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Congress leader Pritpal Singh Baliwal joins Captain Amarinder Singh’s party

December 9, 2021

Ahead of the 2022 Punjab assembly polls, Pritpal Singh Baliawal, who resigned from the Congress, joined former Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh’s party Punjab Lok Congress on Wednesday. Senior media panellist of the state Congress unit on Monday had resigned from the party stating that the command of the Punjab...

SANJAY RAUT HINTS AT PRE-POLL ALLIANCE WITH CONGRESS IN UP, GOA

December 9, 2021

Soon after meeting with Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in the national capital today, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut hinted at a pre-poll alliance with the Congress in Uttar Pradesh and Goa, stating that the parties are thinking of working together in both the states that are scheduled to...

‘OMICRON WILL CAUSE THIRD WAVE, BUT NOT A DEVASTATING ONE’

December 9, 2021

As COVID cases resurge in India with the occurrence of the Omicron variant, Dr Padmanabha Shenoy, rheumatology and medical director at CARE Hospital, Kochi said that although the variant can cause a third wave in India, it would not be as devastating as that in other countries. Shenoy, who has...

3 LET-TRF TERRORISTS KILLED IN SHOPIAN ENCOUNTER

December 9, 2021

All the three terrorists killed in an encounter that broke out between security forces and terrorists at the Check Cholan area of Shopian were categorized terrorists and linked with proscribed terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) - The Resistance Front (TRF), said Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday. The police further said...

Congress delegation on way to Nagaland detained

December 9, 2021

A Congress delegation on its way to Nagaland to meet the families of civilians who died during a military operation in Mon district was detained in Assam. “Delegation comprising Jitendra Singh, AICC General Secretary and Incharge of Assam, Ajoy Kumar, AICC Incharge of Nagaland, Gaurav Gogoi, MP and Anto Antony...

US ANNOUNCES 0MN DEBT FINANCING FOR SOLAR PANELS IN INDIA

US ANNOUNCES $500MN DEBT FINANCING FOR SOLAR PANELS IN INDIA

December 9, 2021

A US development agency has announced USD 500 million of debt financing for the largest American solar manufacturing company to support the company’s previously announced solar manufacturing facility in Tamil Nadu, India. US International Development Finance Corporation, better known as DFC, is lending USD 500 million to build a solar-panel...

Centre asks states to submit Covid samples for genome sequencing

December 9, 2021

As India reported nearly two dozen Omicron cases, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Wednesday asked all the states to submit all the samples of positive cases of international travellers and their contacts as well as from emerging hotspots. In a statement, Bhushan said, “The samples of positive cases from...

PM leads the nation in mourning CDS Rawat’s death

December 9, 2021

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday led the nation in paying glowing tributes to General Bipin Rawat, the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), his wife Madhulika Rawat, and 11 other persons on board the Mi-17 V5 helicopter who were killed after their helicopter crashed near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu. The...

SERENA WILLIAMS WITHDRAWS FROM AUSTRALIAN OPEN

December 9, 2021

Former World number one Serena Williams will not contest the Australian Open 2022 following advice from her medical team on Wednesday. The 23-times grand slam singles champion had an injury-disrupted season and has not competed since an ankle injury forced her to retire six games into her first-round Wimbledon clash...

Bad light curtails final session after England bowled out for 147 on Day 1

December 9, 2021

Rain and bad light curtailed the final session of Day 1 of the ongoing first Ashes Test between England and Australia here at the Gabba, Brisbane. 50.1 overs were bowled on the opening day and it saw England bundled out for 147 with Australia skipper Pat Cummins taking five wickets....

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