Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma today set fire to heaps of drugs at two locations as the state government started its drive to destroy narcotics worth over ₹ 170 crore seized over the past couple of months.
The Centre has placed an order to procure 66 crore more doses of Covishield and Covaxin to be supplied between August and December this year, at a revised price of ₹ 205 and ₹ 215 per dose, respectively, excluding taxes, official sources said.
The Delta variant of SARS-COV-2 was behind majority of clinical cases of breakthrough infection of COVID-19 but only 9.8 per cent cases required hospitalisation and fatality was observed in only 0.4 per cent cases, according to a new ICMR study.
Mukul Roy, asked to comment on reports that BJP is planning to move court seeking his disqualification as an MLA, said: "Anyone can go anywhere he wants."
The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) on Friday unanimously elected B K Oberoi as the chairman of its standing committee, the civic body said in a statement.
Odisha Government has decided to reopen the schools for Class 10 and 12 students.The schools both government and private will reopen from July 26 for Class 10 and 12 students for offline classes,” informed School & Mass Education Secretary Satyabrata Sahoo today. The classes will be held from 10.00 AM upto 1.30 PM for the students without recess hour.
To restrict congregation of general public on Bada Danda during Bahuda Jatra (July 20) here that could possibly spread COVID-19, the district administration today announced to impose a 48-hour curfew in the pilgrim town from July 19.The curfew will remain in force from 8 pm of July 19 till 8 pm of July 21.
Capital Region Urban Transport (CRUT) will resume Mo Bus from Monday. Initially 87 buses will operate on 16 routes of Capital Region.
To improve interstate connectivity, the state Cabinet headed by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has approved 2-laning of 23-km long stretch of Duduka-Gopalpur-Toparia road with paved shoulder.The project worth Rs 102.65 cr to serve as mining traffic bearing road connecting Basundhara coal mines.
The state Cabinet today approved the proposal of upgrading College of Engineering and Technology (CET), Bhubaneswar to become a non-affiliating Unitary University. The decision was taken in the Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday evening.
The results of the Matric examination will be declared before August 22, informed Education Secretary Satyabrata Sahu today. “The evaluation of exam papers to be done between August 10-15 and the results will be declared by August 22,” Sahu said.
At least 15 proposals have got the approval of the Odisha Cabinet today with some major decisions being taken by the meeting chaired by the State Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik
The Odisha government has introduced the Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation methodology for evaluation of students' performance in classes 9 and 10 from the academic year 2021-22.
Putting an end to painful experience of months of lockdown crisis, private buses will soon ply on the roads across Odisha from July 19 (Monday). State Private Bus Owners’ Association Secretary Debendra Sahu announced the same after a crucial meeting with Odisha government.
All departments of the Government of Odisha and other Sub-ordinate Offices in the State have been asked to function with full strength of employees with effect from 16th July, 2021 until further orders, a notification issued by the GA department said.
Union Govt convenes all party meeting today (18 Jul) to seek support of political parties to ensure smooth functioning of both the Houses of Parliament. An all-party meeting is a customary procedure before the beginning of every session of Parliament to ensure its smooth functioning.
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban, PMAY-U has launched a Short Film Contest Khushiyon Ka Ashiyana for all the people above 18 Years of age, as part of Azadi ka Amrut Mahotsav. The last date for the submission is 1st September and the results will be declared on 30th September this year.
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is gearing up for two launches in August and September.
Andhra Pradesh govt announces 135 nominated posts of various corporations. Out of 135 nominated posts, 76 were allotted for SC, ST, BC, and Minorities while 59 for other castes.
. New name for Jammu & Kashmir High Court: Law Ministry on 16 July 2021 (Friday) has been changed. J&K HC to ‘High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh’.
2182 persons in Odisha tested positive for COVID-19 in Odisha in last 24 hours taking the total caseload to 9,52,111.Total 73,027 samples were tested yesterday with the Total Positivity Rate (TPR) remaining 2.98. Khordha district recorded highest 510 cases followed by Cuttack (308) and Jajpur (175).
The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 188.9 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 4.07 million and vaccinations soared to over 3.56 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
Govt launched digital platform Kisan Sarathi to facilitate farmers to get right information at right time in their desired language.
PM Modi interacted with Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Odisha, Maharashtra and Kerala to discuss Covid related situation. CMs also provided feedback about the vaccination strategy.
The Reserve Bank has imposed restrictions on Mastercard Asia/Pacific Private Limited for adding new domestic customers from 22nd July 2021. This order will not impact existing Mastercard customers.
Karnataka govt allows reopening of medical, dental colleges: Only students, teaching & non-teaching staff who have taken at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine will be permitted to attend college.
Tamil Nadu Extends Lockdown Till July 31 With Some Relaxations: Schools, Colleges, theaters, bars, and swimming pools will remain closed.
1Assam, Finance minister Ajanta Neog on 16 Jul presented a 566.20 crore rupees deficit state budget for the year 2021-22.
The Kerala govt has launched a mass drive to make the tourism destinations in the state 'complete vaccinated zones' by giving jabs to everyone working in the sector.
Surekha Sikri (19 April 1945 – 16 July 2021) an Indian theatre, film and television actress was died at 76 yrs. She was awarded the Indian Telly Award for Best Actress in a Negative Role in 2008 for her work in the primetime soap opera Balika Vadhu.
Trainer aircraft crashes in Maharashtra's Jalgaon;1 dead, another injured. The incident took place Wardi Village, Chopra Dist @ 4.30 pm on 17 Jul.
India May Procure Israeli Anti-drone Systems SMASH 2000 Plus: India is likely to make a decision soon on the deployment of anti-drone technology at military installations across the country.
The Army on 16 Jul (Friday) said it was encouraging to see an overwhelming response from people in Kashmir to the 'Swarnim Vijay Mashaal' -- the victory flame to celebrate India's victory over Pakistan in the 1971 war -- as the force paid floral tributes to soldiers who laid down their lives for the country.
China’s People’s Liberation Army is building permanent structures at a number of points at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim as it seems to be intending to put its troops in the forward areas for much longer period.
The United States Air Force is sending more than two dozen F-22 stealth fighters to an exercise in the western Pacific this month, amid tensions with China.
China has increased its diplomatic pressure on Pakistan as Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has urged his Pakistani counterpart to hold accountable the culprits in what he described as a “terrorist attack” on a bus taking Chinese workers, Chinese embassy in Islamabad issued a security alert to Chinese citizens & projects in Pakistan.
80 people have died and hundreds more are unaccounted for in Germany after the worst flooding hit. Record rainfall in western Europe caused rivers to burst their banks.
As Para Badminton is set to make debut at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo next month Aug 2021, India will send a strong seven-member squad after the Badminton World Federation (BWF) on Friday granted two bipartite quotas to the country.
Several top Tennis players including 2012 Olympic gold medallist Victoria Azarenka pull out of Tokyo Games amidst COVID-19 fears. Azarenka has cited the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic as the reason behind her withdrawal. She had won mixed doubles with Max Mirnyin in 2012 and a bronze medal in women’s singles.
Athletes at the Tokyo Olympics will put their medals around their own necks to protect against spreading the Corona virus. The very significant change to traditional medal ceremonies in the 339 events was revealed by International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach.
Odisha registered 2070 fresh COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. Of new COVID infections 1195 were reported from different quarantine centres and 875 were the local contacts, informed the State Information & Public Relation Department today.
PM Modi will inaugurate & dedicate to the nation several key projects of the Railways in Gujarat today (16 Jul) via video conferencing. He will also inaugurate the Aquatics and Robotics Gallery, and Nature Park in Gujarat Science City during the event.The Railway projects include the newly redeveloped Gandhinagar Capital Railway station, gauge converted cum electrified Mahesana – Varetha line, and the newly electrified Surendranagar – Pipavav section.
PM Modi inaugurates and layed foundation stones of various development projects in Varanasi worth around 839 crore rupees. He addressed the gathering at BHU in his Parliamentary Constituency Varanasi.
Union Education Minister Dhramendra Pradhan on 15 Jul (Thursday) announced that JEE Main dates for Phase IV 2021 have been postponed. Now it will be held on 26th-27th & 31 Aug 2021. It will also be continued on 1st & 2nd September 2021.
India is likely to be hit by the 3rd wave of coronavirus at the end of August 2021.
The Andhra Pradesh govt has issued fresh orders for the implementation of 10% reservation for economically weaker sections (EWS) in education & employment, in accordance with the Constitution 103 Amendment Act.
Jindal Steel to set up steel plant investment of Rs 7,500 crore in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh.
Karnataka to create one crore jobs in next 5 years, says CM B S Yediyurappa, while addressing 'World Youth Skill Day' function organised by the Department of Skill Development.
Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh on 15 Jul (Thursday) launched an Artificial Intelligence-powered grievance management application in New Delhi. The system was developed by Ministry of Defence with the cooperation of IIT-Kanpur. The system can identify repeat complaints or spam automatically.
A total of 147 additional women short service commission (SSC) officers of the Indian Army have been granted permanent commission as per the revised parameters set by the Supreme Court in March 2021.
Russian envoy to India Nikolay Kudashev says that both India and Russia are supportive of the intra-Afghan talks.
India will make the best of its two-year term in the UN Security Council and underscore that it establishes the right to be a permanent member of the 15-nation body, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla has said, as the country prepares to assume Presidency of the Council with focus on maritime security.
Amid the ongoing military standoff with India, the Chinese Army is building permanent concrete structures near the Line of Actual Control few kilometres from Naku La in Sikkim, Eastern Ladakh, which will allow its troops access the disputed areas with India.
Calling Taliban the current reality in Afghanistan, Russia said it's for India to decide to what extent it wants to be involved in the country. Responding to queries on the current security situation in Afghanistan.
Indian Navy received 10th anti-submarine warfare aircraft P-8I from US-based aerospace company, Boeing. Contract for eight P81 aircraft was signed by defence ministry in 2009. In 2016, ministry signed a contract for four additional P-8I aircraft. P-81 is a patrol aircraft and an integral part of Indian Navy’s fleet.
The withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan and seemingly unstoppable march of the Taliban opens a strategic door to China that is laden with both risk & opportunity. China abhors a power vacuum, especially on its borders, and maintaining stability after decades of war in its western neighbour.
The United States rejects China`s "unlawful" maritime claims in the South China Sea and stands with Southeast Asian countries facing Chinese "coercion".
US Senate passed a legislation to ban the import of products from China's Xinjiang region. The bill must also be passed by the House of Representatives before it can be sent to the White House for President Joe Biden to sign into law.
The Taliban have offered a three-month ceasefire in exchange for the release of 7,000 insurgent prisoners with Afghanistan govt. It was not immediately clear how the govt would react to the ceasefire offer, which comes as the United States accelerates the pace of a troop withdrawal due to be finished by 31 August.
England vs India: Wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant & training assistant Dayanand Garani tested positive for COVID-19 and three more members of touring party were isolated after they were deemed close contacts of Garani.
As per NCJCM (National Council of Joint Consultative Machinery), when the freeze order was notified, the DA rate had been 17 per cent. But the CCEA has raised the DA to 28 per cent
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said people of the State need not go to other cities for treatment as sufficient latest facilities for cancer care will be made available in the State in the next 2-3 years.
Critically-ill Covid-19 patients can avail Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) treatment facility at AIIMS-Bhubaneswar from tomorrow
All the political parties in the State are now focusing on the upcoming Panchayat elections and seeing it as a major opportunity to build and ensure their prospects for the 2024 general polls
Union minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday was appointed leader of the house in Rajya Sabha.In the coming monsoon session starting from July 19, Goyal will take the place of Thaawarchand Gehlot, who has been appointed governor of Karnataka.
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is likely to announce the results for Class 10 Board Exams 2021 by July 20.
Cuttack: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday dedicated MRI and CT Scan services at Acharya Harihar Post Graduate Institute of Cancer in Cuttack on virtual platform.
Former Indian batsman Wasim Jaffer has been appointed as the coach of Odisha cricket team till 2023, said the Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) in a press conference
The three-tier Panchayat elections in Odisha likely to be held within six months for which the state government has started its preparations
Maharashtra BJP president Chandrakant Patil on Wednesday said Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) allies will fight among themselves but they will not let the three-party government fall.
The country's first "Grain ATM" has been set up as a pilot project in Gurugram and the machine can dispense up to 70 kg of grains within 5 to 7 minutes at a time, Haryana's Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala said on Wednesday.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday successfully conducted the third long-duration hot test of the liquid propellant Vikas engine for the Gaganyaan programme, the country's first manned mission to space.
Marking a major milestone, one lakh villages and over 50,000 gram panchayats have tap water connections under the Jal Jeevan Mission, the Jal Shakti Ministry said on Wednesday.
Cases cannot be registered under the defunct Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, the Centre told states and Union Territories today. The police should be asked to stop filing such cases and any case under the scrapped law should be immediately withdrawn, the home ministry said in an order this evening.
Papers and EVMs used for voting in West Bengal's Nandigram, where Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee lost in the assembly election, should be preserved and kept safely, the Calcutta High Court said today.
The Delhi Police has been fined by ₹ 25,000 and heavily reprimanded by a local court for mishandling of a case linked to the riots of February 2019.
The Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) has supplied steel for the Makru bridge of Manipur, which was inaugurated by Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari.
The sixth-semester exam of the Plus Three students of Utkal University will begin from August 9, 2021. The authorities of the varsity issued a notification in this regard on Tuesday
Ashwini Vaishnaw makes entry as a member of the Committee on Investment & Growth. , Dharmendra Pradhan makes entry as a member of the Committee on Economic Affairs.
The University Grants Commission (UGC) accorded the 12(B) status to Rama Devi Women's University, Bhubaneswar.
This is the second time in a week that the Council of Ministers will meet after its expansion on July 7, with the induction of 43 new ministers.
Over 1 lakh posts of different grades in 50 different departments of the Assam government are lying vacant since 2016, when the BJP came to power in the state for the first time, a minister said on Tuesday.
A new bench will take up on Wednesday West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's election petition before the Calcutta High Court challenging BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari's victory from the Nandigram constituency in the assembly elections.
The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) 2021 will be conducted on September 12. NEET-UG in 13 languages; Punjabi, Malayalam new additions. Exam centre opened in Kuwait to facilitate the Indian student community in the Middle East.
State Bank of India has urged the users to go to Income Tax e-filing portal and link PAN & Aadhaar to enjoy 'seamless banking services. if your Permanent Account Number (PAN) and Aadhaar are not linked. The Income Tax Department earlier extended the deadline till September 30 to link PAN with Aadhaar. The PAN cards which are not linked to Aadhaar would become useless and declared “inoperative" after the deadline.
Nearly 15.30 lakh Metric Tonnes of food grains distributed across country under current phase of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana till date
Nitin Gadkari inaugurates, lays foundation stone for 16 highway projects in Manipur.
Panchayati Raj & Rural Development Minister Giriraj Singh reviews progress of SVAMITVA Scheme and e-Panchayat Programmes.
Eight BJP MLAs resign from Chairmanship of Assembly Committees and Standing Committees of West Bengal Legislative Assembly.
MSP for procurement of wheat in the current Rabi Marketing Season 2021- 22 in Uttar Pradesh. Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution said that during this season a record 56.41 Lakh Metric Tonnes of Wheat was procured from 12.98 lakh farmers at MSP in Uttar Pradesh as compared to 35.77 Lakh Metric Tonnes Wheat procured from 6.64 lakh farmers in 2020-21.
National Thermal Power Corporation, NTPC will set up India’s single largest 4750 Mega Watt renewable solar energy park at Rann of Kutch in Khavada, Gujarat.
Chandigarh schools to reopen for Classes 9-12 on July 19
Nepal has signed a $1.3 billion deal with India's hydropower major Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN) to develop a 679-megawatt hydropower project in eastern Nepal, the second mega venture undertaken by India in Nepal.
The Indian Navy has received the 10th anti-submarine warfare aircraft P-8I from the US-based aerospace company Boeing, The Defence Ministry had first signed a contract for eight P-8I aircraft in 2009. Later, in 2016, it signed a contract for four additional P-8I aircraft.
Iran & Russia’s anxiety over surging Taliban will be key to India’s new Afghan policy. Deeply concerned about the unfavourable turn in Afghanistan, India is busy calibrating its response. That India will have to navigate difficult waters has become evident in its External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar’s recent visit to Iran and Russia.
PM Narendra Modi interacted with 15 out of the 126 athletes that are all set to represent India at the Tokyo Olympics 2020, in Japan; Says wishes and blessings of 135 crore Indians are with them. He spoke to veterans Sharath Kamal, Sania Mirza and Mary Kom and first-time Olympians Elavenil Valarivan & Saurabh Chaudhary.
Former Indian middle-order batsman Yashpal Sharma, who was also a member of the Kapil Dev-led World Cup-winning team, passed away on Tuesday after suffering a cardiac arrest. He was 66.
Tennis icon Roger Federer on 13 Jul announced that he is pilling out of the upcoming Tokyo Olympics owing to a knee injury.
In view of the prevailing COVID-19 situation in Odisha, the state government Tuesday announced a ban on the religious activities and congregations of "Kaudias" or "Bol Bom" devotees.
The 101 squadron would be mainly responsible for looking after the eastern frontier with China-based in Hashimara.
