The current manpower for the DRDO’s already committed research and development projects has been found to be grossly inadequate in number and for that the Defence Ministry needs to take effective measures to increase the workforce, according to the report released on Friday by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence. While replying to the Committee,…
Over 8 million people have been administered the vaccine in the Covid-19 vaccination drive initiated by the Centre which commenced on January 16 with the first phase, revealed an official from the Union Health and Family Welfare on Saturday as the second phase of the vaccination drive has commenced today. The health ministry official iterated…
India has gifted Syria 2000 metric tonnes of rice with the intent of strengthening food security for the middle-eastern country. The first batch of 1000 metric tonnes of rice was given by India Ambassador to Syria, Hifzur Rahman to the Minister of Local Administration and Head of Supreme Relief Committee Hussain Makhlouf on Thursday, Ministry…
India, with its largest Covid-19 vaccination drive in the world, to be the fastest country to cross the 7 million mark for vaccinating people against Covid-19, which extends to a minimum of 50 % of the targeted health workers within the first 26 days of the campaign launch, reveals the reports and government data. From…
The Karnataka Government has been constantly deliberating on introducing a new law for auditing online games in the state. While addressing the media in Bengaluru on Friday, state home minister Basavaraj Bommai revealed about a draft bill was curated for keeping a track on online games. He also nodded in positive regarding the state government…
The Supreme Court in its verdict given on December 15, 2020, had upheld the advisory and now given permit to add Homeopathy to the standard care pertaining to Covid-19 care treatment. This was iterated by Kiren Rijiju, who is holding the position of Additional Charge of Minister of State for the Ministry of AYUSH to…
The Supreme Court has directed a notice to the Centre along with the social media platform Twitter on a plea seeking a mechanism for reviewing the contents and advertisements which are inclined towards spreading communal hatred by choosing a specific fake news or instigating messages and posting it through bogus accounts. The notice was issued…
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagere Palike (BBMP) has crashed into the land sharks in Jakkur ward, based in Yelahanka region. As much as 5.5 acres of land with survey number 99 in the Kogilu village was identified for establishing a bio-methane plant, as per the information released by BBMP. But, the allotted land was supposedly subjected…
The salaries of the employees in India are expected to have a raise by 6.4 per cent on an average basis in 2021, which is marginally higher than the average actual raise of 5.9 per cent from the records of 2020, revealed by the reports from the Willis Towers Watson survey. An average salary can…
Several parts of the Bengaluru city experienced unscheduled power interruptions after 12 pm due to technical glitches. The impacted areas with the power cut include Jayanagar, SR Nagar, Shanthi Nagar, Austin Town, Wilson Garden, Koramangala, Ulsoor, Indira nagar, JP Nagar, Marathahalli, HAL, Chamarajpet and various areas in the vicinity, as per Bangalore Electricity Supply Company…
