UK, 7/7: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to resign on Thursday, with his office saying he will make a statement to the country. “Boris Johnson will resign as Conservative Party leader today,” BBC Political Editor Chris Mason said on Twitter. Johnson had been hanging onto power despite the resignation of…
New Delhi, 7/7:A new sub-lineage BA.2.75 of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus has been detected in countries like India and the World Health Organisation is following this, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. “On Covid-19, globally reported cases have increased nearly 30 per cent over the past two weeks. Four out of six of the…
Washington DC, 7/7:Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk and Shivon Zilis, a top executive at his brain-chip startup Neuralink, had twins in November of 2021, Business Insider reported on Wednesday. In April, Musk and Zilis filed a petition to change the name of the twins to “have their father’s last name” and contain…
New Delhi,7/7:The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair’s bail petition tomorrow (July 8). A case was filed against him over a 2018 tweet in which allegedly called Hindu seers as ‘hate mongers’. He has challenged the Allahabad High Court’s order refusing to quash the FIR registered…
New Delhi, 7/7:A day before their Rajya Sabha terms were coming to an end, Union Minister for Minority Affairs and BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and Union Steel Minister and JD(U) leader Ram Chandra Prasad Singh tendered their resignations to the prime minister. While there is no official word, there is speculation that Naqvi could…
Patna, 7/7:RJD president Lalu Prasad was admitted to the premier AIIMS in Delhi Wednesday night after being airlifted from a Patna hospital where he underwent initial treatment for multiple fractures suffered due to a fall, party sources said. The 74-year-old former Bihar chief minister was accompanied by a team of doctors and his eldest daughter…
New Delhi, 6/7:President Ram Nath Kovind accepted the resignations of Union ministers Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and Ram Chandra Prasad Singh with immediate effect, according to a Rashtrapati Bhavan statement on Wednesday. Minority Affairs Minister Naqvi and Steel Minister Singh submitted their resignations to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, a day before the…
Mumbai, 6/7:Legendary athlete P T Usha and music maestro Ilaiyaraaja were among prominent personalities nominated to Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. Philanthropist and administrator of the Dharmasthala temple Veerendra Heggade and noted screen writer V Vijayendra Prasad were also nominated to the Upper House of Parliament. “The remarkable PT Usha Ji is an inspiration for…
New Delhi, 6/7: Union ministers Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and R C P Singh submitted their resignations to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, a day before the completion of their Rajya Sabha term, sources said. Earlier in the day, Modi had lauded both Naqvi and Singh during the cabinet meeting for their contribution to the…
Mumbai, 6/7: Shikhar Dhawan was on Wednesday named India captain for the three-match ODI series against the West Indies, beginning on July 22 in Port of Spain, Trinidad. Regular skipper Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya and Rishabh Pant have been rested for the series. The senior selection committee of the BCCI…
