Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials on Tuesday conducted a raid at the house of a BBMP official who was caught accepting a bribe of Rs 20 lakh in February. The ACB officials investigated the residence of S N Devendrappa, Assistant Director, Town Planning, BBMP for the C sector of Amruthanagar. The ACB officials also checked the…
India on Tuesday strongly spoke at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) with a statement going against the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for Jammu and Kashmir, iterating that the body has no locus standi to speak for the issue. India further accused Pakistan regarding ‘misusing the august forum.” PawanKumar Badhe, First Secretary, Permanent Mission…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday mentioned about the plan of the government to operationalise 23 waterways as of 2030 taking into consideration the increased capacity of major Indian ports to 1550 million tonnes annually which was around 870 million tonnes in 2014. During his inaugural speech at Maritime India Summit 2021, PM Modi said,…
According to the latest findings of the study, though most Indian homes are conditioned to rigorous cleaning practices, a large quantity of harmful dust allergens and dust particles still persist in the houses. A sample of 150 homes or flats have been selected to identify their level of cleanliness for the different studies in 2018…
The government declared on Tuesday that over 14 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine have been administered throughout the country with the records updated till 1 pm for the Day-2 of the second phase of the largest vaccination drive in the world. The statement said 208,791 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine have been administered to…
With the onset of the second phase of Covid-19 vaccination drive in the country, the second phase particularly targets senior citizens and above 45 with comorbidities, an overall count of 4,942 people have been been administered the shot, thereby taking the total tally of the state to 8.25 lakh, revealed the Karnataka Government. From the…
A batch of ‘Made in India’ vaccines have been supplied to Angola thereby adhering to the “Vaccine Maitri” initiative revealed External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday. In a post on Twitter, Jaishankar tweeted, “Landed in Luanda. Made in India vaccines delivered to Angola today. #VaccineMaitri.” As per the data released by John Hopkins University,…
The US State Department has declared the restoration of discussions with Taliban right prior to the visit of US Special Representative for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalizabad to Kabul, Doha and several regional capitals to have a political settlement in Afghanistan. In a statement on Sunday, the US State Department said, “Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Ambassador…
India’s total cases for the Covid-19 disease has been raised to 11.11 million with fresh cases of 15, 510 new infections, after recording the most cases in the last 30 days a day prior to it and only 106 related deaths in the previous 24 hours, as per the Union Ministry of Health and Family…
The annual Airport Service Quality award for best airport with respect to the size and region as of March 1 has been given to Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport. Airports Council International has given the award to Bengaluru airport, which has been winning for four consecutive years now. The criteria for winning the award is based…
