In Bihar’s new Cabinet, RJD gets 16 berths, JD(U) 11

Patna, 16/8: The two-member ‘Mahagathbandhan’ government in Bihar comprising Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his deputy Tejashwi Prasad Yadav expanded its Cabinet to 31 on Tuesday. Tejashwi Yadav-helmed RJD bagged 16 berths in the Cabinet while Nitish’s party got 11.     Tej Pratap Yadav, RJD leader and brother of Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav, was…

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Joe Biden believes India-US relationship vital to global peace, economy

Washington DC, 16/8: US President Joe Biden believes that the India-US relationship is essential to global peace, stability and economic resilience, his top trade negotiator has said, noting that the two countries are now better placed to work on tough issuesPresident Biden believes that the relationship between our two great democracies is essential to global…

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Bilkis Bano case: All 11 life imprisonment convicts released under Gujarat government’s remission policy

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…

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Serum Institue of India’s Poonawalla expects Omicron-specific vaccine in 6 months

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.

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Indian Tricolour unfurled at the edge of space to mark 75 years of independence

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…

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75th Anniversary Of Independence Day Celebrated At INS Chilka 

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…

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