China's new claim on PLA disengagement in eastern Ladakh’s Hot Spring area, India acts to seize gap in the wheat export market, Sonia Gandhi asks Congress heads of five states to resign post-Assembly poll debacle & other top news in this bulletin. China has said for the first time that soldiers of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) have disengaged in the Hot Spring area of Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh, though people familiar with the matter said not all areas of contention in this sector have been cleared. The Chinese foreign ministry told HT that China is working closely with India to reach an acceptable solution to the standoff in eastern Ladakh “as soon as possible”, and claimed that troop disengagement has taken place at Galwan Valley, Pangong Lake and Hot Spring. Despite numerous rounds of diplomatic and military talks over the past two years, the two nations have been unable to end the nearly 22-month standoff. India has only acknowledged disengagement of front line forces on the northern and southern banks of Pangong Lake and at Gogra. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday peace talks were sounding more realistic but more time was needed, as Russian air strikes killed five people in the capital Kyiv and the refugee tally from Moscow’s invasion reached 3 million. Moscow has not captured any of Ukraine’s 10 biggest cities following its incursion that began on Feb. 24, the largest assault on a European state since 1945. Ukrainian officials have raised hopes the war could end sooner than expected, possibly by May, saying Moscow may be coming to terms with its failure to impose a new government by force and running out of fresh troops. “The meetings continue, and, I am informed, the positions during the negotiations already sound more realistic. But time is still needed for the decisions to be in the interests of Ukraine,” Zelenskiy said in a video address on Wednesday, ahead of the next round of talks. In a hint of a possible compromise, Zelenskiy said earlier Ukraine was prepared to accept security guarantees from the West that stop short of its long-term goal of joining NATO. Moscow sees any future Ukraine membership of the Western alliance as a threat and has demanded guarantees it will never join. Inoculation of children against Covid-19 in the 12-15 age cohort will begin on Wednesday and initially take place only at government vaccination centres across India till Biological E, the maker of Corbevax, announces the price of its vaccine for the private sector, according to people familiar with the matter. “For now, it will be available only at government vaccination facilities,” a central government official said on condition of anonymity. “Once the company (Biological E) notifies its rate for private hospitals, as was done by Serum Institute of India and Bharat Biotech, then private hospitals can also procure and its vaccine will also be available at private Covid vaccination centres.” Covid-19 vaccination will be open for all children born on or before March 15, 2010, the government said in its guidelines issued on Tuesday. Earlier, children born on or before 2007 were allowed to take the shots under the national immunisation programme. India is rolling out ambitious measures over the coming weeks to try to establish the country a dominant exporter of high-quality wheat as importers scramble for supplies following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, two government sources said. The measures, which should be implemented over the course of around two weeks, include ensuring government-approved laboratories test the quality of wheat for export, making extra rail wagons available for transport and working with port authorities to give priority to wheat exports. India, the world’s biggest wheat producer after China, has been pursuing deals to export wheat and take advantage of surplus stocks at home and a sharp rise in global prices. It sees the disruption caused by the conflict involving Russia, the world’s largest wheat exporter and Ukraine, another leading supplier, as an opportunity to sell its wheat on the world market. Congress president Sonia Gandhi Tuesday asked chiefs of its Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa and Manipur units to resign amid continued rumblings in the party following its abject loss in the assembly elections in these states. The sabre rattling in the Congress, meanwhile, intensified as Gandhi family loyalists lashed out at their colleague Kapil Sibal for his remarks that the Gandhis should step aside and pave the way for some other leader at the helm, accusing him of speaking the language of the BJP and the RSS. The axe fell on the Congress’s satraps, including its Punjab president Navjot Singh Sidhu, two days after the Congress Working Committee (CWC) brainstormed about the reasons for the party’s debacle in the latest round of state assembly polls. The Congress failed to wrest the four BJP-ruled states and lost Punjab to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). “Congress President, Smt. Sonia Gandhi has asked the PCC Presidents of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa and Manipur to put in their resignations in order to facilitate reorganisation of PCCs,” chief spokesperson for the party Randeep Surjewala said on Twitter.
Supreme Court set aside the Delhi high court’s adverse order against the Future Group, Congress has decided not to field a candidate from Karhal seat, India defeated China in the F ... Read more
Supreme Court set aside the Delhi high court’s adverse order against the Future Group, Congress has decided not to field a candidate from Karhal seat, India defeated China in the FIH Hockey Pro League in Muscat & other top news in this bulletin. Read more
Nirmala Sitharaman announced a 30 per cent tax on any income from the transfer of virtual digital assets, India’s own digital currency to soon be a reality, Hindustani Bhau arreste ... Read more
Nirmala Sitharaman announced a 30 per cent tax on any income from the transfer of virtual digital assets, India’s own digital currency to soon be a reality, Hindustani Bhau arrested by the Dharavi Police in Mumbai & other top news in this bulletin. Read more
Canadian PM, family moved to secret location amid protests, India is likely to step up spending on infrastructure, health services and social programmes, Mamata Banerjee blocked Go ... Read more
Canadian PM, family moved to secret location amid protests, India is likely to step up spending on infrastructure, health services and social programmes, Mamata Banerjee blocked Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar from her Twitter account & other top news in this bulletin. Read more
Ram Nath Kovind addressed the joint sitting of parliament ahead of the budget session, India's GDP is expected to grow at 8% to 8.5% for the next fiscal year, Former Australia capt ... Read more
Ram Nath Kovind addressed the joint sitting of parliament ahead of the budget session, India's GDP is expected to grow at 8% to 8.5% for the next fiscal year, Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has backed Rohit Sharma for leading the Indian men's team in Test cricket. & other top news in this bulletin. Read more
More than 75% of India’s adult population has been fully vaccinated, The Budget Session of Parliament will begin from Monday with President's address to both the houses, Tejasswi P ... Read more
More than 75% of India’s adult population has been fully vaccinated, The Budget Session of Parliament will begin from Monday with President's address to both the houses, Tejasswi Prakash lifts the Bigg Boss 15 trophy & other top news in this bulletin. Read more
Amit Shah addressed a gathering of BJP supporters in UP's Muzaffarnagar today, India continued a downward trajectory on the Covid-19 graph on Saturday, A thousand drones will dazzl ... Read more
Amit Shah addressed a gathering of BJP supporters in UP's Muzaffarnagar today, India continued a downward trajectory on the Covid-19 graph on Saturday, A thousand drones will dazzle the sky above Delhi during the Beating Retreat ceremony & other top news in this bulletin. Read more
NARC is ready to acquire stressed assets worth 82000 crore rupees, India and the Philippines signed a deal worth $375 million, The trajectory of India’s 3rd wave of Covid-19 appea ... Read more
NARC is ready to acquire stressed assets worth 82000 crore rupees, India and the Philippines signed a deal worth $375 million, The trajectory of India’s 3rd wave of Covid-19 appears to have started reducing & other top news in this bulletin. Read more
The Supreme Court set aside the Maharashtra Assembly's decision to suspend 12 legislators of BJP for a one-year period, Protesters blocked roads and burned tyres in Patna over alle ... Read more
The Supreme Court set aside the Maharashtra Assembly's decision to suspend 12 legislators of BJP for a one-year period, Protesters blocked roads and burned tyres in Patna over alleged discrepancies in railway recruitment examinations, Trinamool Congress national vice-president Luizinho Faleiro withdrew his candidature from Goa’s Fatorda assembly constituency & other top news in this bulletin. Read more
China has said it will work “closely” with India to properly handle the ongoing border tension, Yogi Adityanath says he does politics of development, Joe Biden has said he will nom ... Read more
China has said it will work “closely” with India to properly handle the ongoing border tension, Yogi Adityanath says he does politics of development, Joe Biden has said he will nominate a Black woman to the US Supreme Court for the first time in history & other top news in this bulletin. Read more
Supreme Court asked the Punjab government to not arrest Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia till Mon, Delhi Disaster Management Authority decided to lift weekend curfe ... Read more
Supreme Court asked the Punjab government to not arrest Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia till Mon, Delhi Disaster Management Authority decided to lift weekend curfew and odd-even restrictions, China's People's Liberation Army handed over the missing teen from Arunachal Pradesh to the Indian Army & other top news in this bulletin. Read more
The Website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. If you continue browsing you will be providing your consent to our use of these.