India is on course to have an “approved” vaccine within the first quarter of calendar year 2021 and Pune based Serum Institute of India (SII), the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer by volume, is well placed to deliver the first vaccine, according to a report out Thursday from Bernstein Research, a top Wall Street research and […]
Forward Akashdeep Singh, who has played 194 matches for the Indian men’s hockey team, has earned recognition for his contributions to his side and will be conferred with the Arjuna Award this year. Akashdeep has been part of several crucial victories in the last four years such as Olympic Qualifiers 2019 wins over Russia, clinching […]
Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash, who emerged as world’s fastest human computer by winning the Mental Calculation World Championship at Mind Sports Olympiad in London earlier this month, is all set to embark on a mission to eradicate mathematics phobia both in India and abroad. The 20-year-old Hyderabadi, who became the first Indian and also the first […]
With an eye on reducing the Indian military’s dependence on imports, the Central government has set up a five member panel to prepare the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for “futuristic defence” and battlefield scenarios. The DRDO, which was set up in 1958, is currently headed by Dr G. Satheesh Reddy. He was to […]
Was Rhea Chakraborty mixing drugs into her boyfriend Sushant Singh Rajput’s coffee deliberately or doing it at the behest of someone, the central investigative agencies are probing. Purported conversation of Rhea with her close associates have hinted towards either of the possibilities that she was mixing drugs in Sushant’s cup of coffee or tea. The […]
Petrol prices across the four metros increased for the fifth consecutive day on Monday, with the fuel being priced over Rs 88 per litre in Mumbai. In the country’s financial capital, petrol was sold for Rs 88.28 per litre on Monday, higher by 12 paise from its previous level of Rs 88.16 per litre. At […]
Arindam Chaudhuri, Director of Indian Institute of Planning and Management (IIPM) has been arrested by the CGST South Delhi Commissionerate over alleged undue claim of Central Value Added Tax (CENVAT) of service tax credit of around Rs 23 crore. Chaudhuri was arrested on Friday and sent to 14 days in judicial custody by a Delhi […]
Five Uttar Pradesh Police personnel have been dismissed for allegedly helping gangster Badan Singh Baddo escape from police custody during transit. The dismissed policemen are head constable Santosh Kumar, constable Sunil Singh, Rajkumar, Omvir Singh and driver Bhupinder Singh. Earlier on July 31, sub-Inspector Deshraj Tyagi was dismissed from the police service in the same […]
The BJP has suspended its leader Sanjeev Gupta, whose son Sachin Gupta is absconding after being named as an accused in the printing of duplicate NCERT books worth Rs 35 crore. While 12 people have so far been arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Police in connection with this case, Gupta remains at large. An FIR […]
Vishal Kirti, a brother-in-law of Sushant Singh Rajput, has revealed that he was not in touch with the actor on a one-on-one basis after Rhea Chakraborty came into the latter’s life in 2019. He has also requested people not to reach out to him for details about the actor’s death. Vishal expressed his views in […]