Chandigarh, 10/2: A cache of arms and narcotics allegedly dropped by a Pakistani drone along the international border in Punjab has been recovered by the Border Security Force (BSF) on Friday, an official said. Troops fired at the drone that came inside Indian territory on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday in the area…
Bhubaneswar :The Department of Health and Family welfare, Government of Odisha, will organize a Mass Drug Administration (MDA) from February 10, 2023 for elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) in 10 endemic districts of the state. To this end, a state level media sensitization workshop was organized in Bhubaneswar by the Health department in collaboration with Global…
Kolkata, 9/2: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday stated that it had a specific input concerning one “highly influential political person” who was attempting to launder money. This prompted a search action at one premises in Kolkata, from where Rs 1.4 crore cash was seized. A specific intelligence input was gathered that one highly influential…
New Delhi, 09/2: India will phase out monoculture plantation and upgrade its afforestation and forest restoration methodology by incorporating better practices followed in the G20 countries, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) said on Thursday. Addressing the media on the sidelines of the first meeting of the G20’s Environment and Climate…
New Delhi, 9/2: As Prime Minister Narendra Modi began his reply to the Motion of Thanks on President’s Address in Rajya Sabha, Opposition MPs stormed to the Well of the House and chanted slogans. Reacting to the sloganeering by Opposition MPs, PM Modi said, “The more you throw ‘keechad’, the more lotus will bloom.” BJP…
Washington DC, 9/2: Google on Wednesday announced a slew of features powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI), but a mistake in an ad caused its share price to tank. The search engine giant is rushing into the space after the bot ChatGPT caught the imagination of web users around the world with its ability to generate…
New Delhi,,8/2: Uber on Wednesday set its sights on delivering profits this year after rounding off 2022 with blow-out earnings as a surge in demand for airport and office rides helped the company rebound from pandemic lows. Chief Executive Officer Dara Khosrowshahi said the company was now focused on achieving profitability on a GAAP…
New Delhi,8/2: The Railways has earned more than Rs 600 crore through convenience fee, which it retains from passengers on the cancellation of a ticket, so far in 2022-23, Parliament was informed on Wednesday. In a written reply in Lok Sabha, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the cancellation or clerkage charge is levied on cancellation…
Mumbai, 8/2: The eight-month-old Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis government will table its maiden budget on March 9 to chart the course for rapid development of Maharashtra and transformation of urban centres like Mumbai in the run-up to the Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha polls in 2024. The Budget session of the Maharashtra Legislature will be…
UK, 8/2: Britain vowed Wednesday to support Ukraine to ensure military victory this year, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in London on a rare foreign visit just weeks before the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion. Zelenskyy, dressed in his usual green fatigues, held talks with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and is due to…
