Day: February 3, 2021

India can now create Aatmanirbhar secured internet

9:00 pm February 3, 2021

New Delhi: With over 50 per cent share in next generation IP addresses, India now has the potential to create its own secured internet by setting up a root server locally for less than Rs 10 crore, according to state-run ITI and industry platform IPv6 Forum. The DoT had released the first and second roadmap to roll out IPv6 […]

Biden, Yellen say GOP virus aid too small, Democrats push on

8:55 pm February 3, 2021

Washington: President Joe Biden panned a Republican alternative to his $1.9 trillion COVID rescue plan as insufficient as Senate Democrats pushed ahead, voting to launch a process that could approve his sweeping rescue package on their own, if Republicans refuse to support it. Biden and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen joined the Democratic senators for a private virtual meeting Tuesday, both declaring the […]

BKU leader Rakesh Tikait to address Kisan Mahapanchayat in Jaipur

Farmers’ protest: Tikait holds show of strength, warns govt of ‘gaddi wapsi’ demand

8:48 pm February 3, 2021

Jind: In a show of strength by protesting farmers, Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Wednesday addressed a massive rally and warned the government it could find it difficult to stay on in power if the new agri-marketing laws are not repealed. Just before Tikait was to begin his speech at the ”mahapanchayat” in Kandela village, the makeshift stage on which the […]

Thai protest leader on hunger strike given IV drip in prison

Jail warden caught with ganja packets, dismissed from service

8:42 pm February 3, 2021

Hazaribagh: A jail warden in Jharkhand‘s Hazaribagh district was suspended from service for allegedly trying to supply ganja to prison inmates, a senior official said on Wednesday. Yugeshwar Dubey, the warden of Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Central Jail, was caught with five packets of ganja tucked under his belt on prison premises on Tuesday, […]

NIA arrests key accused in killing case of 4 cops in Jharkhand

8:36 pm February 3, 2021

Ranchi: The NIA on Wednesday arrested a person for his alleged involvement in a murder case in which four police personnel were killed and their arms looted by the cadres of the outlawed CPI (Maoist) terrorist organisation in Jharkhand’s Latehar, an official said. Mrityunjay Kumar Singh (34), of Jharkhand’s Latehar district who is believed to have a close nexus with […]