Perfume advertisement row: Govt asks Twitter, YouTube to pull down commercial
New Delhi: The I&B Ministry on Saturday asked Twitter and YouTube to remove from their social media platforms the videos of advertisement of a perfume brand that triggered outrage for “promoting gang rape culture”. In letters to Twitter and YouTube, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting said that the videos were “detrimental to the portrayal […]
India’s religious ethos based on common religious, spiritual foundation: Prez Kovind
Gorakhpur (UP): India’s cultural ethos have a common religious and spiritual foundation from east to west and north to south, President Ram Nath Kovind said on Saturday. Kovind was addressing the centenary celebrations of Gita Press the world’s largest publisher of Hindu religious texts. “From east to west and north to south, India’s cultural ethos […]
Centre issues advisory to states, UTs to phase out single-use plastic
New Delhi: The Centre has issued an advisory to states and union territories to phase out single-use plastic and contribute to improve the environment under the overarching mandate of “Clean and Green”, a statement said on Saturday. According to the government, while 2,591 urban local bodies (ULBs) out of 4,704 have already reported notification of […]
Flyers with disabilities: DGCA issues draft rules for airlines, seeks comments
New Delhi: If an airline feels a specially abled passenger’s health is likely to deteriorate during a flight, it must consult a doctor at the airport and take an “appropriate call” on whether boarding should be denied to the flyer or not, the draft rules issued by the DGCA said on Friday. The proposal to […]
High in pesticides, many countries send back Indian tea
Kolkata: Both international and domestic buyers have rejected a series of tea consignments due to the presence of pesticides and chemicals beyond permissible limits, Indian Tea Exporters Association (ITEA) chairman Anshuman Kanoria said on Friday. Filling up the vacuum created by crisis-hit Sri Lanka in the global market, Tea Board is eyeing to ramp up […]
Soaring energy prices: OPEC+ alliance boosts oil production
London: The OPEC oil cartel and allied producing countries including Russia will raise production by 648,000 barrels per day in July and August, offering modest relief for a global economy suffering from soaring energy prices and the resulting inflation. The decision Thursday steps up the pace by the alliance, known as OPEC+, in restoring cuts […]
Efforts on to meet deadline for new Parliament building: Sources
New Delhi: With just five months left to meet the deadline, efforts are underway to make the new Parliament building functional by November this year as the construction work is continuing on a war footing, sources in the government said on Wednesday. They said that work on interiors and other elements has started in the […]
NEET-PG results declared in just ten days
New Delhi: The NEET-PG 2022 results were declared on Wednesday, with Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya lauding the National Board of Examination in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) for announcing them in record 10 days. The National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) Post Graduate-2022 was held on May 21 at 849 centres. A total of 1,82,318 candidates had taken […]
IMD betters monsoon forecast at 103% of average
New Delhi: India’s rainfed agriculture region is set to receive above normal rainfall this monsoon season, the weather office said on Tuesday raising hopes for a bumper farm output and reining in inflation. “The average rainfall this monsoon season is expected to be 103% of the long period average,” India Meteorological Department Director General Mrutyunjay […]
JeM, LeT maintain training camps in Afghanistan: UN report
United Nations: Pakistan-based terror groups such as Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Taiba, led by 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed, maintain their training camps in some provinces of Afghanistan and some of them are directly under the Taliban control, according to a UN report. The 13th report of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team cites […]
