Added on December 18, 2021
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New Delhi: A bill which seeks to provide statutory framework for the functioning of the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA), empowering it to conduct raids besides strengthening measures to tackle drug abuse in Indian sports was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Friday. It was introduced by Sports Minister Anurag Thakur amid protests by the opposition […]
Added on December 17, 2021
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New Delhi: A bill which seeks to reduce the pressure on wild medicinal plants by encouraging cultivation of such plants and facilitate fast-tracking of research, patent application process and transfer of research results, was introduced in Lok Sabha on Thursday. The Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill, 2021, was introduced by Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate […]
Added on December 17, 2021
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate and address the All India Mayors’ Conference, which is being organised in Varanasi, on Friday via video conferencing. The PMO said mayors from various states will participate in the conference whose theme is New Urban India. It has been the constant endeavour of the prime minister to […]
Added on December 17, 2021
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New Delhi: India will host the third edition of its foreign ministerial dialogue with five Central Asian countries on December 19 with a focus on pressing regional issues like connectivity and developments in Afghanistan. External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said foreign ministers of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan will participate in the […]
Added on December 16, 2021
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New Delhi: The Quad is a very contemporary arrangement having an open-minded and creative approach that has helped it in moving “very effectively” in addressing various problems, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Tuesday. Talking about the importance of critical technologies and India’s journey in acquiring them in the backdrop of the Indo-US nuclear […]
Added on December 16, 2021
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London; A Canadian molecular biologist on Wednesday told cross-party members of Parliament (MPs) on the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee that a leak from a laboratory in Wuhan region of China is now the more likely origin of the COVID-19 global pandemic. Dr Alina Chan, specialising in gene therapy and cell engineering and […]
Added on December 15, 2021
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Johannesburg: Despite a 83 per cent surge in COVID-19 cases in Africa in the last one week, a top official of the World Health Organisation’s Regional Office for Africa said on Tuesday that she remains cautiously optimistic about the overall situation. Evidence from South Africa is that while hospitalisations have increased by almost 70 per […]
Added on December 15, 2021
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New Delhi: The Pakistan high commission on Tuesday said it has issued 112 visas to Indian pilgrims to visit Shree Katas Raj temples in Punjab province’s Chakwal district. It said the group will visit the Katas Raj temples, also known as Qila Katas or complex of Katas temples from December 17 to 23. “Today, the […]
Added on December 15, 2021
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New Delhi: Parliament passed a bill on Tuesday to extend the tenure of the Enforcement Directorate director to a maximum of five years from the present two years, with Rajya Sabha approving the proposed legislation by voice vote amid a walkout by the opposition. The Central Vigilance Commission (Amendment) Bill-2021 was passed by Lok Sabha […]
Added on December 15, 2021
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New Delhi: Normalisation of international flight services will depend on the Omicron scenario and authorities concerned will watch the situation as it unfolds, Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said Tuesday. On November 26, aviation regulator DGCA decided to restart scheduled commercial international flights to and from India from December 15. However, the decision was […]
