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Adani Airport Holdings takes over Mumbai airport
Billionaire Gautam Adani-led Adani Airport Holdings took over the management control of the Mumbai International Airport from the GVK group to become the country’s largest airport infrastructure company. With the current take over, Adani Airport Holdings Limited – a wholly-owned subsidiary of the multinational conglomerate Adani Enterprises Limited, now...
Uttarakhand cancels Kanwar Yatra
Uttarakhand has cancelled this year’s Kanwar Yatra due to the Covid pandemic, news agency ANI reported today. The decision by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami’s government came amid concerns raised over the risk posed by such events in triggering a possible third wave of the pandemic. The Yatra had...
EU consumer group lodges complaint against WhatsApp
The European Consumer Organisation announced Monday it had lodged a complaint with the European Commission against Facebook’s attempt to modify the terms of service for the WhatsApp messenging service. The US tech titan has sought to nudge users of its messenger platform to accept new terms of service, but...
Retail inflation at 6.26% in June
India’s retail inflation tapered down slightly to 6.26 per cent in the month of June 2021, compared to the month-ago period, when it was at 6.30 per cent in May 2021. However it was still over and above the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) threshold of 6 per cent,...
Delhi runs out of Covishield, vaccine centres to remain closed
Several government-run vaccination centres in Delhi will be closed on Tuesday because the city has exhausted its Covishield COVID-19 vaccine stock, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Monday. Only 36,310 vaccine doses could be administered in Delhi till 10 pm on Monday as opposed to around 1.5 lakh...
IMA warns third wave imminent, says tourism, pilgrimage can wait
India’s top doctors’ body, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) today appealed to the Central and state governments to not let the guard down on the Covid front warning that a third wave was just around the corner. It expressed pain over complacency shown by authorities and the public in...
Rajinikanth confirms ‘no politics’ decision, dissolves party
Months after opting out of politics citing health worries, superstar Rajinikanth today stressed that he did not plan to change his mind and dissolved his outfit Rajini Makkal Mandram, effectively closing that chapter. “I have no plans of entering politics in future,” said Rajinikanth, 70, after meeting with...
Assam ‘encounter spree’: 20 shootings in 40 days
A Delhi-based advocate’s complaint has landed the Assam Police on the National Human Rights Commission’s (NHRC) radar over what he said was an “encounter spree” that began after Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s government took charge two months ago. Since June 1, more than 20 instances of encounters either...
Staff evacuated from India’s Kandahar consulate
Around 50 diplomats, and other staff members at the Kandahar consulate in Afghanistan have been evacuated by India in view of the Taliban fighters rapidly seizing control of a number of key areas in the region triggering security concerns, say sources. On Tuesday, the Indian embassy in Kabul said...
NIA probes terror funding across J&K
The National Investigation Agency is conducting multiple raids across Jammu and Kashmir in connection with a terror funding case. Officials of the premier investigation agency said that the search operations are taking place in connection with a case regarding the online radicalisation in the Indian subcontinent that was filed...
Modi, Shah credit Yogi’s policies For UP local poll win
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday credited Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s policies for the BJP’s win in Uttar Pradesh’s local elections. “In UP’s ‘block pramukh‘ elections, the BJP has emerged victorious. The big win is due to Yogi Adityanath government’s policies. All workers of the party deserve to be...
BJP claims ‘historic victory’ in violence-marred UP local polls
Sticks, stones, guns and bombs tarred local polls in Uttar Pradesh, where political developments have assumed heightened significance ahead of the all-important state elections early next year, as the ruling BJP claimed a “historic victory” on Saturday. Counting of votes for the 476 posts of block panchayat chiefs...
Assam to bring law against cheating for marriage
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said the state government will soon bring a law to check the menace of men marrying women by concealing their religious identity and other information and added that it will be “equal for Hindus and Muslims”. Stating that even a Hindu...
Second wave not yet over
The second wave of Covid, which caused an unprecedented number of infections in March-April, is not yet over, the government warned today, urging people to keep following precautions like avoiding crowds and wearing masks. “The war is not over yet,” said VK Paul, who heads the government’s Covid task...
WhatsApp tells court new privacy policy on hold
WhatsApp has informed the Delhi High Court that they have voluntarily put updated privacy policy on hold. Senior Advocate Harish Salve made the submission on behalf of WhatsApp before a Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh. “Government has asked to shut down the policy. We have said we will not enforce...
Kerala reports first Zika virus infection
Kerala, which has been reporting a surge in coronavirus cases, has officially confirmed its first case of Zika virus – a mosquito-borne viral infection. Samples of 13 persons, suspected to be positive for Zika virus, have been sent to the National Institute of Virology in Pune. The symptoms of...
Exits outweigh entries in Modi’s Cabinet overhaul
The jumbo recast of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cabinet appears to have been based as much on damage control as a look to the future in states where the BJP hopes to expand. The exits have made a bigger impact than the entries and the one that has had...
Facebook not answerable to law and order issues: Supreme Court
Facebook can’t be compelled to answer on the issues of law and order, which are looked after by the central government, the Supreme Court said today as it asked the social media giant to appear before the Delhi Assembly panel in 2020 riots probe. The Delhi Assembly committee has...
