Pope names 21 new cardinals, from India, Mongolia, elsewhere Pope Francis has announced he will elevate 21 churchmen to the rank of cardinal rank in a ceremony at the Vatican in late August The Independent UK · May 29, 2022
India withdraws warning on national biometric ID after online panic India on Sunday withdrew a warning not to share photocopies of the national biometric identity card after the announcement caused widespread panic on social media. Reuters · May 29, 2022
India heading towards another power crisis in July-August: Report The onset of the southwest monsoon will further hamper mining and transportation of coal from mines to power stations, according to CREA The Hindu · May 29, 2022
Western climbers rush to Himalayan peaks as Nepal reboots tourism Ukraine’s Antonina Samoilova unfurled her country’s flag on Mount Everest earlier this month as Nepal opened its mountains to foreign climbers and set up a new airport to boost its lifeline tourism business which went into deep freeze during the pandemic. Radio France Internationale · May 29, 2022
Cancer hospital’s initiative to help tobacco farmers grow alternative crops More than 15,000 high-grade saplings and over 8,000 saplings of lucrative seasonal fruits had already been supplied to the farmers free of cost under the project The Hindu · May 29, 2022
Monsoon rains lash India's Kerala coast, two days ahead of usual India's annual monsoon, which delivers about 70% of the country's rainfall, arrived on the coast of southern Kerala state on Sunday, the state-run India Meteorological Department said, two days ahead of the usual time. Reuters · May 29, 2022
PM Modi calls upon people to support self-help groups in 'Mann Ki Baat' broadcast In his monthly radio broadcast Mann Ki Baat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday called upon the people to support the women-led Self Help Groups (SHGs), which "will also give impetus to the self-reliant India campaign". Dynamite News · May 29, 2022
Indian startups continued to create wealth even during COVID: PM Modi PM Modi said the average annual growth rate of Indian unicorns is more than that of the U.S., the U.K. The Hindu · May 29, 2022
Indian artworks from German Gallerist’s collection up for sale in London Six decades before it became the muse of a cleanliness-seeking lawyer, Versova beach was the favoured haunt of a fenugreek seeking artist. In the mid-1960s, perpetually-paintcarrying, Europe-trained contemporary artist K K Hebbar would visit the beach often with his family to buy locally-grown fenugreek leaves. The Times of India · May 29, 2022
Tory devotion to ‘dear friend’ Modi says so much about needy post-Brexit Britain India’s abhorrent domestic policies are of no interest to this desperate government The Guardian - UK · May 29, 2022
India reports 2,828 new COVID-19 cases, 14 deaths Active coronavirus cases in the country rise above 17,000 The Hindu · May 29, 2022
India reports 2,828 new Covid-19 cases, 14 deaths in last 24 hours NEW DELHI: India reported 2,828 new Covid-19 cases and 14 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the Union health ministry data released on Sunday. The Times of India · May 29, 2022
India lose to Jordan 0-2 in football friendly DOHA: India suffered a 0-2 defeat to Jordan in an international football friendly here on Saturday as the return of talisman Sunil Chhetri did not prove to be enough for the Blue Tigers. The Times of India · May 29, 2022
Morning Digest | Twin hurdles hinder India’s maritime role; No monkeypox cases in India so far, say officials; and more A select list of stories to read before you start your day The Hindu · May 29, 2022
The Hindu · May 29, 2022 Pakistan delegation to visit India next week for dialogue on water issues “The talks will be held in New Delhi from May 30-31”
The Times of India · May 29, 2022 Rajasthan urban areas saw slight rise in death rate during second Covid wave JAIPUR: Death rates in Rajasthan's urban areas saw a marginal spike of 5.1 (per 1000 persons) in 2020, the year which witnessed many fatalities due to the Delta variant of Covid, compared to previous year's 4.9 (per 1000 persons). According to the sample registration system (SRS) survey released by the…
The Times of India · May 28, 2022 No Partition if Veer Savarkar was heeded, says Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath LUCKNOW: If those who came to power after India gained Independence had listened to Veer Savarkar, India would not have been divided and as the country celebrates 75 years of independence, the horrors of partition would not have marred the happiness of the event, said chief minister Yogi Adityanath on…
The Times of India · May 28, 2022 We are 'Team India':Vice President Venkaiah Naidu CHENNAI: The country cannot progress without the development of the states and the Centre and the states should work together as 'Team India', Vice President Venkaiah Naidu said on Saturday.
The Times of India · May 28, 2022 When Indian Navy crew avenged loss of 1992-93 cricket series to South Africans LUCKNOW: India’s defeat during their South Africa tour in 1992-93 was rather humiliating. The squad led by Mohammad Azharuddin lost the Test series 1-0 and ODI series 5-2 to South Africans led by former Aussie player Kepler Wessels.
The Times of India · May 28, 2022 Bhopal: National hockey player Khushboo Khan who lives in shanty appeals to PM Narendra Modi for pucca house BHOPAL: India hockey player Khushboo Khan, who lives in a shanty in Bhopal, has appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to help her get a pucca house.
The Times of India · May 28, 2022 In 8 years, no reason to hang head in shame: PM Modi RAJKOT: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday summed up his eight years in office so far as a relentless pursuit of the India envisioned by Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, without once allowing or doing — even if inadvertently — anything that would “make citizens of the country hang…
The Times of India · May 28, 2022 Routes via Myanmar, Bangladesh could transform Asia: EAM Jaishankar GUWAHATI: India can overcome geography and rewrite history "if only we get the policies and the economics right", foreign minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday while highlighting how land connectivity through Myanmar and sea connectivity through Bangladesh on a commercial scale could open up "a world all the way to…
The Hindu · May 28, 2022 Yasin Malik | The poster boy of separatism in Kashmir The JKLF leader has a complex past of both fighting and engaging India, but he has remained a hardliner when it comes to his ideology
The Times of India · May 28, 2022 UP CM Yogi Adityanath: If those in power had heeded to Savarkar, there’d have been no partition LUCKNOW: If those who came to power after India gained Independence had listened to Veer Savarkar, India would not have been divided and as the country celebrates 75 years of independence, the horrors of partition would not have marred the happiness of the event, said chief minister Yogi Adityanath on…
The Hindu · May 28, 2022 Coal India to import for first time in years as power shortages loom State-run firm to import fuel for blending amid local supply crunch