COVID-19 precaution jab hit by price confusion
Cases of over-charging and confusion about the new government guidelines on pricing marred the first day of the COVID precaution dose vaccine roll-out for the 18+ population across the country even as some private centres opted to wait for clarity on the process.
Modi, Biden to hold virtual meeting ahead of U.S.-India 2+2 dialogue
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. President Joseph Biden will hold a virtual meeting prior to the “2+2” Foreign and Defence ministerial meeting in Washington on Monday, to discuss bilateral relations and cooperation in the Indo-Pacific, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and the U.S. White House announced on Sunday.
Shimron Hetmyer lived up to his ₹8.5 crore price tag with a six-hitting exhibition before Yuzvendra Chahal and Trent Bout displayed their wizardry with the ball as Rajasthan Royals outwitted Lucknow Super Kings by three runs in an IPL game in Mumbai on April 10.
Economic crisis | 19 more Sri Lankans reach Dhanushkodi in Tamil Nadu
Fleeing the economic crisis-ridden Sri Lanka, a fresh batch of five families, comprising 19 members including six children, reached Dhanuskodi illegally in two vessels in the early hours of Sunday. This is the largest group of Sri Lankan nationals to have fled to India since the outbreak of the economic crisis.
Yechury re-elected CPI(M) general secretary
Sitaram Yechury was re-elected general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] at the close of the five-day 23rd party congress here on Sunday. The reconstituted Polit Bureau, the party’s apex decision-making body, has 17 members, including for the first-time in its 58-year history a Dalit member, Ramchandra Dome, a medical doctor and a seven-time Lok Sabha member from West Bengal.
BSF conducts first operation under enhanced operational limits
Months after the Union government enhanced the operational limits of the Border Security Force (BSF) in Punjab, West Bengal and Assam, the border guarding force carried out its first operation under the increased powers to catch cattle being smuggled illegally out of Assam.
French polls: Emmanuel Macron, far-right rival Marine Le Pen face runoff
French President Emmanuel Macron and far-right nationalist Marine Le Pen are heading for another winner-takes-all runoff in the country’s Presidential election, polling agencies projected on April 10, as the fierce political rivals with sharply opposing visions for France pulled clear of 10 other candidates in the first round of voting.
Multiple raids in Haryana, Delhi in terror funding case
The J&K’s State Investigation Agency (SIA), constituted in November last year, on Sunday carried out its first multiple raids outside the Union Territory (UT) in a terror–funding case and identified six people and their locations who have been “in constant touch with a Pakistan–based mastermind”.
Bhupesh Baghel chalks out intense pre-poll campaign in Chhattisgarh
The decimation of the Congress in the recent Assembly polls has prompted Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel to get into election mode early. From inaugurating the renovated 8th century Shivrinarayan temple on Sunday to planning a door-to-door campaign for feedback on the Congress government flagship scheme of Rajiv Gandhi Nyay Yojana, Mr. Baghel is trying to be battle ready almost 18 months ahead of Assembly elections in the State
BJP’s Nadda rules out changing Himachal CM
Bharatiya Janata Party President J.P. Nadda on Sunday ruled out change of guard in the Himachal Pradesh government, asserting that Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur would continue to be at the helm of affairs. At a press conference in Shimla, Mr. Nadda said there was no possibility of replacing Mr. Thakur from his position.
Supreme Court underscores need for holistic picture of convicts facing death penalty sentencing
A man condemned to death for the brutal gangrape of a seven-year-old girl in Madhya Pradesh has turned the spotlight on a question that has haunted trial judges — do they really know the person they send to the gallows? For decades, sentencing hearings have covered only basic details like the convict’s immediate family structure, educational qualifications and work before arrest.
Prolonged dry, warm weather raises anxiousness among farmers as summer sowing approaches
Unusual warm weather conditions, accompanied by a prolonged dry spell in Punjab and Haryana have left farmers and experts anxious, who fear that prevailing climate conditions would not just harm the quality of the ready to harvest wheat crop, but could also delay and increase the cost of cultivation for sowing cotton, the summer (kharif) season crop.
Mayawati describes Rahul Gandhi’s charges as ‘fallacious
Describing former Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s claim that the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is afraid of the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) and that the Congress offered her alliance and Chief Minister’s post before the Uttar Pradesh election as “outrightly fallacious,” BSP supremo Mayawati said on Sunday that “Rahul Gandhi’s comments show his inferior feelings towards Dalits and the BSP”.
Shehbaz Sharif nominated for Pakistan PM post
Pakistan’s Opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday nominated himself for the post of Prime Minister after the ouster of Imran Khan, whose party threatened to withdraw its lawmakers from Parliament if the former Punjab Chief Minister was allowed to contest the election for the top post on Monday.
