Chandigarh (TIP): Haryana home minister Anil Vij on Friday, August 20, informed the state assembly that during the ongoing agitation against agriculture laws, two farmers had been booked for sedition, while 136 other protesting farmers […]
August 20 1597: Dutch East India Company’s first ship returned from East Asia. 1828: The first session of Raja Ram Mohan Roy’s Brahmo Samaj was held in Calcutta (now Kolkata). 1897: Ronald Ross identified […]
New Delhi (TIP): Noting that India’s national security challenges are increasing and becoming “complex” in view of the changing geopolitical situation globally, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday, August 19, strongly pitched for a strong, […]
Jalandhar (TIP): Punjab Police on Friday, August 20, arrested two militant operatives and claimed to have busted a terror module. One of the arrested militants, police said, was the son of the nephew of Jarnail […]
Chandigarh (TIP): Former Punjab DGP Sumedh Singh Saini was released from the custody of the state Vigilance Bureau on Friday, August 20, on the directions of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, which termed his […]
Oil and gas production in Rajasthan witnessed a 40% dip in the past two years due to less extraction, primarily due to Covid-19, officials said, even as the government plans to further expand oil exploration […]
The CBI has constituted four teams, each having seven members and headed by a joint director, to probe cases of post-poll violence in West Bengal. Officials in the agency said the probe by individual teams […]
New Delhi (TIP): India logged 34,457 new coronavirus infections, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 32,393,286, while the national recovery rate improved to 97.54%, the highest since March 2020, according to the Union […]
Raksha Bandhan celebrates the purity and sanctity of the bond that exists between siblings. Raksha means safety and Bandhan means bond. This festival is celebrated between siblings for their undying support and a vow of […]
LONDON (TIP): A London-born Indian-origin engineer’s project to supply low-cost washing machines to countries such as India, where hand washing of clothes remains a time-consuming exercise, has got off to a good start following field […]
August 13 1784: Pitt’s India Bill was introduced in the British Parliament for improvement of administration in India. 1795: Queen Ahilyabai Holkar died. 1891: The three great defenders of Manipur, Senapati Tikendrajit Singh, his brothers, […]
New Delhi (TIP): Keeping in view their adverse impacts on both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, the Centre today notified the Plastic Waste Management Amendment Rules, 2021, prohibiting several single-use plastic items with low utility and […]
New Delhi (TIP): Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu is said to be actively considering some kind of action against “unruly” members of the Opposition over their conduct in the well of the Rajya Sabha […]
Har Dayal, the gentleman revolutionary and the architect of the Ghadar Party who was recognized in 1912 in America as ‘the greatest man of India’ and the New York Times termed him the ‘brainiest man […]
Post-Independence, Indian cinema started evolving at a breakneck pace. While the film industry did suffer huge losses in terms of actors, writers, and technicians who decided to move to Pakistan, the industry greatly gained from […]
Children orphaned by COVID The second wave of COVID-19 brought with it unimaginable grief, agony, and frustration. India saw a sharp increase in the number of deaths, especially among younger people, which meant that many […]
Independence day special Until February 2021, India had only ever had five months where goods exports had surpassed $30 billion. These five months were spread over the preceding decade. Since March 2021, India has had […]
Independence day special As we celebrate 75th Independence Day, let us not forget that somewhere in interior India, women are still fighting for their freedom, liberty, and justice. That they are fighting for not just […]
Independence day special Jawaharlal Nehru in his speech Tryst with Destiny said “The achievement we celebrate today is but a step, an opening of opportunity, to the greater triumphs and achievements that await us. Are […]
Independence day special When India became independent in August 1947, it faced a series of very great challenges. As a result of Partition, 8 million refugees had come into the country from what was now […]
Independence day special While the entire nation was fighting for a free India, there were some individuals and organizations, especially the Hindu Mahasabha and the RSS, that stayed away from the Independence struggle. The idea […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to address the annual high-level UN General Assembly session in person on September 25, according to a provisional list of speakers released by the UN. The list and schedule […]
Pune (TIP) : The Serum Institute of India is unlikely to be able to secure a licence for its version of the highly efficacious coronavirus vaccine developed by US-based company Novavax, the Pune-based vaccine maker’s […]
AAhmedabad (TIP): The Indian Air Force has sacked one of its personnel from service for refusing to get vaccinated against Covid-19, which has been made a service condition, the Central Government has told the Gujarat […]
Maharashtra health department has said five people have died from the Delta Plus variant of the coronavirus and as many as 66 cases have been detected in the state so far. The department said on […]
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