Warsaw/New Delhi, Aug 21 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in Warsaw, in the first visit by an Indian PM to Poland in 45 years. In a post on X, PM Modi, who is on a two-day official visit at the invitation by his Polish counterpart Donald Tusk, said his visit will add momentum to…
New Delhi, Aug 21 (UNI) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will be on an official visit to the US from August 23 to 26, on the invitation of the US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin. During the visit, Rajnath Singh will hold a bilateral meeting with his US counterpart Secretary Austin, an official statement said. He…
New Delhi, Aug 21 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday emplaned on a three-day official visit to Poland and Ukraine, with Warsaw being the first stop.The MEA spokesperson posted on X that in Warsaw a rich agenda awaits PM Modi, including holding talks with the Polish leadership and interacting with the Indian community, business…
New Delhi, Aug 21 (UNI) Prime Minister, Narendra Modi on Wednesday congratulated Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das on being rated “A+”, for the second time in a row, in Global Finance Central Banker Report Cards 2024. Responding to a post on X by Reserve Bank of India, Modi wrote “Congratulations to RBI…
Patna, Aug 21 (UNI) Organisations associated with Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) on Wednesday staged street protests and disrupted traffic in Patna and other parts of Bihar as part of a Bharat Bandh called to oppose a recent Supreme Court order related to the creamy layer in reservations. During the protests, law enforcers…
New Delhi, Aug 21 (UNI) Noting that e-commerce is eating into small retailers’ market share and margins, Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday suggested that the massive e-commerce growth could cause huge social disruption. Speaking at the launch of a report titled ‘Net Impact of E-commerce on Employment and Consumer Welfare in…
Bhubaneswar, Aug 21 (UNI) Former BJD Rajya Sabha MP Mamata Mohanta, who was nominated by the BJP for the by-election to the Rajya Sabha seat from Odisha, filed her nomination papers here on Wednesday. Elected to the Rajya Sabha in 2020 as a BJD candidate, Mamata Mohanta, a popular Kudumi community leader from the tribal-dominated…
Kolkata, Aug 21 (UNI) Hundreds of agitating professional medics, both junior doctors and their seniors, on Wednesday marched towards West Bengal health secretariat at the New Town from the CBI office here as their cease-work entered the 3th day over the demands for safety and justice for their colleague murdered in a Kolkata hospital. The…
New Delhi, (UNI) The Finance Ministry Tuesday said every person is not required to obtain a “Tax clearance” certificate before leaving the country. There appears to be a misinformation about the said amendment emanating from incorrect interpretation of the amendment and it is being erroneously reported that all Indian citizens must obtain income-tax clearance certificate…
Los Angeles, Aug 21 (UNI) The KP.3.1.1 COVID-19 variant, now the predominant SARS-CoV-2 variant circulating in the United States, has been causing increasing infections in the country, the latest data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showed. KP.3.1.1, of the Omicron family, is among many currently co-circulating JN.1-derived variants in the…
