I had expected from the Budget that Govt will provide support to 99% of India’s population. But this Budget is that of the 1% population. You snatched away money from people in small & medium industry, workers, farmers, Forces & put it in the pockets of 5-10 people: Rahul Gandhi
The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) on Sunday approved the Oxford coronavirus vaccine and Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin, making it India’s first vaccines against the pandemic. DCGI VG Somani said both the drug firms have submitted data on their trial runs and both have been granted permission for “restricted use”. The overall efficacy of the […]
Former Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Wednesday hit out at the Centre over the treatment of protesters and lack of facilities at farm laws protest sites at the borders of Delhi and questioned the government on security measures that were in place on Republic Day last week when the farmers’ tractor rally took a […]
The country’s premier aerospace and defence exhibition, Aero India 2021, kickstarted from Wednesday at Air Force Station Yelahanka in Bengaluru. Ahead of the official inauguration, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to Twitter to hail the event as “wonderful platform for collaborations”. “India offers unlimited potential in defence and aerospace. Aero India is a wonderful platform […]
Hours after international pop singer Rihanna shared a tweet about the ongoing farmer protests in India, social activist Greta Thunberg again expressed “solidarity” with the protests. A host of celebrities including Kangana Ranaut, Richa Chadha, filmmaker Hansal Mehta, You Tuber Lilly Singh reacted to Rihanna and Greta on Twitter. While Kangana called Rihanna “a fool”, […]
Dipak Haldar, Diamond Harbour MLA, joins Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in presence of party leaders Mukul Roy and Suvendu Adhikari. Dipak Halder had resigned from Trinamool Congress yesterday.
The Union home ministry on Tuesday handed over the probe into the blast near Israel embassy in Delhi to the National Investigation Agency (NIA). The premier investigating agency will look into the Iran angle, people aware of the development said. “The NIA has been roped in as case has international ramifications. The case file and […]
The Centre will launch a Hydrogen Energy Mission in 2021-22 for generating hydrogen from green power sources. Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s announcement of a hydrogen mission could go a long way in reducing India’s carbon footprint, experts said. According to a report titled “The Potential Role of Hydrogen in India – Harnessing the Hype” by […]
The third day of the budget session of Parliament opened to some fireworks on Tuesday after the opposition parties walked out of the Rajya Sabha. Shortly after the session started, the Upper House was adjourned till 10.30 am after the uproar. The opposition leaders had asked for a discussion on president’s speech and farmers’ protest […]