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10 Killed, Over 150 Missing in Glacier Burst in Uttarakhand

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Feb 7: At least 10 people are killed and another about 150 reported missing in a flash flood in Rishiganga river following a glacial burst in Raini area near Joshimath that hit the Rishiganga dam in Chamoli district in Uttarakhand on Sunday morning. The worst-hit was the 13.2 MW capacity Rishiganga […]

“Thunberg ‘Toolkit’ Has Revealed a Lot:” Jaishankar

NEW DELHI, Feb 6: Two days after Delhi Police claimed to have found a Khalistani link to the toolkit shared by Sweden’s teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday that the document had “revealed a lot” and the government was waiting to see what more come out of it […]

SAARC Diary: Bangladesh Film Festival in Kolkata

KOLKATA, Feb 6: The Third Bangladesh Film Festival 2021 opened in Kolkata on Friday with the inauguration by the Bangladesh Information Minister Hasan Mahmud in the presence of Indian foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla and West Bengal minister for science and technology Bratya Basu. The 5-day long Festival will be showcasing 32 Bangladeshi feature films. […]

Farmers “Chakka Jaam” Protest Ends Peacefully, “Government given ‘Time’ Till October 2 to Decide:” Tikait

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Feb 6: The three hour-long “Chakka Jaam” the call for which was given by the agitating farmers unions ended with only partial success but totally peacefully on Saturday.  Though several national and state highways were blocked by the agitators hampering traffic, no untoward incident was reported from any part of the […]

“India – China Military Level Disengagement Talks to Continue:” Jaishankar

NEW DELHI, Feb 6: External affairs minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday that military level talks between India and China over disengagement of troops had “made some progress” and the two countries would continue the parleys in future as well. Speaking to media persons in Vijaywada, Jaishankar said the military level talks were complex matters […]

Successful Completion of India – ASEAN Hackathon

NEW DELHI, Feb 5: The Union Ministry of Education in cooperation with the Ministry of External Affairs arranged a four-day India-ASEAN (The Association of South-East Asian Nations) Hackathon from 1-4 February 2021. The Hackathon implemented by The All-India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) with the help of nodal agencies from all ten ASEAN countries including […]

Pfizer Withdraws Application for Emergency Use of Its Vaccine in India

NEW DELHI, Feb 5: Pfizer for the time being has decided to withdraw its application for emergency use approval of its Corona vaccine in India after the country’s drug regulator sought more data and information on its vaccine being manufactured along with the German biotechnology company BioNTech. Pfizer was the first company to apply for […]

4G Internet Services Restored in J&K

NEW DELHI, Feb 5: After 18 months of shutdown, the 4G mobile internet services will be restored in Jammu and Kashmir, its Principal Secretary of Power and Information Rohit Kansal said. “4G mobile internet services being restored in entire J&K,” Kansal said in a tweet. The 4G internet services were shut down in the UT […]

Tomar Accuses Congress of Indulging in “Khoon ki Kheti”

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Feb 5: In a reminiscent of the Congress leader Sonia Gandhi terming the then Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi “Maut ka Saudagar” that virtually turned the 2007 state Assembly elections on its head, the union agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Friday accused the Congress of indulging in “Khoon ki Kheti” […]

Indo – Nepal Road Bridges Reopen in Pithoragarh

NEW DELHI, Feb 5: India – Nepal border bridges closed in the aftermath of the Covid-19 induced lockdown have been reopened. The Pithoragarh district administration on Friday ordered the opening of all five bridges on the Indo-Nepal border on a daily basis. The order has been issued after the Uttarakhand government permitted the administration to […]
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