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New Commander-In-Chief of India’s only Tri-Service command

05 Jun 2020 03:08 AM IST

Amidst land and maritime border tension with China, the Ministry of Defence has appointed a new Commander-In-Chief of India’s only Tri-Service command. Lieutenant General Manoj Pande took over as the 15th Commander-in-Chief of the Andaman & Nicobar Command (CINCAN). Since the time the Department of Military Affairs headed by General

UN award to Army Major Suman Gawani

05 Jun 2020 03:04 AM IST

Major Suman Gawani, an Indian Army officer who served as a women peacekeeper with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) in 2019, has been awarded the prestigious “United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award”. She received the award from the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres during

10-point roadmap for inclusive growth: CII President Uday Kotak

05 Jun 2020 03:02 AM IST

CII and Government will work to provide incentives and facilitation to companies wanting to shift their manufacturing operations out of China as part of their de-risking strategy, said Kotak.

New scheme will give large-scale push to domestic electronics manufacturing in India: Jyoti Arora

04 Jun 2020 13:58 PM IST

The guidelines unveiled by the government for three electronics manufacturing schemes namely, Production Linked Incentive Scheme (PLI) for large-scale electronics manufacturing; Scheme for Promotion of Manufacturing of Electronic Components and Semiconductors (SPECS); and Modified Electronics Manufacturing Clusters (EMC 2.0) Scheme are entrepreneur friendly and will help India build a robust

As LAC hots up, ISI Chief secretly visits LoC, meets top terrorists

04 Jun 2020 02:07 AM IST

As the India-China standoff in Eastern Ladakh continues, Pakistan seems to be busy fishing in the troubled waters. First it has intensified the ceasefire violations to push terrorists across the Line of Control (LoC) into Jammu & Kashmir, and now if reports are to be believed, the ISI Chief has

3 dead, 7 injured as Cyclone Nisarga whirls past Mumbai

04 Jun 2020 02:06 AM IST

At least three casualties were reported in Maharashtra after Cyclone Nisarga made landfall in Raigad district, south of Mumbai, with wind speeds of up to 120 kmph on Wednesday afternoon. At least seven people were injured in Mumbai, according to reports. After storming the Maharashtra coast at wind speeds of

Govt amends Essential Commodities Act, paves way for ‘One India, One Agriculture Market’

04 Jun 2020 02:06 AM IST

Under the proposed amendments, essentials like grains, oil, pulses, potatoes, onions have been excluded from the Essential Commodities Act. ‘Farmers can now export or store these commodities as they wish,’ says Prakash Javadekar.

IB staffer Ankit Sharma was stabbed 51 times: Police chargesheet

04 Jun 2020 02:05 AM IST

Intelligence Bureau staffer Ankit Sharma, who was found dead during the riots in North-East Delhi in February this year, was stabbed 51 times, the Delhi Police’s Crime Branch said in its chargesheet filed on Wednesday. The chargesheet was filed in the Karkardooma trial court under Section 153-A/505/365/302/ 201/ 120-B/34 of

RSS affiliate starts online Vedic Mathematics course for students

04 Jun 2020 02:04 AM IST

All school and colleges are closed due to the coronavirus pandemic owing to which educational activities have come to a complete standstill. This has forced many schools to start online classes. In this backdrop, the RSS-affiliate Shiksha Sanskriti Utthan Nyas (SSUN) has taken a vital step. According to Atul Bhai

Majority of Delhiites want hospitals reserved for locals only, claims Kejriwal

04 Jun 2020 01:59 AM IST

The Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP government on Wednesday claimed that it received more than five lakh messages in which the majority of people said that the Delhi’s hospitals should be reserved for local Covid-19 patients alone. Earlier, Kejriwal had sought suggestions from the residents asking whether corona patients from other states

TTD magazine claims Lord Rama had only one son, stirs controversy

04 Jun 2020 01:58 AM IST

Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD), which manages Lord Balaji temple in Tirupati, has stirred a controversy after its monthly magazine Saptagiri published a story which said that Lord Rama had only one son. The story which was written by a class IX student from Chittor, said that Lava was the only

SC likely to resume physical hearings, asks lawyers for consent

04 Jun 2020 01:57 AM IST

With ease in lockdown restrictions, The Supreme Court is likely to resume physical hearings in its premises soon. It has also sent a notice to lawyers and has asked them to give their consent for this. For the past two months, the lawyers have been arguing their case virtually. In