Tokyo, Jan 6 (UNI) The power equipment at Japan’s Shika nuclear power plant (NPP) has sustained some damage, including a significant oil leakage, after a powerful earthquake and a series of strong aftershocks struck the country on New Year’s Day, Japanese broadcaster NHK said on Friday. A total of 19,800 liters (5,230 gallons) of oil…
Washington, Jan 6 (UNI) The US Army has ordered more than $871 million worth of additional electronic fuzes for use on its 105mm and 155mm heavy artillery howitzers, the Department of Defense announced in a press release. “L3 Fuzing and Ordnance Systems [of] Cincinnati, Ohio was awarded an $871,583,197 …contract for M762A1/M767A1 electronic timing fuses,”…
Washington, Jan 6 (UNI) Former US President Donlad Trump said during remarks in Iowa that a speech earlier on Friday by President Joe Biden was intended to fearmonger concerns about Trump. “Crooked Joe [Biden] is staging his pathetic, fearmongering campaign event in Pennsylvania today,” Trump said on Friday. Earlier on Friday, Biden spoke in Pennsylvania,…
Islamabad, (UNI) PML-N Senator Afnan Ullah Khan opposed a non-binding resolution by independent Senator Dilawar Khan seeking postponement of elections with only 15 lawmakers in attendance on Friday. The Upper House of the Parliament has a total of 100 members. According to Dawn, Dilawar argued that the Constitution upheld the right to vote for every…
London, Jan 5 (UNI) UK actress Glynis Johns, who is known for her role as Winifred Banks in 1964’s “Mary Poppins” musical fantasy comedy film, has died at the age of 100 in Los Angeles, CNN reported, citing the actress’s manager. Mitch Clem was quoted as saying that Johns died “peacefully” on Thursday morning at…
Jakarta, (UNI) Four people were killed and 37 others wounded as two trains collided in Indonesia’s West Java province on Friday morning, rescuers and officials said. According to local media ANTARA, the victims were four train crew members: a driver, an assistant driver, a steward, and a security officer. Meanwhile, a total of 478 passengers…
New Delhi, Jan 5 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to consider a plea for an urgent hearing on an application by a group of Hindu women, for cleaning the water tank at Gyanvapi Mosque where a ‘Shivlinga’ was claimed to have been found during the survey by the court-appointed Commissioner. Advocate Vishnu Shankar…
New Delhi, Jan 05 (UNI) The Indian Railways on Friday signed an MoU with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) to reduce energy and water consumption lowering GHG emissions. Indian Railways has set the “Net Zero Carbon Emission” target by the year 2030. As per an official statement, The Railway and CII have renewed their MoU…
New Delhi, Jan 5 (UNI) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has iterated its full faith in the use of EVMs in elections, and dismissed Congress leader Jairam Ramesh’s request that the I.N.D.I.A bloc be given an opportunity to put forth its views on VVPAT to the apex poll panel. The ECI said “there was…
New Delhi, Jan 5 (UNI) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday nominated Delhi Commission for Women Chairperson Swati Maliwal and renominated sitting MPs ND Gupta and Sanjay Singh as its candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections. Singh s currently in jail in connection with the alleged Delhi liquor policy scam. The party’s Political…
