Day: January 28, 2021

President arrives in Odisha on a 3-day visit

BJP slams opposition parties for decision to boycott President’s address to Parliament

10:17 pm January 28, 2021

New Delhi: Slamming opposition parties for their decision to boycott the President’s address to Parliament, the BJP on Thursday accused them of ”constitutional and moral bankruptcy”. BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia said if these parties think that the Modi government will backtrack from its support to three farm laws due to their collective pressure, then they should know that they lack […]

WHO report on Wuhan virus mission expected soon

WHO Europe: Vaccine production delays are a real issue

10:13 pm January 28, 2021

Geneva : National tensions are erupting over slow coronavirus vaccine rollouts but production delay issues are real and world leaders must realize that “no one is safe until everyone is safe,” the European chief for the World Health Organization said Thursday. Dr Hans Kluge said international solidarity in the fight against the virus that has already killed 2.1 million […]

UPSC declares results of civil services main exam

SC questions Centre on not giving another chance to civil services aspirants making last attempt during COVID-19

9:58 pm January 28, 2021

New Delhi : The Supreme Court Thursday questioned the Centre for filing an affidavit without specifying at whose level the decision was taken for not granting one more opportunity to UPSC civil services aspirants who could not appear in their last attempt in 2020 exam due to COVID-19 pandemic. A bench headed by Justice A M Khanwilkar expressed displeasure […]

Woman jumps in front of train with nine-month-old son

Four of a family commit suicide over financial reasons

9:50 pm January 28, 2021

Belagavi (K’taka): In a suicide pact, four members of a family allegedly ended their lives by lying on the railway track ahead of the arrival of a train between Raibag and Miraj railway stations about 130 km from here, Railway police said. The deceased have been identified as Satappa Sutar (60), his wife Mahadevi (50) […]

ED initiates FEMA probe against Amazon

9:42 pm January 28, 2021

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has initiated a probe against e-commerce giant Amazon for alleged violation of the foreign exchange law and rules of the country, official sources said on Thursday. The probe is being conducted under various sections of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) after the central probe agency recently received a […]