Tag: national
Kenyan Opposition Leader Declares Himself 'President'
Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga, who boycotted last year's disputed presidential elections and accused his rival of electoral fraud, on Tuesday proclaimed himself the "people's President" at a non-sanctioned swearing-in ceremony.....
Nitish Kumar Welcomes Budget Proposals On MSP, Healthcare
JD-U supremo and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday welcomed the Union Budget proposal of increasing the Minimum Support Price (MSP) of crops to 1.5 times of the input cost. ....
Rs 5 Lakh Cover For 10 Cr Poor Families Announced Under Ayushman Bharat
Terming it as the world's largest government funded healthcare programme, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday announced the National Health Protection Scheme under which Rs 5 lakh cover will be provided a year to 10 crore poor and vulnerable families in the country. ....
International Condom Day Celebrated In Delhi
Condoms in all their versatile forms, colors, and dimensions and uses were seen in Connaught Place, the heart of Delhi, on occasion was the celebration of the International Condom Day, organised by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) -- a global not-for-profit working towards making people treat condoms as an essential wardrobe item.....
Bandipora Gunfight: LeT Militant Killed Is Pakistani National
The militant killed a day ago in the Jammu and Kashmir gunfight in Bandipora district, has been identified as a Pakistani national of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) outfit, army said on Tuesday.....
Lok Sabha Two Bills Amid Din, House Adjourned For The Day
Two bills were passed amid din in the Lok Sabha on Thursday, as members from different parties crowded near the Speaker's podium, showing placards and raising slogans over different issues.....
Ex-PNB Official Shetty Booked In Rs 9-cr LoU Fraud With Another Company
Apparently, the Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi groups were not the only ones indulging in frauds related to Letters of Undertaking (LoUs) issued by the Punjab National Bank (PNB) officials.....
Congress Promises To Impose 5 Per Cent Cess On One Per Cent Richest Indians
The Congress on Saturday said it would impose a five per cent cess on the incomes of the top one per cent richest Indians, when it comes to power.....
Light Rains Likely In Delhi
It was a cloudy Wednesday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 21 degrees Celsius, five notches above the season's average, the weather office said.....
India-Russia Developing Nanoparticles To Fight Cancer
The National Research Technological University of Russia - NUST MISIS has a cooperation agreement with Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics in Kolkata, India. They are carrying out their research on developing Nanoparticles that fight against tumors. Apart from that they jointly work with Institute of Technology in Delhi on fundamental research of magnetic properties of new alloys for next decades.....
