India and Nepal had a discussion on various aspects which included maintaining cooperation such as political and security issues and border management and further shared opinions on cross-border projects on rail connectivity, which is inclusive of a potential Raxaul-Kathmandu broad gauge railway line. Nepal congratulated India for their success on the vaccination drive with production…
The ninth round of talks between the Government and the farmers leaders remained inconclusive as the farmers were adamant on their repealing of the controversial farm laws and the government with the three central ministers urged them to have a little more flexibility in their approach and expressed some willingness in their conversation to bring…
As India and Bangladesh are inching towards celebrating 50th anniversary of the Liberation War of 1971, which led to the creation of a new country called Bangladesh, India on Thursday revealed the year 2021 will be a historic year for Bangladesh-India bilateral relations. While addressing a virtual briefing, Anurag Srivastava, spokesperson of Ministry of External…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to introduce the pan India rollout of vaccination drive against Covid-19 scheduled for January 16 at 10:30 am virtually through video conferencing, as revealed by the Prime Minister’s office (PMO) on Thursday. The PMO stated this will be the largest vaccination programme in the world which will have…
The government and the farmers to have the ninth round of talks for negotiation over the three farm laws passed by the Centre as scheduled on Friday, January 15 and the Centre expects positive discussions, revealed Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Thursday. Tomar told the reporters, “The government is ready to hold talks with…
The Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) is waiting for the emergency approval to be granted by WHO at the earliest for Oxford University/AstraZeneca Coronavirus vaccine, which has been produced for low- and middle-income countries, revealed the chief executive of SII. On Thursday, Adar Poonawalla told to Reuters, “The emergency use licensure from the WHO…
Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautela is scheduled for a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday at 11:45 am. Chautala is going to discuss three Central agricultural laws and farmers issues with Modi, according to sources. The minister will also have a discussion on textile hubs, airports, east-west corridors, railway routes, as per…
The Union government took a major decision on Wednesday by passing approval for obtaining 83 indigeneously-developed light combat aircraft Tejas for the Indian Air Force (IAF) which is estimated to be Rs 48,000 crore. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh revealed the decision was taken amid a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) led by…
Union Agricultural Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Wednesday said that more than crores of farmers are getting the benefits of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna (PMFBY) and mentioned about settlement of Rs 90,000 crore in five years from 2014. Tomar said, “In this largest agricultural insurance scheme of the world, farmers have got Rs…
Pfizer Inc or any vaccine maker, which has applied for emergency use authorization in India has to conduct a safety and immunogenicity study for being given a consideration and approval to be a part of the vaccination drive to be organized inn the country, according to the senior official who revealed it to Reuters. The…
