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#BoycottManekaGandhi: Vets protests against BJP leader

New Delhi: The Indian Veterinary Association (IVA) has protested against animal rights activist, former Union Minister and BJP leader Maneka Gandhi for her alleged misbehaviour with a veterinary doctor. In an audio clip doing the rounds on social media, Gandhi is allegedly heard abusing a veterinary doctor over the amputated leg of a dog. Trending […]

World Olympic Day: Modi praises Indians’ sports spirit

New Delhi: Amid looming uncertainties over whether the expected fourth wave of Covid-19 would impact the Tokyo Olympic Games, scheduled to start next month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the nation is proud of the contribution of sportspersons representing the country in the Olympic Games. On the occasion of World Olympic Day, in […]

Economy’s mood: Now, Moody’s slashes India’s growth at 9.6% in 2021

Virendra Pandit  New Delhi: The rating agencies’ race to ‘correctly’ predict India’s economic growth, after the waned second Covid-19 wave, continues. On Wednesday, it was the turn of Moody’s which pegged the economic growth in 2021 at 9.6 percent. Moody’s Investors Service slashed India’s growth projection from its earlier peak projection of 13.9 percent to […]

Financial offenders: ED transfers part of assets worth Rs.9,341 cr to PSBs

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: In order to put pressure overseas for early extradition of alleged financial offenders Mehul Choksi from Antigua and Barbuda and Nirav Modi and Vijay Mallaya from the United Kingdom to face justice in India, the Centre has transferred part of confiscated assets, worth Rs.8,441 crore, to the state-run banks they […]

Sri Lanka celebrates International Yoga Day

New Delhi: The High Commission of India and the Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre in Colombo joined hands with the Sri Lankan Armed Forces to commemorate the Seventh International Yoga Day with a unique Yoga session held virtually on Monday. General (Retd) Kamal Gunaratne, Sri Lanka’s Secretary of Defence, was the chief guest at the event, […]

Entertainment: Kangana Ranaut wants India renamed as Bharat!

Avya Mathur   Mumbai: Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut has called for the abolition of the country’s foreign name ‘India’ and appealed that the nation should be officially renamed only as ‘Bharat’. The first article of the Constitution states that ‘India, that is Bharat, shall be a Union of States’, implicitly codifying ‘India’ and ‘Bharat’ as […]

Entertainment: Akshay Kumar shoots for Rakshabandhan

Mumbai: The shooting of film star Akshay Kumar’s much-awaited film Rakshabandhan finally began in Mumbai on Monday. While Bhumi Pednekar will be in the lead female role alongside Kumar in the film, Sachmeen Kaur, Dipika Khanna, Saadia Khatib, and Smriti Shrikant will be essaying the roles of Akshay’s sisters. Aanand L Rai is directing the […]

Roving Periscope: With billions at stake, IOC ignores pandemic, ready for Tokyo Olympics

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: With billions of dollars of investment and profit at stake, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has ignored fervent calls for a further postponement or cancellation of the Tokyo Olympic Games in July-August, as the Japanese government is bracing to ‘welcome’ the fourth wave of the global pandemic Covid-19 along with […]

Strong fundamentals: India 5th largest recipient of FDI, at $ 64 bn, in 2020

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: India was the first largest recipient of inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2020, because of its strong fundamentals, as it received USD 64 billion even in the pandemic-marred year. According to a UN report, the Covid-19 second wave in India weighs heavily on the country’s overall economic activities […]

India gifts a Lord Buddha statue to Bhutan’s people

New Delhi: The Indian Embassy in Thimpu and the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) arranged two events in collaboration with the Royal Government of Bhutan and the Privy Council of Bhutan on the occasion of Guru Rinpoche’s birth anniversary over the weekend. According to the Indian High Commission in Thimpu, Dr. Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, Member […]
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