New Delhi, Feb 16, 2021: Indian Astronomers have reported one of the strongest flares from a feeding supermassive black hole or blazar called BL Lacertae. Analysis of the flare from this blazar, one of the oldest astronomical objects, can help trace the mass of the black hole and the source of this emission. Such analysis can […]
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India launches Mission COVID Suraksha to accelerate Indian COVID-19 vaccine
New Delhi, November 30, 2020: The Government of India (GOI) has announced the third stimulus package of Rs. 900 Crore for the Mission COVID Suraksha- The Indian COVID-19 Vaccine Development Mission. This grant will be provided to the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) for Research & Development of Indian COVID-19 vaccines. The COVID-19 Vaccine development Mission with […]
Coronavirus: Stranding of Indian origin people lead to ‘race bias’ talk in Trinidad and Tobago
Coronavirus leading to race bias? East Indians or the people who settled from India in Trinidad and Tobago are calling out the Prime Minister of T&T, Dr Keith Rowley, for racial bias when it comes to rescuing the people of Indian origin who are currently stranded in Barbados due to Coronavirus pandemic. A newspaper report […]
Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago speaks out on racial bias against stranded Indian origin people
Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago has accused a newspaper of fueling racial bias when there was none, he claims and is using Guyana’s Indian origin Prime Minister Moses Verasammy Nagamootoo’s decision to not open Guyanese airspace as it could lead to 5,000 Guyanese diaspora to returning home which may overwhelm Guyana’s healthcare system. In […]
Russian Deputy PM discusses diamond processing and tourism during India visit
Yury Trutnev, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation and Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District led a high-level delegation to India from 15-19 June 2019. The delegation included senior officials from the Russian Ministry for Far East Development, Far East Investment and Export Agency, representatives of Russian regions, industry representatives and […]
Kangana Ranaut’s sister charge on Mahesh Bhatt should wake everyone up
To be an outsider in an industry like Bollywood is no easy task but then one day..some day…a Kangana Ranaut happens. So when Soni Razdan target Rangoli Chandel, sister of Kangana Ranaut, by showing off that the Kangana Ranaut was launched by Mahesh Bhatt, fireworks were bound to happen. Razdan wrote that it was her […]
Indian tourist visa gets friendlier, likely to attract more travellers
The e- Tourist Visa which was introduced in September 2014 with 46 countries has now been made applicable for 166 countries. Recently, government has made series of amendments in e-visa regime, liberalizing it further and making it more tourist friendly. The Ministry of Tourism has been working very closely with Ministry of Home Affairs for […]
Indian national killed in Kabul, India condemns attack
India today strongly condemned what it called a ‘horrific terror attack’ that took place in Kabul yesterday in which an Indian national and many others lost their lives. Ministry of External Affairs led by BJP leader Sushma Swaraj issued a statement on the attack and said that India expresses sincere condolences to the families of […]
Parental care: Jail term for those who abandon their parents?
Abandoning parents may send you to jail. The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 is being considered for amendments which inter-alia propose that “whoever, having the care or protection of parent(s)/senior citizen(s) intentionally abuses or abandons such parent(s)/senior citizen(s) shall be punishable with imprisonment of not less than three months which […]
Pink-Color Economic Survey 2017-18 highlights gender issues
The Pink-color Economic Survey 2017-18 tabled in Parliament on 29th January 2018 by the Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Arun Jaitley lays special emphasis on Gender and Son meta-preference, while providing an assessment of India’s performance on gender outcomes relative to other economies. The Survey takes into account that Gender equality is an […]