June 2022
Talking can spread Covid as much as coughing, finds IISc study
New Delhi, 18/6: When a person sneezes or coughs, can they potentially transmit droplets carrying viruses like SARS-CoV-2 to others in their vicinity? Does talking to an infected person also carry an increased risk of infection? How do speech droplets or “aerosols” move in the air space between the people interacting? Answering all…
Agnipath stir: Rajnath Singh meets service chiefs in Delhi
New Delhi, 18/6: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday held a meeting with the top brass of the Army, Navy and the Air Force on the overall situation arising out of the rollout of the ‘Agnipath’ military recruitment scheme as protests against it intensified in several parts of the country. The meeting was…
CM Naveen Patnaik Leads Delegation to Italy, Dubai
Bhubaneswar, 18/5:Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik is leading a delegation on 20th June to visit Rome and Dubai. The World Food Program (WFP) has extended an invitation to Shri Patnaik to visit its Head Quarters in Rome and share the transformative initiatives of Odisha in the field of food security and disaster management. From…
Assam flood: Brahmaputra and eight other rivers flowing above danger level
Assam, 18/6:The Brahmaputra and eight other rivers were flowing above the danger level at various places in Assam as the flood situation in the state still remained grim on Saturday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi called up Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma at 6 am and took stock of the situation. Sarma said…
Police officer’s body found near Jammu & Kashmir’s Pampore town
J&K, 18/6:The body of a police officer was found on Saturday near Jammu and Kashmir’s Pampore town. Police sources said the body of sub-inspector, Farooq Ahmad Mir with a bullet mark near his heart was found in the paddy fields of Samboora village. “He was posted in 23 Battalion of IRP at…
MHA announces 10% reservation for Agniveers
New Delhi ,18/6::With protests breaking out across the country over the armed forces’s ‘Agnipath’ scheme, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) decided to reserve 10 per cent vacancies for recruitment in Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and Assam Rifles for ‘Agniveer’Apart from that the MHA also announced 3 years age relaxation beyond upper age limit…
Agnipath protest reaches Odisha
New Delhi, 17/7: Protests against the Centre’s ‘Agnipath’ recruitment scheme for the Armed forces spread from Bihar and Jharkhand to Odisha and West Bengal on Friday, with unhappy job aspirants coming out in large numbers torching and stopping trains and disrupting services across the eastern region. Besides targeting railway properties, the protestors attacked…
England break record for highest ODI total with 498 against Netherlands
Holland, 17/6: England hit a world record one-day international score of 498-4 against the Netherlands in Amstelveen on Friday, with three men scoring centuries in the run blitz. Eoin Morgan’s side beat their own mark of 481-6 set against Australia at Trent Bridge in 2018, in the first match of the three-game series….
Vijay Shekhar Sharma buys 1.7 lakh shares of Paytm worth Rs 11 crore
Mumbai, 17/6:Digital financial services firm One97 Communications’ Managing Director Vijay Shekhar Sharma has purchased 1.7 lakh shares of the company worth Rs 11 crore, according to a regulatory filing. The disclosures from the company, which operates under Paytm brand, show that Sharma bought the shares on May 30-31. On May 30, Sharma…