Tehran, Oct 6 (UNI) The 2023 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Iranian activist and vice-president of a human rights organization in Iran Narges Mohammadi, the Nobel Committee said on Friday. “The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2023 #NobelPeacePrize to Narges Mohammadi for her fight against the oppression of women in…
Prayagraj, Oct 6 (UNI) Fighters jets and helicopters enthralled the people by performing thrilling stunts showcasing their efficiency on Friday before the air show to be organised on the occasion of the 91st anniversary of the Air Force in Prayagraj. Fighter planes, including Sukhoi-30, Mirage 2000, Jaguar, LCA Tejas, Hawk, helicopters Chinook, MI-17, V5, Chetak…
Bengaluru, Oct 6 (UNI) Karnataka IT Minister Priyank Kharge on Friday said that the Expression of Interest has been floated to set up an Information Disorder Tackling Unit for the state government to tackle fake news and other kinds of misinformation. “Govt of Karnataka is serious about tackling misinformation, disinformation, malinformation & fake news. The…
Hyderabad, Oct 6 (UNI) BJP National President J P Nadda on Friday criticised Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao’s rule, stating that it resembled the era of the Rajakars, and asserted that family rule must come to an end in the upcoming assembly elections. Addressing the BJP state council meeting held at VBIT College in…
Mumbai, Oct 6 (UNI) Shiv Sena (UBT) president and ex-chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday demanded a ‘CBI probe’ into recent hospital deaths, while alleging corruption in the current Maharashtra government. “This is the same healthcare setup that I had when I headed the Maha Vikas Aghadi government during the Covid-19 pandemic… We had the…
Mumbai, Oct 6 (UNI) The BSE Sensex remained strong for another day on Friday, as it spurted 364.06 pts to close strong at 65,995.63 following RBI decision to status quo on the policy rates, in the Monetary policy announced on Friday. The Nifty of National Stock Exchange (NSE) rose 107.75 pts at 19,653.50. The day…
New Delhi, Oct 6 (UNI) As widely expected by economists and market-watchers, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) on Friday decided to keep the policy repo rate unchanged at 6.50%. Repo rate refers to the interest rate at which the RBI lends to commercial banks. A high repo rate means cost…
Hyderabad, Oct 6 (UNI) The Telangana BJP State Council meeting took place at VBIT College in Ghatkesar on Friday. The distinguished presence of BJP National President JP Nadda highlighted the event. Key attendees included BJP General Secretary (Organizational Affairs) BL Santosh, Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Union Minister and Telangana BJP President G Kishan Reddy, BJP…
New Delhi, Oct 6 (UNI) Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned two associates of Aam Aadmi Party leader and MP Sanjay Singh for questioning in connection with the (now scrapped) Delhi excise policy case. One of them, Sarvesh Mishra, appeared at the ED office in Delhi on Friday. When Mishra was going towards the ED office,…
Mumbai, Oct 6 (UNI) At least 7 people were killed and 39 injured after a fire broke out in Mumbai’s Goregaon storey building in the wee hours of Friday, officials said. According to fire bridge sources, 46 people were rescued from the blaze that erupted around 3 am at Jay Bhavani building, on MG…
