Taiwan, 8/2: Taiwan’s defence ministry said eight Chinese warships and 42 fighter jets were detected around the island on Saturday, as China announced three days of military drills. The ministry said the incursion included 29 jets that crossed into Taiwan’s southwestern air defence identification zone (ADIZ), the highest number in a single day…
Washington DC, 8/4: Millions of lives could be saved by a groundbreaking set of new vaccines for a range of conditions including cancer, experts have said. A leading pharmaceutical firm said it is confident that jabs for cancer, cardiovascular and autoimmune diseases, and other conditions will be ready by 2030, the Guardian reported….
Tezpur, 8/4: President Droupadi Murmu made her maiden sortie in a Sukhoi 30 MKI fighter aircraft on Saturday at the Tezpur Air Station in Assam. The President boarded the aircraft at 11 am and took off from Tezpur Air Force Station for the historic sortie minutes later. The aircraft landed at the airforce…
Mysuru, 8/4: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release the latest tiger census data at a mega event to mark the completion of 50 years of ‘Project Tiger’ in Mysuru on Sunday. He will also release the government’s vision for tiger conservation during ‘Amrit Kaal’, and also launch the International Big Cats Alliance (IBCA). …
Bhubaneswar, 7/4: In a continuing effort to be the country’s leading investment destination, a high-level delegation led by Shri Naveen Patnaik, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Odisha, continued its deep foray into hard selling Odisha to a plethora of Business Delegations in Tokyo – Japan for the third day. Taking the momentum forward on the early…
New Delhi, 7/4: Australian great Ricky Ponting feels Suryakumar Yadav has the ability to “win” the ODI World Cup for India and the selectors should stick to him despite his woeful run in the format. The T20 batting sensation is yet to recreate his magic in the 50-over format, and in the recent…
Mumbai, 7/4: NCP supremo Sharad Pawar on Friday surprised his colleagues in the Opposition with a spirited defence of the Adani Group through an interview in a news channel owned by the conglomerate and stopped short of ridiculing the demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into it. Pawar, whose party has…
Mumbai, 7/4: After getting an upgraded security cover and a gun licence in the wake of repeated threats from the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, Bollywood star Salman Khan has acquired a new state-of-the-art bulletproof SUV giving an additional layer of protection. The Lawrence Bishnoi gang had been issuing threats to Salman and his father Salim Khan,…
Jharsuguda, 7/4: In a major development, Biju Janata Dal has announced block and municipality observer for Jharsuguda by election.
Washington DC, 7/4: Coolio, the US rapper best known for the 1995 hit “Gangsta’s Paradise”, died last year from an accidental fentanyl overdose, the Los Angeles County Coroner said on Thursday. The Grammy-winning musician, whose real name was Artis Leon Ivey Jr, died in September 2022 at a friend’s house in Los Angeles….
