Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated ‘Arogya Van’, a garden housing medicinal plants and herbs, near the Statue of Unity in Kevadiya village of Gujarats Narmada district. Arogya Van (health forest) is cover a neighborhood of about 17 acres, displaying a good range of medicinal plants which play a crucial role within the well-being of citizenry , said a release by the authorities. It is one among the 17 projects to be inaugurated by the PM on Friday and Saturday near the Statue of Unity, a towering monument dedicated to Sardar Patel which has emerged as a well-liked tourist…
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A Hindu student Tithy Sarkar, convenor of World Hindu Struggle Council, went missing after she allegedly made derogatory remarks against Islam and Prophet Muhammad in Dhaka. She was earlier suspended from her university on October 23 for hurting religious sentiments. Tithi Sarkar is a student of Zoology department of the University, is also the convenor of World Hindu Struggle Council, JnU unit and office secretary of Students Protection Council, JnU unit. According to reports, she was on her way to the police station and then, was going to go visit a Durga Puja Mandap. Ever since then, she has been…
Talking at the Statue of Unity in Kevadia, Gujarat, to mark the 145th birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, known as Rashtriya Ekta Diwas, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today hit out at opposition parties for their stand on the Pulwama attack last year, saying the Pakistan minister’s revelations earlier this week in that country’s parliament had exposed the opposition’s real face. “Today when I was watching the parade of officers, an image emerged in my mind… this image was of Pulwama attack. The country can never forget that when India was mourning the death of its sons… some people were…
With a jump of 48,648 new coronavirus cases, India’s overall COVID-19 tally is past 80.88 lakh, government data released this morning shows. The one-day case count is 2.4% lower than yesterday’s. In this period, 563 people died because of the highly infectious disease, pushing the total number of Covid fatalities to 1,21,090. The national recovery rate crossed 91 per cent, the fatality rate remains at 1.5 per cent. Amid concerns of a third wave, more than 57,000 people successfully fought off the viral disease taking the overall recoveries to 73.7 lakh. There are less than 6 lakh people currently receiving…
Indian Air Force has carried out yet another successful test firing of air-launched BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from Sukhoi-30 fighter aircraft. The BrahMos missile developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) was launched to target a ship in the Bay of Bengal around 4000 km away. It was the longest-range test of the fighter-missile combo conducted by Indian Air Force. The Sukhoi-30 MKI took off from Halwara airbase in Punjab, which was refuelled mid-air before it launched the missile toward the target in Bay of Bengal. This is the second time that the missile has been successfully test-fired…
https://twitter.com/Shubham_vhp/status/1322152524439187456?s=20 Three Muslims clad in saffron robes, are seen roaming around in an empty area when they are accosted by a man who asks them to reveal their identity. The youths, who are also carrying saffron colour jholas (hanging bags) and some instrument in their hands, at first attempt to steer clear of the questioning, but after the person shooting the video threatens them with the police, they confess of being Muslims. In the undated video, which has now gone viral on social media, the man behind the camera approached these three youth and asks them to reveal their identity.…
Rapido has announced its bike taxi services in Mumbai becoming the first bike taxi player in Maharashtra. Rapido aims to make first and last-mile connectivity for customers and captains or driver-partners in the city convenient as well as easily accessible. The fares for Rapido in Mumbai will be as low as Rs 6 per kilometer making it the most affordable everyday commute option for the city of Mumbai. Rapido is also giving up to 50 per cent off to customers on the first ride as an introductory offer. Rapido recently announced several initiatives towards maintaining safety and following guidelines to…
PUBG Mobile and PUBG Mobile Lite will no longer work in India from today. The company took to Facebook to announce that it will shut down all access and servers in India. The same message was also posted on the game’s community forum. The gaming app was banned by the Indian government in the second wave of the Chinese app ban over national security concerns. Along with PUBG, 117 other apps were banned in India. Announcing the termination of services on Facebook, PUBG Mobile wrote, “Dear Fans, To comply with the interim order of the Ministry of Electronics and Information…
The night of October 31 will be witness to something that happens once in a blue moon, quite literally. And, what is that? Well, a Blue Moon. It may sound mysterious and exciting, but let us calm you down: A Blue Moon is nothing but a vanilla Full Moon that rises in the sky 12 times every year. There are 12 Full Moons in a year, i.e. one every month. Over time, several cultures started giving names to each Full Moon. There is no convention for naming Full Moons, nor are the names currently in popular use (we have the…
Two constables of the local police were injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast triggered by the activists of the banned CPI (Maoist) outfit in Jharkhand’s Lohardaga district on Friday, the police said. The incident took place when a police party of seven was searching a vehicle in the Shahi Ghat area. The Maoists first triggered the IED blast then opened indiscriminate fire. As per the police, the Maoists also threw hand grenades at the cops from the top of a nearby hill. When the CRPF personnel, who were deployed with the police, opened fire in retaliation, they escaped…