New Delhi, July 31 (UNI) India and China held the 30th meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation & Coordination on Border Affairs (WMCC) in New Delhi today during which the two sides reviewed the current situation along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with a view to finding an early resolution. India has stressed…
New Delhi, July 31 (UNI) Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday commended the Defence Forces for undertaking the rescue operations in the landslides hit district of Wayanad in Kerala and requested the government to support the people with as much assistance as possible during the challenging time. Participating in a calling…
New Delhi, July 31 (UNI) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday called on visiting Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh ahead of tomorrow’s summit meeting between PM Chinh and PM Narendra Modi. In a post on X, the EAM said he appreciated the Vietnamese PM’s guidance on the bilateral relationship and on regional and…
New Delhi, July 31 (UNI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said in the Rajya Sabha that the Kerala government was given advance warning of heavy rains and landslides on July 23, a week before the Wayanad accident, but necessary action was not taken. Intervening in the discussion on the calling attention motion in…
New Delhi, July 31 (UNI) Around 24 new heritage sites, including 19 cultural, 4 natural, and 1 mixed property across the world have been added to the World Heritage list during the 46th session of World Heritage Committee, Culture and Tourism Minister Gajendera Singh Shekhawat said on Wednesday. Addressing the media on the successful conclusion…
New Delhi, July 31 (UNI) India has witnessed the highest ever coal production, with a growth of approximately 11.71 percent during the last financial year 2023-24, Minister of Coal and Mines G. Kishan Reddy said on Wednesday. In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, Reddy informed that there is no shortage of coal in…
New Delhi, July 31 (UNI) The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Wednesday cancelled the provisional candidature of Puja Khedkar and permanently debarred her from all the future exams and selections for violating Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2022 Rules. The UPSC in a statement said, “The UPSC has examined the available records carefully and found…
New Delhi, July 31 (UNI) Days after the deaths of three UPSC aspirants due to flooding in the basement of a coaching centre in Old Rajinder Nagar, the Delhi government on Wednesday announced that it will introduce a law to regulate coaching institutes. Alleging that the central government has failed to introduce any regulation despite…
New Delhi, July 31 (UNI) The Union Budget 2024-25 balances growth, employment, welfare spending, capital investments, and fiscal consolidation, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Wednesday while replying to the discussion on the Budget in Rajya Sabha, highlighting the decreasing unemployment rate over the past few years due to public investments. Since 2014 the principle…
New Delhi, July 31 (UNI) Northwest, Central and East India are expected to witness widespread rainfall with isolated heavy to very heavy falls during the next 3-4 days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Wednesday. The weather department also predicted that isolated heavy to very rainfall will continue along the west coast during the…
