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No meeting scheduled with Sidhu, says Rahul
Rahul Gandhi today said there was no meeting scheduled with Navjot Singh Sidhu a day after the disgruntled Punjab Congress leader’s team said he had a “meeting with the Gandhis”. On Monday, Navjot Sidhu’s team had said he would meet with Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra...
Modi meets Shah, Rajnath and NSA Ajit Doval
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh today for a briefing on the unprecedented drone attack at the Jammu air base on Sunday, and the events that followed, sources indicated. “Discussions were held on futuristic challenges...
Initial probe hints at Lashkar role
Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba is likely involved in the drone attack on the Air Force base in Jammu on Sunday, the Jammu and Kashmir police chief has said. The same group may also be behind the drones spotted near a military facility on Monday, J&K police chief Dilbagh Singh told NDTV....
UP Police challenges HC relief to Twitter India head
Uttar Pradesh Police on Tuesday approached the Supreme Court to challenge a Karnataka High Court order giving Twitter India head Manish Maheshwari temporary protection from arrest in connection with tweets about the assault of a Muslim man near Delhi. Last week the Karnataka High Court said UP Police could...
Case against Twitter India chief over incorrect map of India
Twitter India chief Manish Maheshwari has been named in an FIR in Uttar Pradesh over an incorrect map of India. This is the second FIR against Twitter this month in UP as troubles grow for the social media giant in the country. The distorted map – displayed in the...
Twitter drops incorrect India map
Twitter has dropped an incorrect map of India, which shows Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh as a separate country, from its website, amid calls for action against the social media platform. The map that appeared on the “Tweep Life” section of Twitter’s website shows J&K and Ladakh, outside...
Prashant Bhushan’s tweet on vaccines flagged as misleading
A tweet by activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan about vaccines has been flagged as “misleading” by Twitter, prompting the 64-year-old to double down on his stance against what he called “indiscriminate” vaccination. Attaching a news article about a case where a 45-year-old woman died 10 days after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine,...
Nirmala Sitharaman announces Covid economy boosters
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has made several announcements to boost the economy hit by the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. Here is a list of 8 major announcements by the finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman: – Finance Minister Sitharaman announced Rs 50,000 crore in the health sector for...
Dr Reddy’s launches Covid drug 2-DG, price capped at Rs900
Dr Reddy’s Laboratories today announced the commercial launch of 2-Deoxy-D-Glucose (2-DG) used to treat Covid patients, adding that the drug will be available across hospitals in metros and Tier 1 cities in the initial weeks. The drug, developed by DRDO and Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, has been found to help...
India successfully test fires Agni Prime
India successfully test-fired the nuclear-capable Agni Prime ballistic missile – a more advanced version of the Agni class of missiles – from a location off the Odisha coast on Monday morning. A statement by the Defence Research and Development Organisation, or DRDO, said the successful test – which began...
