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The Indian Navy’s MARCOS officials on Wednesday rescued mother-daughter duo after their boat loaded with domestic items capsized in the Wular lake in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district. According to officials, the boat was en route to Sopore. The rescued were identified as Rafiqa Begum […]
Vietnam on Wednesday reaffirmed its support for India’s bid for permanent membership at the UN Security Council. This comes shortly after Vietnam was unanimously voted as a non-permanent member of the council for the 2020-2021 term earlier this month. The Ambassador of Vietnam to India, Pham Sanh […]
NCP leader Sharad Pawar on Wednesday wrote to Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi ‘giving various suggestions and demanding a national debate on the idea of – One Country One Vote’. “The idea of One Country One Election is a good idea but there are […]
Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday busted a module of Hizbul Mujahideen and arrested five terrorists during an operation. An improvised explosive device (IED) was found during the raid, the police said. The terrorists were planning to target police and security forces by planting explosives in […]
The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Election Commission (EC) on a plea by Congress against its decision to conduct separate by-polls for two vacant Rajya Sabha seats in Gujarat. A Bench of Justice Deepak Gupta and Justice Surya Kant sasked the EC […]
India has extended USD 15 million assistance to Niger for organising the African Union (AU) summit scheduled to be held in Niamey early next month. The summit is scheduled to be held in Niamey from July 7-8. It will also be the first time that Niger is […]
After the first two days exclusively earmarked for oath-taking by MPs, five newly-elected lawmakers are yet to do so in the Lok Sabha. The members who are yet to take oath or make solemn affirmation are Santosh Kumar (Janatal Dal-U, Purnia, Bihar), Prajwal Revanna (Janata […]
India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) has downgraded Jain Irrigation Systems Limited’s (JISL) long-term issuer rating to ‘IND BBB’ from ‘IND A-‘ while placing it on rating watch negative. The downgrade reflects deterioration in the company’s liquidity profile on account of a delay in the realisation […]
NDA candidate Om Birla was unanimously elected as the Speaker of the 17th Lok Sabha on Wednesday. Birla’s name was proposed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and was supported by all major Opposition parties, including Congress, TMC, DMK, and BJD. The YSRCP and TDP […]
For Rahul Gandhi’s 49th birthday on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi wished him “good health and a long life”. “Best wishes to Shri @RahulGandhi on his birthday. May he be blessed with good health and a long life,” Modi tweeted. Born on June 19, 1970, […]
