PIB slams NDTV for 'erroneous' reporting on paddy procurement

New Delhi (IANS) The Press Information Bureau (PIB) on Friday slammed the NDTV news channel for erroneous and malafide news reporting regarding procurement of rice and demanded it retract the news whose sole purpose seemed to be that of spreading…

UN to restart negotiations for Security Council reform on Jan 25

United Nations (IANS) The stalled negotiations for reforming the Security Council will restart on January 25, General Assembly President Volkan Bozkir said on Friday.

He said that during the four months since he took over, he held negotiations…

If vaccine is reliable, why no govt functionary took shot: Manish Tewari

New Delhi (IANS) Soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the world's biggest vaccination drive in the country, the Congress launched its attack on the Centre saying vaccines were being allowed to be used without the mandatory trials…

All medical and administrative preparations complete for Corona vaccination: Ranchi DC

Ranchi: The Ranchi district administration has completed all the preparations for the start of coronavirus vaccine from Friday onwards for which a vaccination Centre has been set up at the Sadar Hospital.

DC Chhavi Ranjan himself visited the…

TSPC regional commander carrying reward of Rs 15 lakh surrenders before Chatra Police

Chatra: A regional commander of the Tritiya Sammelan Prastuti Committee who was carrying a reward of Rs 15 lakh on his head on Friday surrendered before the senior officials of Chatra police and CRPF.

Regional commander Muneshwar alias Mukesh…

Minimum temperature once again to rise from Monday onwards

Ranchi: The minimum temperature in the capital continues to decline further however from Monday onwards it is once again likely to go up.

On Thursday the minimum temperature of Ranchi was recorded at 8.5 degrees which was 1.5 degrees less than…

Offensive drones now part of Indian Army's autonomous weapon systems

New Delhi (IANS) From artificial intelligence to autonomous weapon systems to quantum block chains and now robotics, the Indian Army is now into offensive technology.

For the first time, the force demonstrated use of offensive drone technology…

Forget Telegram, Signal, IS terrorists in India, abroad using much more secure Threema

New Delhi (IANS) Amid the debate over privacy concerns, several people are switching to Telegram and Signal from WhatsApp, but the terrorists in India and abroad are using a much more advanced secure messaging platform to communicate with their counterparts…

If Centre is adamant, we'll come out in 15 minutes: Tikait

New Delhi (IANS) Ahead of the commencement of the ninth round of talks between farmer leaders and the Centre here on Friday, farmer leader Rakesh Tikait warned that they would walk out of the meeting in case the government remained stuck on its earlier…

Chinese Covid vax found 50.4 percent effective in Brazil trials

Sao Paulo (IANS) A leading Chinese Covid-19 vaccine, developed by Sinovac Biotech, has been found to be 50.4 per cent effective in Brazilian clinical trials, researchers have found.

According to the latest results released by researchers, it…