New Delhi, 6/4: The Union Home Ministry on Thursday recommended a CBI probe into the affairs of Oxfam India for alleged violation of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010, sources said. The home ministry found that Oxfam India continued to transfer foreign contributions to various entities even after registering under the FCRA, which prohibits such…
Washington DC,12/3: Four crew members aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule splashed down off Florida’s Gulf coast on Saturday, returning safely from a five-month science mission on the International Space Station. The SpaceX capsule, dubbed Endurance, parachuted into waters off the coast of Tampa just after 9 pm EST (7:30 am) carrying two…
Bhubaneswar, 8/2 (AO Bureau): The number of Coronavirus cases is kept on increasing day by day in Odisha. 72 more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Odisha in the last 24 hours. The Coronavirus cases tally reached 3,35,692. One patient died because of Coronavirus. The Corona positive cases have been detected in 19 districts. 44 …
New Delhi: Delhi on Wednesday experienced further dip in the temperature and a thin layer of fog covered parts of the city. At 5.30 am, 5.6 degrees Celsius was recorded at the city.As temperature continues to remain in the single digit in the national capital more homeless people have taken refuge in the night shelters. At…
New Delhi, 15/10: India’s ranking slipped in the 2022 Global Hunger Index with the nation being ranked 107th out of 121 countries. The report, prepared jointly by Irish aid agency Concern Worldwide and German organisation Welt Hunger Hilfe, scored India of 29.1, terming the level of hunger “serious”. In 2021, GHI had…
New Delhi, 11/1(AO Bureau): Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi spoke to the opposition leaders on Monday to chalk out a common strategy on agricultural bill. Before the Parliament session, all parties can meet to formulate a strategy for the opposition. The budget session of Parliament will start from 29 January. The budget session will be…
New Delhi, 29/7 (AO Bureau):Political discussions have been intensifying for the past several days on the possibilities of election strategist Prashant Kishor joining the Congress. Recently, these speculations have gained a lot of strength after Prashant Kishor met Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi and former party president Rahul Gandhi. However, he has been seen putting…
Mumbai, 25/4:Walt Disney Co. and Reliance Industries Ltd. have signed a binding pact to merge their media operations in India, according to people familiar with the matter, as the US entertainment giant recasts its strategy amid intense competition in the world’smost-populous country. The media unit of Reliance, controlled by billionaire Mukesh Ambani, and its affiliates…
Guwahati, 29/6:After signs of improvement, the flood situation worsened in parts of Assam on Wednesday following heavy rains in the past 24 hours. Many new areas in North Assam districts like Sonitpur, Biswanath, Dhemaji, Lakhimpur and Majuli were inundated on Tuesday following heavy rains not only in Assam but in neighbouring Arunachal Pradesh…
New Delhi: The Southwest Monsoon has advanced and is likely to hit parts of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and the Andaman Sea on May 13, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) estimated. The monsoon normally advances around June 1 to Kerala and further heads northwards, usually in surges, and covers the entire country by around July 15,…
