New Delhi, Sep 18 (UNI) Rajya Sabha Chairman and Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday reconstituted the panel of vice-chairpersons giving 50 percent representation to women parliamentarians. The decision was taken during the first day of a special session of Parliament. “The House members are informed that the panel of vice-chairpersons has been reconstituted with…
New Delhi, Sep 18 (UNI) “At the movement of bid adieu to our old parliament building, I got a chance to talk about Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru who had said that parliamentary democracy demands many virtues, it demands ability, devotion to work, large measure of cooperation and self-discipline,” said Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury at the…
New Delhi, Sep 18 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said, it is a matter of pride for all of us that today India has been able to make its place at world level and it is being acknowledged as the ‘Vishwamitra’. “The whole world is looking for its friend in India and is…
Chennai, Sep 18 (UNI) India’s first Solar exploratory mission Aditya-L1 to study the Sun, has commenced collecting scientific data at distances greater than 50,0000 km from Earth. The sensors of the STEPS instrument have begun measuring supra-thermal and energetic ions and electrons at distances greater than 50,000 km from Earth, ISRO said on Monday, in…
Lucknow, (UNI) Rohan Boppana bid farewell to Davis Cup on a winning note when he paired up with Yuki Bhambri to decimate the Moroccan pair of Elliot Benchetrit-Younes Lalami Laaroussi 6-2, 6-1 in the World Group II doubles match at the Vijayant Khand Mini Stadium in Gomti Nagar on Sunday. Meanwhile, Sumit Nagal got the…
Baghdad, Sep 18 (UNI) A Turkish drone strike in northern Iraq on Sunday killed a senior member and three militants of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), the Counter-Terrorism Service of the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region said in a statement. They were killed at 3:00 p.m. local time (1200 GMT) when a Turkish drone attacked their vehicle…
Tel Aviv, Sep 18 (UNI) Thousands of Israelis took to the streets of Tel Aviv on Sunday for the 37nd week of protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s judicial reform, following a Supreme Court hearing against interfering with the country’s fundamental laws, a Sputnik correspondent reported. The symbol of the protest in Tel Aviv was…
Mogadishu, Sep 18 (UNI) At least 167 Ethiopian soldiers were killed in an ambush by militants of the radical Islamist group Al-Shabaab in western Somalia, the Somali Guardian news portal reported on Sunday, citing the group. The group also said that surviving Ethiopian soldiers had been captured and the advance of Ethiopian troops had been…
Colombo, Sep 17 (UNI) India routed Sri Lanka by 10 wickets to lift Asia Cup for the eighth time after chasing 51 runs target in mere 6.1 overs in the finals at R Premadasa Stadium here on Sunday. Mohammed Siraj beyond any doubts was the chief architect for India to maul the hosts for their…
New Delhi, Sep 17 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched a new scheme “PM Vishwakarma” at the International Convention and Expo Centre, Yashobhoomi, in New Delhi on the occasion of Vishwakarma Jayanti. Speaking at the event, Modi said, “PM Vishwakarma Yojana is an effort to take Vishwakarma associates into the modern era, an…
