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Pushkar Singh Dhami to be youngest Uttarakhand CM
Dehradun: Pushkar Singh Dhami, the 45-year-old new Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, is the hill state’s youngest ever Chief Minister. Previously, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank became the youngest leader in the top job when he became Chief Minister at age 49. Dhami is a two-time BJP MLA who represents Khatima constituency...
New French probe into Rafale deal ‘gift’ to Reliance
IPA Webdesk A judicial probe into suspected corruption has been opened in France over the 7.8-billion-euro sale to India in 2016 of 36 Dassault-built Rafale fighter aircraft, French news website Mediapart reported. In this latest of a series of investigations about the secret dealings behind the contract, Mediapart revealed...
Impressive BJP show in UP local body polls
Lucknow: The BJP is surging ahead in the Uttar Pradesh local body elections, with a projection of winning over 60 seats in the zila panchayat chairperson election where 75 seats are at stake. Akhilesh Yadav’s Samajwadi Party, which was expected to make a big show, is forecast to win only...
Pushkar Singh Dhami to be new Uttarakhand CM
Pushkar Singh Dhami was today chosen by the Uttarakhand BJP legislative party to be the eleventh Chief Minister of the state. The change of guard came a day after Tirat Singh Rawat resigned from the post amid infighting and fading chances of his getting elected to the state Legislative...
Shashi Tharoor discovers Modi doing ‘pogonotrophy’
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, known for his penchant for rarely used English words, sent the Twitterati running for their dictionaries on Friday with another head scratcher — pogonotrophy. Mr Tharoor said he learnt of the new word pogonotrophy, which means the growing or cultivation of a beard, from a...
Modi Cabinet expansion in a couple of days
IPA Webdesk Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s much-awaited cabinet expansion is likely to take place in a couple of days and his selection of names is seen greatly influenced by the polls in five states next year and the 2024 national election. This is the first cabinet expansion in his...
TMC links fake vaccination scam with Governor
Kolkata: In a new twist to its running battle with the West Bengal governor, the Trinamool Congress has trained its guns on him afresh with ammunition linked to the fake vaccination scam in Kolkata. Trinamool Rajya Sabha MP Sukhendu Shekhar Roy on Thursday displayed two photographs at a news conference...
J&J says its vaccine effective against Delta variant
Johnson & Johnson said that its single-shot coronavirus vaccine neutralizes the fast-spreading delta variant and provides durable protection against infection more broadly. The company said in a statement Thursday that recipients of its vaccine produced strong neutralizing antibodies over the course of at least eight months against all variants...
Near-stampede at MP vaccination centre
Bhopal: A vaccination centre in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara district saw a stampede-like situation yesterday as people turned out in large numbers for vaccination. As soon as the centre opened for the day at Sausar, scores of people from various age groups were seen rushing in, apparently to reserve...
Terror-accused Kashmir man found innocent after 11 years in jail
A Kashmiri man arrested on terror charges, was released last week after he was found innocent by the Additional Sessions Judge of Anand District Court but it took 11 years to establish his innocence. He is one of many in the country who have spent years in jail on...
Nirav Modi’s sister turns approver, pays Rs 17 crores to ED
IPA Webdesk New Delhi: Nirav Modi’s sister Purvi Modi has turned approver in the Punajb National Bank fraud case and paid Rs 17.5 crore from her London bank account, officials disclosed. Purvi Modi and her husband Maiank Mehta were “granted pardon” in Rs 13,500 crore bank fraud after...
Heat wave warning for North India over next two days
New Delhi: Due to likely dry westerly winds from Pakistan to northwest India at lower levels, heat wave conditions would be felt in some pockets over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, north Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and north West Madhya Pradesh during the next two days, said the weather office. For...
7 EU nations, Switzerland approve Covishield
New Delhi: Seven European Union countries – Austria, Germany, Slovenia, Greece, Iceland, Ireland and Spain – and Switzerland have cleared the Serum Institute of Indi’s Covishield amid travel pass row, sources have said. On Monday, the Serum Institute of India’s Adar Poonawalla had tweeted: “I realise that a lot...
Polls no guarantee against tyranny of elected, says Chief Justice
New Delhi: Elections every few years to change the ruler need not be a guarantee against tyranny of those elected, Chief Justice of India NV Ramana said at a function in New Delhi on Wednesday. The CJI underscored that “criticisms and voicing of protests is integral to the democratic...
Delta variant seen as greatest threat to US Covid fight
Washington: The highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus is the “greatest threat” to America’s attempt to eradicate the Covid pandemic, the country’s leading infectious disease expert and White House Chief Medical Advisor Dr Anthony Fauci has warned. The variant, which was first detected in India, is more contagious...
Modi tells ministers to lead by example in Covid protocols
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asked his Council of Ministers to lead by example by strictly following COVID-19 safety rules. He asked the ministers to ensure an atmosphere by their actions where people would to stick to safety measures and do not hesitate to get vaccinated. Underlining that the...
Sidhu meets Rahul Gandhi In Delhi
Punjab Congress leader Navjot Sidhu, whose longstanding feud with Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has contributed hugely to the crisis in the party’s state unit, met Rahul Gandhi at his home in Delhi today. The meeting took place just a day after the former Congress chief declared that he...
Mamata launches student credit card for loans upto Rs10 lakh
Kolkata: Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced the launch of a credit card for students with a limit of Rs 10 lakh today, meeting one of her key pre-election promises. A student who has lived in Bengal for 10 years will be eligible for the card which can be...
