Day: December 25, 2020

PM Modi greets nation on Gita Jayanti

9:43 pm December 25, 2020

New Delhi: Greeting the nation on Gita Jayanti, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the epic’s noble ideals motivate people to live life to the fullest potential and be compassionate. It is believed that Lord Krishna revealed the sacred Bhagavad Gita to warrior Arjuna on this day of the Hindu calendar. ”The noble ideals enshrined in the Srimad Bhagavad Geeta have radiated across the world. […]

Pope on Christmas: Vaccines for all; needy, vulnerable first

7:10 pm December 25, 2020

Vatican City: Pope Francis made a Christmas Day plea for authorities to make COVID-19 vaccines available to all, insisting that the first in line should be the most vulnerable and needy, regardless of who holds the patents for the shots. “Vaccines for everybody, especially for the most vulnerable and needy,” who should be first in line, Francis said in […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Pop-up ‘gol gappa langar’ at Singhu – courtesy firemen from Sirsa

7:03 pm December 25, 2020

New Delhi: The child they saw wanted ‘gol gappas’, the vendor had barely made any money with people preferring to eat at ‘langars’ so fireman Surender Kamboj and his friends decided on a Christmas win-win for all — they bought up the entire stock and distributed it free to those protesting at the Singhu border. The pop-up ‘gol gappa […]

Vehicles without FASTag to pay double toll fee from Monday midnight

User fee collection through FASTag crosses Rs 80 cr per day with record 50 lakh transactions: NHAI

6:58 pm December 25, 2020

New Delhi: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on Friday said the electronic toll collection through FASTag has crossed Rs 80 crore a day with record 50 lakh transactions per day. Over 2.20 crore FASTag has been issued so far. ”The toll collection through FASTag first time crossed Rs 80 crore per day on December 24, 2020, with record 50 lakh FASTag transactions per […]

British army helps clear backlog of virus-stranded drivers

6:52 pm December 25, 2020

London: Around 1,000 British soldiers were spending Christmas Day trying to clear a huge backlog of truck drivers stuck in southeast England after France briefly closed its border to the UK then demanded coronavirus tests from all amid fears of a new, apparently more contagious, virus variant. Even as 4,000 international truck drivers spent yet another day cooped up […]