INDIA
Two drones again spotted over military area in Jammu
Police sources said two drones were spotted around 6 a.m. over the army installations in Miran Sahib and Kunjwani areas of Jammu city. "Alert troops fired at these drones after which they withdrew," sources said. On Tuesday, drones were spotted over military camps in the Kaluchak and Ratnuchak areas which were also fired upon.
UP: 2 arrested clerics found involved in another conversion case
The case involves the conversion of a Hindu girl in Shahjahanpur district. The 29-year-old girl had married a Muslim youth after converting to another religion. She is in Delhi with her husband and ATS sleuths are trying to reach her, sources said. Mohammed Umar Gautam, the founder of Islamic Dawah Centre (IDC), which has its office in Delhi's Batla House, in known to help people in converting to Islam.
At 817, India records least deaths since April 10
On April 10, India recorded 839 fatalities due to the coronavirus. It is also for the third time in over two and half months that the Covid-19 toll has come below the 1,000-mark and the 12th consecutive day in the last two months when the toll has been below the 2,000-mark.The total caseload rose to 3,03,62,848 after India crossed the three crore mark exactly a week back.
India's draft space transportation policy gives green push to ISRO
The draft policy states focused research is essential on new propulsion systems based on semi-cryogenic, liquid oxygen-methane and green propellants. The Department of Space (DOS) under Government of India has recently come out with its draft National Space Transportation Policy.
India warns of cross-border terror via cyberspace, calls for global action
Outlining the dangers to international peace emanating from cyberspace, India's Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla told the Security Council on Tuesday: "We need to adopt a collaborative rules-based approach in cyberspace and work towards ensuring its openness, stability and security."
BJP wins 21 zila panchayat seats in UP, SP gets 1
The seats were won, after the rival contestants, either withdrew from the fray or turned their support to the ruling party. The State Election Commission (SEC), in a late-night release on Tuesday, confirmed the results. The 17 districts where the BJP candidates got elected unopposed were Chitrakoot, Agra, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Bulandshahr, Amroha, Moradabad, Lalitpur, Jhansi, Banda, Shravasti, Balrampur, Gonda, Gorakhpur, Mau and Varanasi.
Focus on five-fold strategy of Covid management: Centre to states
In a communication to Chief Secretaries of the states, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla wrote, "States and UTs shall also regularly monitor districts with higher number of active cases per million population, as it is an important indicator to predict need for upgrading health infrastructure and logistics, so that early and prompt action can be taken in this regard."
Monetise reserves or govt will sell them: Pradhan to state-run oil cos
Speaking at the BNEF summit, the minister stressed that state-run energy majors should enter into joint ventures or develop new business models for monetisation of the stranded assets. He added that the Centre has created a dynamic business climate in India to attract more investment technology for a secured energy future for India.
Delhi sizzles at 43-degree C, no respite likely on Wed
Lodhi Road, Ridge and Pusa areas witnessed severe heat wave with the mercury soaring to 42.6-degree Celsius, 43.4-degree Celsius and 44.3-degree Celsius, respectively, seven notches above the average temperature. The highest temperature was recorded in the Najafgarh area at 44.4-degree Celsius, followed by Pitampura (44.3) and Mungeshpur (44.3).
Delhi Police file FIR against Twitter on NCPCR complaint on child porn
A Delhi Police spokesperson said that acting on a complaint received from NCPCR regarding availability of child sexual abuse and child pornographic material on Twitter, an FIR under relevant sections of IPC, IT Act and POCSO Act has been registered by Cyber Crime Unit, and investigation has been taken up. The NCPCR also sought a report from the police within three days.
Don't Miss
Advertisement