Kashmir CID has raided Kot Bhalwal jail in Jammu this morning. Twelve mobile phone sets have been seized which were allegedly being used by terrorists lodged in the jail.
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