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Toolkit issue: Rahul Gandhi says ‘truth remains unafraid’

11:44 am May 25, 2021

New Delhi: ”Truth remains unafraid,” Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Tuesday after the Delhi Police sent a notice to Twitter India in connection with the probe into a complaint about the alleged ‘COVID toolkit’. After two police teams descended on Twitter’s offices in Delhi and Gurgaon, the Congress on Monday had alleged that the ”cowardly raid” on the microblogging site’s offices by the Delhi Police ”exposes lame duck attempts” […]

Virgin Galactic rocket ship ascends from New Mexico

11:59 pm May 22, 2021

Santafe: Virgin Galactic on Saturday made its first rocket-powered flight from New Mexico to the fringe of space in a manned shuttle, as the company forges toward offering tourist flights to the edge of the Earth’s atmosphere. Virgin Galactic announced the firing of VSS Unity’s rocket motor to hurtle the ship and two pilots toward space. A live feed […]

Rahul Gandhi accuses PM of shedding crocodile tears on Covid deaths

11:46 pm May 22, 2021

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said a crying prime minister is the government of India’s response to ”the highest Covid deaths” in the country, devoid of vaccines and having the lowest GDP. Gandhi made the frontal attack against Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the grim pandemic situation in the country, leading two other senior Congress leaders, P Chidambaram and Jairam Ramesh, too to […]

BJP councillor complains to GDA against builder for not constructing hospital

11:29 pm May 14, 2021

Ghaziabad: BJP councillor here complained to the vice-chairman of the Ghaziabad Development Authority against a builder for not constructing a hospital, for which 2,200-metre area was allotted. Councillor Abhinav Jain from Vaibhav Khand of Indira Puram also tagged his complaint to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Twitter, demanding action against the builder. Jain in his complaint said in 2001, a memorandum of […]

COVID: AstraZeneca pledges USD 250,000 as humanitarian aid to India

11:59 pm May 11, 2021

New Delhi: Drug major AstraZeneca on Tuesday said it has pledged USD 250,000 (over Rs 1.8 crore) in humanitarian aid to India to support relief activities amid the second wave of COVID-19 sweeping across the country. The aid to India is part of the USD 1 million which the British-Swedish multinational has earmarked for relief initiatives across communities which have been […]