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PM pays tributes to Netaji on eve of birth anniversary

7:19 pm January 22, 2021

New Delhi: A day ahead of Subhas Chandra Bose’s 125th birth anniversary, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday paid rich tributes to the preeminent freedom fighter and wished his thoughts and ideals inspire a strong, confident and self-reliant India that he would be proud of. In a series of tweets, Modi recalled the association of […]

Amazon offers assist with US COVID-19 vaccine distribution

8:22 pm January 21, 2021

Seattle: Amazon is offering its colossal operations network and advanced technologies to assist President Joe Biden in his vow to get 100 million COVID-19 vaccinations to Americans in his first 100 days in office. “We are prepared to leverage our operations, information technology, and communications capabilities and expertise to assist your administration’s vaccination efforts,” wrote the CEO of Amazon’s Worldwide […]

Biden’s declaration: America’s democracy ‘is rising anew’

Biden puts forth virus strategy, requires mask use to travel

8:12 pm January 21, 2021

Washington: As the US enters “what may well be the toughest and deadliest period of the virus,” President Joe Biden is putting forth a national COVID-19 strategy to ramp up vaccinations and testing, reopen schools and businesses and increase the use of masks – including a requirement that they be worn for travel. Biden also will address […]

PM to launch programme to allot ‘patta’ to over 1 lakh indigenous people in Assam

4:09 pm January 21, 2021

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday will launch a special programme of the Assam government to distribute land ‘patta’ or land allotment certificates to over one lakh landless indigenous people. This is for the first time since independence that such a large number of people will be given ‘patta’ in Assam in one go. ”The prime minister will formally […]

President Biden sends comprehensive immigration reform bill to Congress on day one in White House

3:40 pm January 21, 2021

Washington: US President Joe Biden on the day one of his presidency sent a comprehensive immigration bill to Congress which proposes major overhauls to the system, including granting legal status and a path to citizenship to tens of thousands of undocumented immigrants and other groups and reduce the time that family members must wait outside the US for green […]