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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...
Sanjay Raut meets Udhav, Sharad Pawar separately
Uddhav Thackeray with Sanjay Raut Raut held discussions with the CM at the latter’s official residence “Varsha” for nearly two hours before calling on Pawar at his residence, sources said. PTI Mumbai Last Updated:June 28, 2021, 23:36 IST FOLLOW US ON: Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut on...
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...
SAD-BSP alliance suffers setback as two BSP leaders exit
Ahead of assembly polls in Punjab, the BSP-SAD alliance suffered two major blows. While former Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) state president Rachhpal Raju was expelled by the party, BSP’s OBC wing president Sukhbir Singh Shalimar tendered his resignation, apparently unhappy with the seat-sharing arrangement. Raju is considered a mass...
Gupkar Alliance to review results of meeting with PM
The People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) an amalgam of six mainstream political parties in Jammu and Kashmir seeking the restoration of the special status of the erstwhile state will meet here on Tuesday to discuss the recently held all-party meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This will...
Gold-obsessed Indians now turning to cryptos
Latest World Gold Council data indicated Indian adults under age 34 have less appetite for gold. The cryptocurrency aficionados’ mantra that Bitcoin is equivalent to digital gold is winning converts among the world’s biggest holders of the precious metal. In India, where households own more than 25,000 tonnes of...
AstraZeneca tests booster vaccine for new Covid variants
AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford on Sunday began new trials to test a modified vaccine against the Beta variant, which first emerged in South Africa. The ‘booster’ vaccine’s trial will involve around 2,250 participants from Britain, South Africa, Brazil and Poland. They include people who have been fully...
Fire at AIIMS, patients moved to safety
A minor fire was reported at the main emergency and education room area of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi in the early hours of today. The fire was brought under control in an hour. No injury was reported in the incident. More details awaited....
Twitter’s Grievance Officer quits within days of appointment
Twitter’s new interim grievance redressal officer in the country, appointed earlier this month to follow India’s new rules for social networking websites, has resigned amid the company’s bitter feud with the government, NDTV has learnt. Twitter has been locked in a months-long clash with the BJP-led government at the...
IT panel summons Facebook, Google officers
Officials of Facebook and Google have been summoned by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology Tuesday to discuss the issue of safeguarding citizens’ rights and preventing the misuse of online platforms. The official agenda circulated among the members of the panel, which is headed by Congress MP Shashi...
Asaduddin Owaisi says his party to contest 100 seats in UP
Asaduddin Owaisi’s All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) on Sunday said that his party will field candidates on 100 seats in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections scheduled to be held next year. The Hyderabad-based AIMIM has also begun the selection process of candidates, said the party’s chief. Mr Owaisi also...
BSP to fight UP, Uttarakhand polls alone
The Bahujan Samaj Party will fight the upcoming Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand elections alone, party chief Mayawati said on Sunday amid reports of tie-ups. Mayawati’s clarification comes amid reports of BSP, former UP Cabinet Minister Om Prakash Rajbhar-led Suheldeo Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP) and Hyderabad-based All India Majlis-eIttehadul Muslimeen...
Modi asks people to overcome vaccination hesitancy
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today encouraged people to overcome vaccine hesitancy, underlining that even his nonagenarian mother has taken anti-Covid shots as he urged people not to believe in rumours relating to the vaccine. “I urge you all – trust science. Trust our scientists. So many people have...
Delta-Plus tested first Rajasthan woman was vaccinated
The first case of the Delta-plus variant of coronavirus in Rajasthan has been found in Bikaner. The sample of a woman who was tested positive for coronavirus was sent to the National Institute of Virology in Pune on May 30 for genome sequencing and her test report came on...
SIDBI scheme for MSMEs hit by Covid-19
In a bid to provide liquidity boost to COVID-19-hit small and medium scale industries, India’s principal financial institution for MSMEs – Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) has unveiled a revamped version of its liquidity scheme. SIDBI will work to provide liquidity support by urgent infusion of funds...
