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26 Apr

India’s position is clear on Russia-Ukraine crisis: Jaishankar

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India has a clear position on the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on Tuesday, stressing that New Delhi “urges a cessation of hostilities, return to dialogue and national sovereignty”. During an interaction at the Raisina Dialogue, Jaishankar said the conflict in Ukraine is one of the most dominating issues at present “not only because of interests or values concerned, but also because of the consequences worldwide”. On India’s role in the Western Indo-Pacific, the Minister said: “We need to reclaim our history. Our ties and trade were disrupted in colonial times, but in a more globalised…

26 Apr

Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin gets drug regulator approval for 6-12 year olds

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The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has given Bharat Biotech's Covid vaccine Covaxin restricted emergency use authorisation for children between the age of 6-12 years. Cadila Health's ZyCoV-D has received restricted emergency use authorisation for children above the age of 12 years of age. ET had reported that the subject expert committee ( SEC) of the Drugs Controller General of India recommended the use of Bharat Biotech's Covaxin among children aged 6-12 years amid an uptick in cases in schools. Covaxin, one of the main vaccines administered to adults, is currently being administered to children in the age group…

25 Apr

India Suspends Tourist Visas For Chinese Citizens As Payback

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India has suspended tourist visas issued to Chinese nationals, global airways physique International Air Transport Association (IATA) has advised its member carriers.The pass appeared to be a response to Beijing stonewalling India’s appeals about approximately 22,000 Indian college students enrolled in Chinese universities who are unable to go lower back for physical classes. The neighbouring united states of america has till date refused to let them enter. These college students had to leave their studies in China and come to India when the COVID-19 pandemic commenced in the commencing of 2020. In a round issued on April 20 concerning India,…

25 Apr

Protests In Paris After Emmanuel Macron’s Election Win, Police Use Teargas

editor0 CommentsInternational, PoliticalFrance

Riot police charge and spray teargas on protesters in central Paris after President Emmanuel Macron was re-elected on Sunday, social media footage showed. Police wanted to break up a crowd of ordinary youths who had gathered in the central locality of Chatelet to protest, photos on Twitter showed. Macron earlier defeated far-right leader Marine Le Pen in a runoff vote on Sunday, using a second five-year term victory and averting what could have been a major political upset in another case. Although Macron won by a comfortable margin, the cost of abstention was expected to be high considering 1969, with…

25 Apr

India-EU to paunch trade & technology council

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen today agreed to launch an India-EU Trade and Technology Council at their meeting in New Delhi. This strategic coordination mechanism will allow both partners to tackle challenges at the nexus of trade, trusted technology and security, and thus deepen cooperation in these fields between India and the EU. The Trade and Technology Council will provide the political steer and the necessary structure to operationalise political decisions, coordinate technical work, and report to the political level to ensure implementation and follow-up in areas that are important for…

25 Apr

PM Modi receives first Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award in Mumbai

editor0 CommentsIndiaLata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award

Prime Minister Narendra Modi received the first Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award in Mumbai on Sunday. The award has been instituted in memory and honour of the legendary singer who passed away at the age of 92 years in Mumbai earlier this year. PM Modi received the award in presence of Usha Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Maharashtra governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, Maharashtra Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis, among others. “Music can give a feeling of motherhood and love. Music can take you to the pinnacle of patriotism and duty. We all are fortunate that we have seen this power of music, this…

24 Apr

PM Narendra Modi on Mann ki Baat: Small online payments helping build big digital economy in country

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said small online payments system are assisting construct a large digital economy, and many new fintech startups are on the way. Digital transactions worth Rs 20,000 crore are taking place in India on daily basis encouraging an environment of honesty in the country, the rate minister said in his month-to-month Mann Ki Baat addressing the nation. He also stated that that transactions via UPI (Unified Payments Interface) have reached Rs 10 lakh crore in March this year. He additionally urged humans who have any trip associated to digital repayments and the startup ecosystem to…

24 Apr

CBSE removes topics on ‘democracy and diversity’, Mughal courts, poems by Faiz from syllabus

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Chapters on Non-Aligned Movement, Cold War Era, Rise of Islamic Empires in Afro-Asian Region, History of Mughal Court and Industrial Revolution have been omitted from CBSE Class 11 and 12 Political Science Syllabus. From the Class 10 Social Science syllabus, CBSE dropped the theme "Impact of Globalization on Agriculture" from the 'Food Security' chapter. Portions of translations of two Urdu poems by Faiz Ahmed Faiz have also been omitted from the section on 'Religion, Communalism and Politics – Communalism, Secular State'. Chapters on 'Democracy and Diversity' have also been dropped from the syllabus. When questioned about the motive behind the…

24 Apr

PM Narendra Modi to visit J&K today, launch projects worth Rs 20,000 crore; security tightened

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Security has been beefed up across the union territory ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday. Multiple levels of security arrangements have been made to prevent any untoward incident. Director General of Police Dilbagh Singh said, “Security has been beefed up at the border. Counter drones have been deployed.” In Palli panchayat of Samba district of Jammu division, from where Prime Minister Modi will address gram Sabhas across us on the occasion of National Panchayati Raj Day, entry and exit points have been sealed and roads barricaded. All preparations are underway for Prime Minister…

23 Apr

India starting at power outage in multiple states

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The coal stock position at the Central Election Authority (CEA) supervised 173 power plants stood at 21.93 million tonnes (MT), Media reports have suggested that coal inventories had dipped to the lowest since 2014 at the beginning of the financial year to nine days as against the Centre’s mandated 24 days’ worth of stocks. While on one hand, the CEA daily coal report said that coal stock at 81 out of the 150 government owned power plants is critical, on the other is the increased power demand — from 106.6 billion units (BU) in 2019, it increased to 124.2 BU…