Malkangiri AO Bureau: 28/11 Two tribal youths from Malkangiri district have been selected for the International Sand Art Festival 2024. The Sand Art and Konark Classical Dance Festival organized by the Odisha Tourism Department is going to be held at Chandrabhaga in Konark. Similarly, competitors from 28 states of the country are participating in the…
Kolkata, 18/12: Congress MP and leader of the party in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should speak in Parliament over the security breach issue, criticising him for taking “four days” to react to the incident. Chowdhury also claimed that Modi broke his silence on the issue because of pressure…
New Delhi, 3/11: India’s drug regulator, CDSCO, approved the extension of Bharat Biotech’s coronavirus vaccine Covaxin to 12 months from the date of manufacture. Covaxin initially had a shelf life of six months when it first received emergency use approval in the country, which was later extended to nine months, a company spokeswoman told…
Colombo, 10/9: Pakistan skipper Babar Azam won the toss in their Asia Cup 2023 Super Four match against India and decided to bowl first. The previous match between the two rivals in the ongoing tournament was washed out due to rain. Since then, Pakistan have played one Super Four match, in which they defeated Bangladesh….
Washington, 16/4: China now faces tariffs up to 245 per cent on imports to the United States due to its retaliatory actions, the White House has said, as the trade war escalated between the world’s two largest economies. Separately in a post on Truth Social, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that China “just reneged…
Morena, 2/5: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday said her father inherited not wealth but “martyrdom” from his mother, former prime minister late Indira Gandhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had alleged last week that Rajiv Gandhi abolished inheritance tax after coming to power so that the wealth he had inherited from his mother…
Chandigarh, 23/6: A man shot dead his mother, daughter and pet dog before ending his life with his revolver in Punjab’s Barnala district, police said on Sunday. The incident happened at his residence in Ram Rajya colony on Saturday evening, they said
New Delhi, 12/6 (Ao Bureau)Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday chaired the 44th meeting of the GST Council via video conferencing. Describing the decision taken in it, he said that no change has been made in the GST on the corona vaccine. Let us tell you that at present 5 percent GST is levied…
Iran, 15/4: Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has said that Tehran will allow Indian authorities to meet 17 Indian crew members of a cargo vessel that was seized by the Iranian military near the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday. Amir-Abdollahian conveyed this to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar during a telephonic conversation on Sunday, according…
Rohit Sharma had almost decided to call it quits from Test cricket after India’s disastrous tour of Australia, but was convinced otherwise by well-wishers outside the team. According to a report in The Times of India, Rohit had decided to quit after the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne but was convinced otherwise. This development hasn’t…
