On Friday, Bhartiya Janata Party’s Member of Parliament Arjun Singh was assaulted in Kolkata’s Belgachia neighborhood that left him injured. He described it as a “pre-planned and pre-meditated incident” and filed a complaint with the Election Commission and special police observers. Arjun Singh is leader from Barrackpore. He said in a statement that a mob attacked and manhandled him by his collar when he arrived for a meeting. The BJP leader, who went as an observer for the BJP’s North Kolkata district, said he heard two gunshots when his security lathicharged the mob in an attempt to get rid off…
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The Indian Army has sent out a Request For Information (RFI) for weighing less than 25 tonnes. The move comes in the midst of a standoff in Eastern Ladakh, where the need for a light tank for installation in high-altitude areas was felt (HAA). The RFI dated April 22 and published on Friday stated that the Defence Ministry intends to procure a “new generation combat vehicle platform, approximately 350 Light Tanks in a phased manner, along with performance-based logistics, niche technologies, engineering support package, and other maintenance and training requirements.” “The last date of acceptance of receipt of response is…
With oxygen shortages worsening the Covid crisis across states, India will airlift 23 oxygen generation plants and containers from Germany. These plants and containers are likely to reach India in a couple of days. They will be transported to Covid facilities run by the Defence Ministry and other military hospitals to provide sufficient oxygen to patients. “From Germany, 23 mobile oxygen generation plants are being airlifted. To address the shortage, the Armed Forces Medical Service (AFMS) has decided to import oxygen generation plants and containers from Germany “According to a statement issued by the Ministry of Defence. “They will be…
https://twitter.com/rajnathsingh/status/1385199556346802178?s=20 https://twitter.com/indiannavy/status/1385130090816700417?s=20 With the Indonesian vessel going missing on seas with 53 crew on board, India has ventured to contribute to search and rescue operations for the Indonesian submarine KRI Nanggala-402. The ship had gone missing during a military drill in the seas north of Bali with 53 people on board. On Thursday, India’s Defence Minister Rajnath Singh spoke with his Indonesian counterpart, Gen Prabowo Subianto, and assured him of India’s full support in locating the attack submarine. I called upon Indonesia’s Defence Minister, General Prabowo Subianto, and expressedmy concern and sadness over the news of the missing submarine Nanggala…
In a conference on the Covid-19 situation headed by the Prime Minister, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal asked Modi to initiate chief ministers of all states to maintain the effective movement of oxygen tankers arriving in the national capital. Kejriwal also shared a live telecast of a “in-house” meeting with Modi during the same meeting. The Delhi Chief Minister appears to have made yet another blunder. Modi corrected Kejriwal on the Oxygen Express during the meeting. Kejriwal meant to refer to Modi’s “idea” of going to run the Oxygen Express and stated that West Bengal and Odisha must provide oxygen…
In a tragedy that shook everyone, amidst rising covid-19 cases was when 13 Covid-19 patients in medical care unit died with 21 other patients in hospital were rushed out after a fireplace broke call at the air con unit of Vijay Vallabh hospital in Virar, north of Mumbai, at 3 am on Friday. The fire started within the air con unit of the hospital’s ICU. there have been 17 patients within the ICU at that point . “The incident occurred after 3 am and within 5 mins Vasai Virar Municipal Corporation fire brigade reached the spot. the hearth was put…
The Telangana government, with the assistance of Indian Air Force planes, airlifted nine empty oxygen tankers to Odisha plants on Friday to acquire LOX for the state. The plants at Angul and Rourkela are about 1200 km faraway from Hyderabad and therefore the decision to airlift oxygen tankers wouldn’t only save time but also help resolve to an outsized extent the rising shortage of medical oxygen for the treatment of COVID-19 patients. The tankers will return by road and can bring the state 150 metric tonnes of LOX by April 27. On Friday, Health minister Eatala Rajender alongside the Chief…
IN 1990, when Hindi film music was during a stage of flux, churning out almost everything, filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt’s Aashiqui awakened a melody-starved nation with gentle tunes that remain popular to the present day. The soundtrack for a quaint romance between a model and a club singer sold 20 million units, turning it into the bestselling Bollywood soundtrack of all times and cementing music composer duo Nadeem-Shravan’s career within the mainstream industry. Shravan Rathod, one half the music duo, died of Covid-related complications Thursday night at Mumbai’s SL Raheja hospital. He was 66. Crooned by Kumar Sanu and Anuradha Paudwal,…
The company’s statement comes amid speculations that the US drug giant may sell its vaccines in open market now that the govt has allowed vaccine-makers the choice of setting their own prices for states and personal hospitals. “For India, Pfizer has offered a not-for-profit price for its vaccine for the govt immunization program. We still be in discussions with the govt and remain committed to form our vaccine available for deployment in India’s immunization program,” a Pfizer spokesperson stated. While Pfizer was the primary company to hunt emergency approval in India for its vaccine with BioNTech, its application was rejected…
PM Modi announced on Thursday that India and the US will be launching an “agenda 2030” partnership on green collaborations, as he called for concrete action to combat climate change at a “high speed” and on a “large scale” globally. Addressing a virtual summit on climate change convened by US President Joe Biden, PM Modi stated that a core belief of “back to basics” must be an important pillar of the economic strategy for the post-COVID era and proclaimed that, despite development strategies, India has taken “many bold steps” on clean energy, renewable energy, and bio-diversity. Around 40 world leaders…