Defence

Budget 2021: Government may increase the Defence Budget

January 29, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: Current challenges for India at China and Pakistan borders may force the government to increase defence budget in 2021. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the budget 2021 on February 1.   The government of India had increased its Defence budget 6 percent last year which was around 15 percent of total budget. […]

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Education

Union Education Minister reviews implementation of New Education Policy- 2020

January 29, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ chaired a meeting on January 29 with the senior officials of the ministry to review the implementation of New Education Policy- 2020. Pokhriyal directed appointment of Nodal Persons in all the concerned ministries for coordinating the seamless implementation of the Policy. For all the 181 tasks identified […]

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Farmers’ agitation in Delhi: Amit Shah visits two hospitals to meet injured police officers  

January 28, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday visited two hospitals to meet police officers who got injured in farmers’ tractor rally on republic day. The home minister visited two Shushrut Trauma Centre and Teerath Ram Hospital to enquire about the health of the injured police personnel. Farmers had organized a tractor rally on […]

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Business

PM to address WEF’s Davos Dialogue on 28th January

January 27, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the World Economic Forum’s Davos Dialogue on 28th January, 2021 via video conferencing. More than 400 top industry leaders from across the globe will attend the session, wherein  the Prime Minister will be speaking on the Fourth Industrial Revolution – using technology for the good of humanity. […]

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India signs Strategic Partnership Agreement with International Energy Agency

January 27, 2021 Vinayak Barot

NEW DELHI: The Framework for Strategic Partnership between the International Energy Agency (IEA) members and the Government of India was signed on 27 January, 2021 to strengthen mutual trust and cooperation and enhance global energy security, stability and sustainability. This partnership will lead to an extensive exchange of knowledge and would be a stepping stone […]

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Clash between Indian and Chinese soldiers at Naku La in Sikkim border, 20 Chinese soldiers injured

January 25, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: Amid tension at India-China Ladakh border – Chinese soldiers had tried to cross the border at Sikkim and 20 PLA soldiers were injured by the Indian army. The official announcement on Monday said that Chinese soldiers had tried to cross the border three days ago and were challenged by Indian soldiers in Naku […]

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Border Dispute: China-India to hold ninth round of military talks on Sunday

January 23, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: India and China will hold another meeting at the border to reduce tension in eastern Ladakh on Sunday. The corps commander-level talks will be held at Moldo on the Chinese side of the Line of Actual Control (LAC). The meeting comes at the peak of winter when sub-zero temperatures have forced both sides […]

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Fire at Pune’s Serum Institute of India will hit the production of BCG, Rotavirus vaccine

January 22, 2021 Vinayak Barot

Pune: The Fire that broke out at Serum Institute of India (SII), Pune will hit the production of BCG, Rotavirus vaccine. Dr Cyrus Poonawalla, chairman and managing director of SII said “This was a new building at the Special Economic Zone campus at Manjri. It was on the verge of completion and the facility was […]

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CBI filed case against Cambridge analytica for using Indian Facebook users’ data illegally

January 22, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday filed the case against the UK based Cambridge Analytica company and Global Science Research Ltd for using data of the Indian Facebook users for commercial purposes. The officials said that “Global Science Research had created an app “this is your digital life” which was authorised […]

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Defence

India’s Hawk-i programme: HAL successfully test fires Smart Anti-Airfield Weapon

January 21, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) on Thursday test fired a small Smart Anti-Airfield Weapon (SAAW) successfully under the indigenous Hawk-i programme. A Smart Anti-Airfield Weapon fired from the aircraft of Odisha coast. HAL claimed the SAAW is the first smart weapon fired from an Indian Hawk. R Madhavan HAL CMD said that “HAL […]

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