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Modi chairs CCS meeting on Afghanistan situation, Indians' safety
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh,Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar attended the meeting. It is leant that the government's highest decision making body discussed the tense security situation there. The government's priority is to safely evacuate the remaining Indians left there.
'E-emergency visa for Afghans will be issued for 6 months first'
The new visa category has been introduced to speed up visa granting process to applications for entry into India. "MHA reviews visa provisions in view of the current situation in Afghanistan. A new category of electronic visa called 'e-Emergency X-Misc Visa' introduced to fast-track visa applications for entry into India," the Home Ministry spokesperson tweeted on Tuesday morning.
Ties between India-ASEAN vital for inclusive growth: Experts
India's External Affairs Ministry's Joint Secretary (South), Vishvas Vidu Sapkal said that the ASEAN-India strategic partnership rests on a strong foundation of our shared historical, geographical and civilisational ties and it is driven by common strategic priorities of promoting peace, security, stability and prosperity in the region. ASEAN and India are celebrating the 30th anniversary of Dialogue Relations in 2022.
Day after Sushmita quit, Sonia appoints Netta D'Souza as acting chief
In a statement, Congress General Secretary K.C. Venugopal said, "Congress President has appointed D' Souza as acting president of Mahila Congress with immediate effect till a full-time President is appointed." The development comes a day after Dev, a former MP from Assam's Silchar resigned from the party. She later joined the Trinamool Congress in West Bengal's Kolkata.
New India will not put pressure on athletes to win medals: PM Modi to Paralympians
PM Modi interacted with India's contingent through video conferencing, wishing them luck for Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. This is India's biggest-ever contingent to the Paralympic Games -- 54 para-athletes from across nine sports disciplines will be heading to Tokyo to represent the nation. Meanwhile, Union Sports Minister Anurag Singh Thakur thanked PM Modi for extending his support to athletes across the country.
At 25,166, India sees major decline in daily Covid cases
We have seen as low as 10,500 cases in February this year, before the devastating second wave kicked in, the figure released by the government on Tuesday is the lowest recorded in 154 days. A total of 437 deaths were reported in the past 24 hours pushing the toll to 4,32,079, according to the Covid bulletin released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
JD(U) minister R.C.P. Singh avoids taking clear stand on caste census
R.C.P. Singh, who returned to Patna for the first time after becoming Union Minister, has not given a clear statement on this issue unlike Chief Minister Nitish Kumar who has raised the demand for it several times. Asked multiple times, Singh said that the JD-U is in favour of a caste census but the target will be achieved on the basis of inclusive development of Bihar and the country.
NIA team visit to probe Kabul gurdwara blast 'delayed indefinitely'
The NIA had in April 2020 registered a case in the March 25, 2020 terror attack. This was the first instance of the NIA filing a case for a terror attack committed outside India as per the amended NIA Act, which empowered the central agency to investigate terror attacks committed outside India "affecting Indian citizens or affecting the interest of India".
Mukhtar Ansari claims threat to his life in jail
According to his lawyer, Ansari claimed that unauthorised people entered the prison without making any entry in the register. Ansari, who is lodged in Uttar Pradesh's Banda jail, was produced virtually on Monday before Maushmi Madhesi, a judge in the special court for cases involving MPs and MLAs here in Uttar Pradesh, in a case of forgery and cheating.
India needs to strengthen security set up at J&K borders: Experts
There are apprehensions that Pakistan's ISI may push Afghan militia into Jammu and Kashmir to disturb the prevailing security scenario. In this regard, they have anticipated that the redeployment of Pakistani terrorist groups like Lashkar- e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), who have targeted Jammu and Kashmir and other parts of India in the past, may be activated again.
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