INDIA
Delhi-Ahmedabad bullet train to pass extensively through Udaipur
The National High Speed Rail Corporation Ltd officials gave a presentation on the ambitious project to Uduipur District Collector Chetan Deora and discussed it in detail. Officials under the leadership of NHSRC Ltd Executive Director Anup Agarwal and Survey Manager Rajiv Dutt furnished detailed information on points related to preparation of DPR of the Delhi-Ahmedabad high speed train.
Track real-time vaccination data on Health Ministry site soon
"The Covid tracker will give week by week data on the Health Ministry's website about the percentage of double and single doses of Covid-19 vaccine being administered across India," he said at a press conference on actions taken, preparedness and updates on Covid-19. The tracker will be added to the website soon, he added.
Bollywood financer, Mumbai realtor Yusuf Lakdawala dies in custody
Lakdawala, 76, was nabbed by the Mumbai Police's Economic Offences Wing (EOW) in 2019, and later by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in 2020 in connection with the land-grabbing of the plot owned by the late writer in Khandala hill station. Lodged at the Arthur Road Central Jail, he was admitted to the jail hospital and then rushed to the Sir J. J. Hospital for treatment but succumbed this morning.
Health Secy says 2nd wave not over, cautions against festive season
"People should be following all the Covid appropriate guidelines from maintaining social and physical distance to wearing mask," Bhushan said while addressing a press conference on Covid-19. "Thirty-eight districts across country have recorded over 100 daily Covid cases till August 2021. Similar figures were reported from 58 and 108 districts in the months of July and June this year, respectively," he added.
Farmers unions to meet on Sep 11 to decide future course of action
Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Wednesday announced that they will continue the peaceful protest here and will not obstruct any official day to day activities. He said that farmers across the state will continue the agitation on the lines of ongoing protests at the Delhi borders.
Changing global scenario quickly changed equations between nations: Rajnath
Speaking at the induction of medium range surface-to-air missile MRSAM into the Indian Air Force, the minister said, "Whether it is South China Sea, Indian Ocean region, Indo-Pacific region or Central Asia, we can see uncertainty everywhere. The current developments in Afghanistan is one such example."
China spent lavishly to buy influence in India's film world, universities, think tanks, tech
The 76-page report titled "Mapping Chinese Footprints and Influence Operation in India" released by the Law and Society Alliance on September 3 tries to identify how deep and extensive the Chinese foothold in India is. The report covers a wide range of topics and identifies key elements and ways in which Chinese intelligence services and the Chinese Communist Party government have entrenched themselves.
NSA Ajit Doval holds security dialogue with Russian counterpart, highlights Pakistani ISI's links with terror groups in Afghanistan
During the meeting, the two sides discussed “humanitarian and migration problems” in Afghanistan while also looking at the prospects for launching a peace process on the basis of an intra-Afghan dialogue with the help of joint efforts of India and Russia, a Russian statement said.
My statement on Taliban deliberately distorted: Mehbooba
Taking to Twitter she wrote: "Not surprised that my statement on Sharia has been deliberately distorted. Cant point fingers since most countries that claim to uphold Sharia have failed to imbibe its true values. They are only fixated with restricting women through do's & dont's, dress codes etc.
ISI sending ISKP cadre to PoK to hit J&K in a big way: Intel
The sources have revealed that the security agencies in Kashmir have tracked the movement and presence of ISKP commander Munsib who has been reportedly coordinating with various terror outfits for this purpose. He has been quite active on social media for the past few months, they added. Around 25 youths from Kerala have recently gone to Afghanistan and had joined the ISKP cadre.
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