Indian Army bans 89 apps for its personnel, including FB, Insta

New Delhi (IANS) The Indian Army has asked all its personnel and soldiers to remove 89 apps by July 15 owing to the national security risks.

The list not only have Chinese apps that have already been banned by the government like TikTok but…

After syllabus row erupts, CBSE comes up with clarification

New Delhi (IANS) After the controversy broke out over the CBSE's decision to drop topics like citizenship, federalism, secularism etc while reducing the syllabus for Classes 9 to 12 due to Covid-19 pandemic, the education board came up with a…

2 Vikas Dubey aides shot dead in separate encounters in UP

Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) (IANS) Two accomplices of gangster Vikas Dubey were shot dead by the state police in two separate encounters on Thursday morning.

Prabhat Mishra alias Kartikeya had been arrested in Faridabad on Wednesday by a team of…

Chinese PLA moves back at Patrolling Points 14, 15

New Delhi (IANS) The Chinese People's Liberation Army troops have pulled back around 2 kilometres at Patrolling Point 14 and Patrolling 15 in the Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh while the process of pull back has started at the Hot Springs, sources…

Flipkart, Amazon among ecommerce players asked to indicate country of origin on products

New Delhi (IANS) Consensus is building within the government that e-commerce players like Flipkart, Amazon will have to indicate the country of origin of the product on their merchandise.

DPIIT under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry is…

Jharkhand CM goes into home quarantine

Ranchi (IANS): Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, has home quarantined himself after a Minister and legislator was found coronavirus positive.

Jharkhand Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) Minister Mithilesh Thakur, Jharkhand Mukti…

Jharkhand Minister, legislator and scribes infected with Coronavirus

 Ranchi (IANS): Coronavirus created panic in Jharkhand as Minister, legislator and scribes have also been infected from it. 

Jharkhand Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) Minister Mithilesh Thakur, Jharkahnd Mukti Morcha (JMM) legislator…

Govt panel to probe violations by Rajiv Gandhi Foundation

New Delhi (IANS) The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has set up an inter-ministerial committee to probe the various violations of legal provisions by the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust and Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust.

The…

Wadhwani Foundation pledges Rs 200 crore to help distressed SMEs

New Delhi (IANS) The Wadhwani Foundation (WF) has committed an investment of Rs 200 crore to help distressed small and medium enterprises (SMEs) affected by Covid-19-induced economic crisis and public health workers to improve COVID-19 knowledge and…

Hemant pays tributes to Captain Vikram Batra on his martyrdom day

Ranchi: Chief Minister Hemant Soren paid homage to Param Vir Chakra awardee Martyr Captain Vikram Batra on his death anniversary. 

The Chief Minister said that Captain Vikram Batra played an important role in victory in  Kargil War between…