Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a US airstrike in Afghanistan. Al-Zawahiri and Osama bin Laden co-planned the 9/11 attacks on America. Osama bin Laden was killed by US Navy Seals in an operation in Abbottabad, Pakistan on May 2, 2011. Zawahiri became the leader of al-Qaeda after Osama bin Laden was killed in a US action. US President Joe Biden said on Monday that Zawahiri was killed in a CIA drone strike on Saturday evening in Kabul. Zawahiri was hiding with his family in a house in Kabul. He first worked under bin Laden’s umbrella and later took over the reins of…
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India is keeping a close watch on the spread of monkeypox infection cases. Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya said in Rajya Sabha today that eight cases have been detected in the country so far. Five of these patients have recently traveled abroad. He said that the Center has issued guidelines to the states to prevent the spread of monkeypox. Mandaviya expressed confidence that Indian scientists would soon develop a vaccine to prevent monkeypox infection.
The 2nd Twenty20 International match between India and West Indies will be played at Warner Park Stadium, St. India lead 1-0 in the five-match Twenty20 series. In the first Twenty20 match, India defeated West Indies by 68 runs. Today, the Indian team would like to take a 2-0 lead in the series by winning this match against West Indies, while West Indies would also like to level the series 1-1 by performing well against Team India. You can also watch this match live on DD Sports
Continuing the winning streak of the Indian weightlifting contingent at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games, Achinta Sheuly, representing India in the 73 kg category, today clinched a gold medal. Achinta, 20, lifted the gold medal by lifting a total of 313 kg including 143 kg in snatch and 170 kg in clean and jerk. The India Weightlifting Team has so far won 6 medals. Earlier Mirabai Chanu and Jeremy Lalrinnunga bagged the gold medal while Bindiyarani Devi and Sanket Sargar bagged the silver medal. Gururaja Pujari has won the lone bronze medal in the medal tally. With Shelly’s gold medal, India has so far…
ED has arrested Sanjay Raut. Prior to his arrest, the ED raided Raut’s residence for nearly nine hours, in which Rs 11.5 lakh in cash was seized, he said. After more than six hours of interrogation, he was arrested after midnight on Sunday. Officials claimed that Raut was not cooperating in the investigation, due to which he was detained at 12:05 am under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. A team of the agency had reached his residence in Mumbai’s Bhandup area on Sunday, where they searched, questioned Raut and called him for questioning at the agency’s local office till evening. During the…
The national flag is a symbol of pride for the entire country. In honor of the tricolor, tricolor programs are being organized in every house across the country. The Ministry of Culture has taken this initiative under Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav. Through this program every Indian is being motivated to hoist the national flag at their home. Collectively hoisting the tricolor at home in the 75th year of independence shows not only a personal connection to the tricolor but also our commitment towards nation-building. The objective of this program is to promote the feeling of patriotism in the hearts of the people and awareness…
The Delhi government has decided to withdraw the new excise policy for the time being and has directed the sale of liquor through government-run shops. Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia gave this information on Saturday. 468 private liquor shops operating in the city will be closed from August 1 after the period of their license and the new excise policy expires on July 31. Sisodia also alleged that the BJP was using agencies like the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to intimidate the licensees and excise officials of liquor shops. He said that many licensees have now…
Former India all-rounder Sridharan Sriram has decided to step down as Australia’s spin bowling coach to focus on his role at IP. Sriram has taken this decision before Australia’s tour of India next year. Sriram, who played eight ODIs for India from 2000 to 2004, was part of Australia’s coaching structure since 2015. He was part of the Australia A team during the Indian tour but in 2016 he was appointed spin bowling coach under the then head coach Darren Lehman. “After six years in Australian cricket, I am leaving my current role as assistant coach of the Australian men’s team with a…
The Singapore government has withdrawn its invitation to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to attend the World City Summit 2022. A representative of the Singapore government has apprised the Delhi government in this regard. The Delhi chief minister had also written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier this month that it was against the interest of the nation to stop a chief minister from attending such an event. The Delhi government has said that if Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is not able to attend the World City Summit to be held in Singapore and due to this the country has to be humiliated…
In a media interaction on Wednesday, Chowdhury had addressed India’s first woman tribal president Murmu as ‘national wife’. A controversy has started over this and BJP members in both the houses of Parliament created a ruckus over the matter. After the adjournment of the proceedings in the Lok Sabha, there was a scuffle between Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Union Minister Smriti Irani. The BJP and government ministers have demanded an apology from Congress President Sonia Gandhi in this matter. When the Lok Sabha proceedings on the same issue were adjourned again shortly after 12 noon, Sonia Gandhi went to the seats of…