Gujarat, 15/8: All the eleven convicts sentenced to life imprisonment in the 2002 post-Godhra Bilkis Bano gang rape case on Monday walked out of the Godhra sub-jail after the Gujarat government allowed their release under its remission policy, an official said. A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Mumbai on January…
Pune, 15/8: Serum Institute of India’s (SII) Chief Executive Officer Adar Poonawalla said he expects an Omicron-specific vaccine in the country in six months, SII, the world’s biggest vaccine maker, produces AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine under the brand name Covishield. SII did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
New Delhi, 15/8: The Indian Tricolour was unfurled at the edge of space at an altitude of nearly 30 km by a BalloonSAT launched by an organisation promoting awareness about space sciences in the country. SpaceKidz, the Chennai-based organisation, shared a video on its social media platforms of the Indian Tricolour fluttering away…
Chilika, 15/8: INS Chilka, the Indian Navy’s premier training establishment, celebrated the 75th Anniversary of Independence Day with excitement and patriotic fervour as a part of the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav. Cmde NP Pradeep, Naval Officer-in-Charge (Odisha) and Commanding Officer, INS Chilka laid a wreath at War Memorial, prior to review of the ceremonial…
Bangalore, 15/8: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday said he is “proud to be committed” to the ideology of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) even as he defended his government’s Independence Day advertisement that sidelines Jawaharlal Nehru. “Someone said Bommai is slave of RSS. I say I’ve bowed down to that ideology, principle…
Mumbai, 15/8: Indian ride-hailing firm Ola Electric plans to start producing electric cars in India in 2024 with a range of up to 500 km (310 miles), Chief Executive Bhavish Aggarwal said on Monday. Ola, which is backed by Japan’s Softbank Group and currently makes e-scooters, did not give an investment figure or…
Minneapolis, 15/8: In a pride moment for Odisha , representing Odisha during the celebration of 75th Independence Day of India in Minneapolis, US (known as IndiaFest). The team performed famous sambalpuri folk dance based on Dalkhai song. This dance is a group dance accompanied with a song which adores ‘Goddess Dalkhai Devi – a physical…
New Delhi, 15/8: Indiawill hand over a Dornier maritime surveillance aircraft to Sri Lanka Navy on Monday at a ceremony here which will be attended by President Ranil Wickremesinghe. Vice Chief of Indian Navy Vice Admiral S N Ghormade, who is on a two-day visit to the country, accompanied by Indian High Commissioner in…
New Delhi, 15/8: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday alleged that a “self-obsessed” government is hell-bent on “trivialising” the sacrifices of freedom fighters and the party will strongly oppose such attempts made for political gains. Gandhi’s attack came a day after the BJP released a video narrating its version of events that led to…
New Delhi, 15/8: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the completion of 75 years of Independence was a time to step towards a new direction with a new resolve and called India the ‘mother of democracy’. Addressing the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort for the ninth consecutive time, Modi…
