People trapped in a hydro project tunnel were rescued by the ITBP, while efforts are on to rescue those trapped in another tunnel. A 13.2 MW small hydro project on the Rishiganga river was swept away in the glacier burst in Uttarakhand on Sunday, but there is no danger of floods in the downstream areas as the water level has been contained. This was conveyed to the National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC), headed by Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba, at an emergency meeting held here on Sunday evening. The NCMC was also informed that people trapped in a hydro project tunnel…
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Four agreements worth $70 mn for weapons, upgrades from Kyiv signed at Aero India. Ukraine is looking to procure some military hardware from India in addition to efforts to deepen its presence in the Indian defence market, said Yuriv Husyev, General Director of Ukroboronprom, the umbrella corporation of Ukrainian state defence companies. The two sides will discuss a range of proposals to take forward bilateral cooperation at the Bilateral Working Group meeting between the two defence ministries in April. The Ukrainian delegation for this would be led by their Deputy Defence Minister.“Yes, we had some discussions about cooperation in Navy…
Authorities had cut access to Internet as the protests grew on Saturday, fanning fears of a complete information blackout. As enthusiastic crowds of tens of thousands marched through the streets of Myanmar’s biggest city on Sunday to protest last week’s coup, their spirits were lifted by the return of Internet services that had been blocked a day earlier.Separate protests that began in various parts of Yangon converged at Sule Pagoda, situated in the center of a roundabout in the city’s downtown area. Protesters chanted “Long live Mother Suu” and “Down with military dictatorship.” Authorities had cut access to the internet…
India-made vaccine is the first to reach Afghanistan, which expects WHO emergency approval for its use soon. Afghanistan received a large consignment of COVID-19 vaccines from India on Sunday. A special Indian aircraft carrying 500,000 doses of the Covishield vaccine from Mumbai reached Kabul, where officials of Afghanistan’s Health Ministry took charge of the consignment. The India-made vaccine is the first to reach Afghanistan as the country battles the pandemic.“Made in India vaccines reach Afghanistan. (We) stand with our friends, always,” External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar said in a social media message after the vaccines arrived in Afghanistan. The…
This was the first meeting of the India Caucus, the largest country-specific caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives, on the issue of farmers protests. The leadership of the powerful Congressional India Caucus has urged the Indian government to ensure that the norms of democracy are maintained and the protesters are allowed to demonstrate peacefully and have access to the Internet, as it discussed the issue of the ongoing farmer’s agitation in the country.Congressman Brad Sherman, co-chair of the Congressional India Caucus said that he convened a meeting with his other Republican co-chair Congressman Steve Chabot, and vice-chair Congressman Ro…
Nearly 100 construction workers were reported missing after a flash flood, reportedly caused by the splintering of a glacier, hit the site of the Rishi Ganga dam on the Rishi Ganga River in Uttarakhand on Sunday. A PTI report put the number of workers missing at 150. “Fifty to a 100 workers are missing,” the Uttarakhand Director-General of Police Ashok Kumar told The Hindu. More information on the fate of the workers is awaited. One National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team from Dehradun and one from Ghaziabad have been sent for rescue operations while three more teams are being air…
Speaking at the 25th convocation of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), Mr. Kovind, the chief guest of the event, said that the pandemic had inflicted unprecedented agony and misery all over globe. President of India Ramnath Kovind on Sunday said that he was proud of the doctors and paramedics who rose to the challenge of COVID-19. Speaking at the 25th convocation of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), Mr. Kovind, the chief guest of the event, said that the pandemic had inflicted unprecedented agony and misery all over globe. He said he was proud of the doctors…
The free app can be downloaded from Google Playstore and will be available for users in India and a few other countries An Assam trio has developed a video playing and sharing app that they hope would be India’s answer to the banned Chinese TikTok.Saswati Kotoky, Amarjyoti Gautam and Himanga Madhukalya — all computer engineers from eastern Assam — told mediapersons that their free app was primarily for entertainment and could be downloaded from Google Playstore.“It will be available for users in India and a few other countries,” said Ms. Kotoky after launching the app in eastern Assam’s Jorhat town…
“With the nomination of Sister Nathalie Becquart and her possibility of participating in voting, a door has opened,” said Cardinal Mario Grech, the secretary-general of the synod Pope Francis has broken with Catholic tradition to appoint a woman as an undersecretary of the synod of bishops, the first to hold the post with voting rights in a body that studies major questions of doctrine.Frenchwoman Nathalie Becquart is one of the two new undersecretaries named on February 6 to the synod, where she has been a consultant since 2019.The appointment signals the pontiff’s desire “for a greater participation of women in…
More than 54 lakh people have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in the country, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday.Of the 54,16,849 beneficiaries inoculated, the highest number of people were vaccinated in Uttar Pradesh at 6,73,542, followed by Maharashtra at 4,34,943, Rajasthan at 4,14,422 and Karnataka at 3,60,592.In a statement, the Health Ministry said India is the fastest country to reach the 50 lakh-mark in COVID-19 vaccination in 21 days.Here are the updates:New DelhiAfghanistan gets Covishield vaccine doses from IndiaAfghanistan received a large consignment of COVID-19 vaccines from India on Sunday. A special Indian aircraft carrying 500,000 doses of the…