Mumbai-based pharmaceutical company Wockhardt has entered into an agreement with Dubai-based Enso Healthcare DMCC and Human Vaccine (HV) LLC, for the manufacture and supply of the Sputnik V and Sputnik Light vaccine against Covid-19, as per a statement issued by the pharmaceutical company on Friday. It further said that with subject to required approvals and […]
An IAF Corporal from Jamnagar Yogendra Kumar has received a show-cause notice from the IAF and has filed a petition against his employees for violating his fundamental right to choose to refuse to get the jab. While the matter has already reached the Gujarat High Court, Centre in its response to the plea informed the […]
From being a 17-year-old Torch Bearer at the rally at the London Olympics in 2012 to now working as a permanent labourer with a daily wage of Rs 205 at Dibrugarh district’s Borborooah Tea Estate in Assam, Pinky Karmakar’s life has seen a complete dismal. Her responsibility at the Tea Estate is to ensure the […]
Pakistani Hindu stuck in India with three children after his wife died in April is pleading with the authorities to let him return to before Independence Day, August 14. “Mein TooT gaya huN – I am broken,” says Ajeet Kumar Nagdev, 41, speaking on phone in Urdu from Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. His wife Rekha Kumari, 38, died […]
The menace of criminilasation in the political system of India is growing day by day hence to ensure that a voter chooses a candidate after gathering all information about the candidate, the Supreme Court has directed all political parties to update the information of their candidates with criminal backgrounds on the homepage of their websites. […]
The concept of “Mid Day Meal” was introduced back in 1925 in Madras Municipal Corporation so as to improve the effectiveness of primary education by improving the nutritional levels of school children. The program was universalised by the mid-1980s in states like Kerala, Gujarat, Tamilnadu, and Pondicherry for primary school children and by the year […]
IAS topper, Tina Dabi has been in the limelight ever since she filed for divorce from her husband Athar Amir. Today their divorce application has been stamped by the family court. Their marriage had made a lot of headlines in 2018. And the discussions of their meeting were also going on in the media with […]
The Canadian government has extended the ban on direct flights from India by another 30 days. The ban was set to expire on August 21, but will now remain in place until September 21. It is the fifth time the ban has been extended since it was first imposed on April 22 due to fears […]
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has made the foreign nationals residing in India to register on CoWin portal and get vaccinated against COVID-19. Their passport can be used as identity document for the purpose of slot registration on the portal. Once they are registered on the portal, they will get a slot for […]
Among the undercurrents surfacing in Uttar Pradesh politics just months before the 2022 assembly elections is one that could potentially transform political and social equations in the western region and adjoining Braj and Rohilkhand. Between them, this swath of land spans the Jat belt, the “holy land” of Mathura-Brindavan-Goverdhan, and Moradabad, Bareilly and Saharanpur. The […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the next and 9th installment of financial benefit under PM-KISAN scheme through video conference on Monday. He also interacted with farmer beneficiaries during the event. The transfer of an amount of more than Rs. 19,500 crores to more than 9.75 crores beneficiary farmer families. At the event PM talked about the […]
The Delhi Police on Monday registered an FIR against unknown people after anti-Muslim slogans were raised at Jantar Mantar during a protest against colonial laws. The slogans were raised during a march at Jantar Mantar Sunday. According to the police, the organisers of the event didn’t have permission to carry out the rally. Videos of the […]
The Chief Justice of India, NV Ramana remarked the threat to human rights and bodily integrity to the highest in police stations. while raising concerns over the number of custodial deaths, on Sunday. The Legal Services App was launched at the Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi, which is aimed to help the poor and needy people […]
Rahul Gandhi’s Twitter account was temporarily suspended on August 7 after he made a tweet revealing the identity of the relatives of a rape and murder victim in Delhi. Rahul Gandhi had met with the family members of the victim and demanded justice for the victim’s family by posting pictures with the girl’s parents on […]
Neeraj Chopra created a golden history by topping the table of men’s javelin throw event at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday. Hurling his javelin at the distance of 87.58m, Neeraj became the first Indian to win a medal in athletics for independent India. He won the only gold for India at Tokyo Olympics and cheered […]
Google has dedicated its homepage to celebrate 107th birth anniversary of India’s first women pilot, Sarla Thukral. Sarla Thukral was India’s first lady to fly an aircraft. She earned an aviation pilot license at a young age of 21 in 1936 and flew a Gypsy Moth solo in a traditional saree. Sarla was born in […]
Union Health Minister, Mansukh Mandaviya took to his twitter and informed that Johnson and Johnson’s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine is given approval for Emergency Use in India on Saturday. With this, India now has five EUA vaccines which will further boost country’s collective fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Freedom of Religion Act in Gujarat has been stirring controversies. Till now, there have been at least four complaints using this provision in the already polarised Gujarat. The Act is colloquially referred to as Love Jihad Act in Gujarat. Amidst the ongoing controversies about the misuse of the Act, the Gujarat High Court today […]
In a shocking incident that could deter several working couples, a full-time caretaker in Ahmedabad city has been arrested for human trafficking her ward. Abhijeet Sen and his wife were a typical working couple. They hired Bindu Sharma as the caretaker for their 11-month-old infant baby girl. The working parents not only hired the help […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with the beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) in Madhya Pradesh on 7th August 2021, Saturday at 11 AM, via video conferencing. A campaign to create more awareness about the scheme is being conducted by the state government so that no eligible person is left out. […]