New Delhi, 18/12: AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday announced healthcare scheme for senior citizens in Delhi, news agency PTI reported. Kejriwal said, “Today, I am announcing Sanjeevani Yojana for the senior citizens. In this, people above the age of 60 years will get free healthcare. We will introduce this scheme after Delhi Assembly…
Washington, 31/1: Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams has broken the record for total spacewalking time by a woman by logging 62 hours and 6 minutes of spacewalk. Williams and her colleague Butch Wilmore, who have been stranded on the International Space Station (ISS) since June 2024, conducted a spacewalk on Thursday.
Doha, 6/5: In a major achievement, Olympic champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra began his Diamond League title defence comfortably in the season-opening leg in Doha on Friday, with a world leading and fourth career-best effort which won him gold. The 25-year-old Chopra, who pocketed the 2022 Diamond League Final trophy in Switzerland last September,…
New Delhi, 17/8: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi targeted the Narendra Modi-led Union government on Monday over re-examination of the UGC-NET, demanding that the National Testing Agency’s (NTA) leadership be held accountable for it.Following the schedule released by NTA, in a post on his X handle, Rahul claimed that “this is no longer an education system….
Subarnapur, 30/7—- Subarnapur District Excise Mobile Unit and Birmaharajpur Excise Police Station conducted raids at Ulunda Police Station S. Patrapali and Birmaharajpur Police Station Raksa Chhak on Tuesday to prevent ganja smuggling. 4 people have been arrested in two separate cases. In both the incidents, 5 quintals of ganja, one pickup van and one car…
New Delhi, 19/1: Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar has been unable to meet Congress top leader Rahul Gandhi as the latter is busy with other engagements and his appointment with the leader of the Opposition yet to be confirmed The deputy CM is likely to return to Bengaluru on Monday. Shivakumar, who arrived in…
New Delhi, 20/6: Air India Ltd is considering ordering as many as 300 narrowbody jets, according to people familiar with the matter, in what could be one of the largest orders in commercial aviation history as the formerly state-run airline looks to overhaul its fleet under new ownership. The carrier may order Airbus SE’s…
Uttarakhand, 19/6(Ao Bureau)Due to heavy rains in all the hilly areas of the state, the rivers have become very difficult. According to the latest news, many low-lying areas of Srinagar and Pauri Garhwal have been submerged in water. In fact, due to the rapid rise in the water level of the Alaknanda river, the river…
Bhubaneswar: Taking a significant step toward improving visa services in Odisha, a tripartite agreement was signed today between the Home Department, the Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA), and VFS Global to establish a Visa Application Centre (VAC) at the Babasaheb Bhim Rao Ambedkar Bus Terminal (BSABT).The agreement was formalized by Soumendra Patra, Additional Secretary (Home); Manas Ranjan…
New Delhi, 14/2: A car entered the motorcade of West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose in New Delhi, triggering suspicion of sabotage, according to an official of the Raj Bhavan here. The car driver was detained and an FIR was lodged with the Delhi Police, the official said. “A case of sabotage is suspected. Delhi…
