The authorities in Ontario announced about two cases of the new Covid-19 strain discovered in UK, to be confirmed in Ontario, Canada. The statement released on Saturday says, “The cases are a couple from Durham with no travel history, exposure or high-risk contacts. Both individuals have been informed and are now in self-isolation as per…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while addressing the nation on Mann ki Baat has appealed to the citizens of the country to work together to better the environment and make the country from single-use plastic and lauded the attempts by the people who have undertaken cleanliness drives. Modi said, “We have to think how garbage gets…
According to World Steel Association data, India has an elevated growth of 3.5 per cent in crude steel production with 9.245 million tonne in November. In its very recent report, the global industry body, when compared with the crude steel production of the month of November in the previous year, it was 8.993 MT crude…
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh stated on Sunday stated that Prime Minister Narendra Modi headed Central Government has provided financial assistance to Himachal Pradesh, based on its strategic and economic importance rather than its the size and population of the state. Rajnath Singh said, “In the last three years, the central government and state government improved…
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has applauded and appreciated the Covid-19 war room of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagere Palike (BBMP) for its utilization of technology to fight the battle of Covid-19. In a comprehensive report released by WEF titled ‘Technology and Data Governance in the Cities: Indian Cities at the Forefront of the Fight Against…
The second phase of polling for the 144 Gram Panchayats based in several regions of Dakshina Kannada like Belthangady, Puttur, Sullia and Kaduba taluks, has begun on Sunday morning. For the 1,541 seats in the 114 Gram Panchayats, as many as 3,421 candidates are contesting in the elections. At the Hirebandadi Gram Panchayat Limits, among…
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren will be delivering a keynote lecture on the subject of ‘tribal rights, sustainable development and welfare policies in Jharkhand via video conferencing during the 18th annual ‘India Conference’ at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, which will be organized from February 10 to 21, 2021. Soren has accepted the invitation sent to…
As the Indian drug regulator gears up to have a possible vaccine roll-out by January, is reviewing the UK’s move regarding approving the Oxford’s Covid-19 vaccine in the upcoming week, prior to making the decision of giving emergency use authorization to the Serum Institute of India (SII) which is manufacturing the shots here. When the…
Bihar Cabinet has given their approval for the proposal passed to create 103 new nagar panchayats and eight new nagar parishads, further upgrading of 32 nagar panchayats to nagar parishads and also permitted five nagar parishads to be municipal corporations. The State Cabinet has further passed the proposal to expand 12 Nagar Nikay. The Bihar…
Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa used the word ‘selfish’ for those who are protesting against the contentious farm laws on Friday and stated that around 99 per cent of the farmers supported the reforms. While addressing the event organized for farmers on the birth anniversary of ex-Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Yediyurappa promised about having…
