New Delhi: People above 60 years of age and those over 45 with comorbidities will be given Covid-19 vaccination from March 1, the federal government announced February 24. After a Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar, said that 100 million people wouldContinue Reading
Meppadi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has sought to reach out to Christians in Kerala ahead of the coming assembly polls, hailing their service in many sectors. He also noted “an atmosphere of fear’ in the country, but did not elaborate. “The atmosphere of the country is one of fear. ButContinue Reading
Kolkata: Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar has announced a national level film award after legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray. Javadekar made this announcement February 22 at a program organized by the National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) in Kolkata, according to an actor who was present at the event. At theContinue Reading
New Delhi: Protesting farmers on February 21 announced a series of events to further escalate their agitation against the three new agricultural laws as they accused the government of adopting “repressive” measures against them. They also said they will soon devise a strategy to keep the protest going for long.Continue Reading
Chandigarh: Healthcare professionals and other frontline medical workers who skip Covid-19 vaccination won’t get financial help from the authorities for treatment if they get infected later and won’t be allowed to take quarantine or isolation leave, the Punjab government has said. The northern Inidian state government has taken a seriousContinue Reading
Mumbai: A quick-thinking driver dived into an open borewell immediately on seeing an eight-year-old fall into it at a Lokhandwala complex, and rescued her. The entire rescue took place in a matter of 10 minutes on February 17. While the borewell has now been covered, residents of the Andheri societyContinue Reading
Pune: The Indian government plans to amend a recent order that required academic institutions to seek prior approval before organizing ‘international’ online seminars or conferences. The academic and scientific community in the country had objected to the order, with two of the largest and oldest science academies writing letters toContinue Reading
Sonada: In a first time effort in the hills, academia-industry partnership initiative to empower tea garden women was launched, 21 February 2021. Salesian College Sonada established in 1938 and the Tea Promoters India who own plantations in Darjeeling, Dooars, Assam and Kerala have launched a pilot project entitled: Women EmpowermentContinue Reading
By Shalini S New Delhi: Muslim children face systematic exclusion at the pre-primary level at private schools in the national capital of India, a new research has pointed out. The research article titled “Early Educational Marginalization for Muslim Children in India: An Analysis of Nursery School Admission in Private SchoolsContinue Reading
New Delhi: A court in Delhi on February 19 sent climate activist Disha Ravi to jail for three days. The Delhi police presented the 22-year-old young Bengaluru-based woman to the Patiala House court. She was arrested on February 14 over a farmers’ protest toolkit linked to Republic Day violence inContinue Reading
