Former India opener-turned-politician Gautam Gambhir on Sunday expressed pride as he watched Indian Armys Captain Tanya Shergill leading the 71st Republic Day parade. “Being a father of two daughters, it makes me feel proud to see a women leading men in the Republic Day Parade. Hats off Tania shergill, keep going,” Gambhir wrote on Twitter. “Happy Republic Day to all. #71stRepublicDay,” the 38-year-old added. Shergill, the parade adjutant, is the fourth generation officer. She broke the glass ceiling by becoming the first female to lead an all men contingent at the Army Day Parade held on January 15, winning the…
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PM Narendra Modi interacted with the 49 children who won awards at Pradhan Mantri Bal Puraskar awards at his residence in New Delhi. At the event, the Prime Minister also shared some tips and advice for the students and revealed the secret behind his radiant skin. During the interaction, PM Modi asked the students if any of them had “sweat” four times a day. When the children responded, he asserted that every kid should be physically active and “sweat hard” in order to look radiant. He continued, “Someone asked me many years ago, how come you have such a radiant…
There will now be an intensive screening of people along the Indo-Nepal border to deal with the menace of Novel Coronavirus. This decision has been taken after confirmation of coronavirus being found in Nepal. The Union Health Ministry will make arrangements for screening on the Nepal border bordering Uttarakhand with immediate effect. Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan spoke to Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on this subject on Saturday. Harsh Vardhan told the Chief Minister: “Arrangements are being made for screening people coming to India through Nepal border adjoining Uttarakhand. Apart from the screening, the Health Ministry will immediately…
Boxing great Mary Kom has been selected for the Padma Vibhushan, the country’s second highest civilian award. Olympic silver medallist and reigning badminton World Champion P.V. Sindhu has been named for Padma Bhushan as the names of Padma awardees were disclosed on Saturday on the eve of the 71st Republic Day. Rated as one of the most successful amateur boxers of all time, Mary Kom won bronze at the 2012 London Olympics and has won gold at the boxing World Championships for a record six times. She has won a total of eight medals at the World Championships, the most…
Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) chief of Kashmir Qari Yasir, who was behind the February 14, 2019 attack on the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) convoy in Pulwama that claimed life of 40 troopers, was killed in an encounter with the security forces at Awantipora in Pulwama on Saturday. Lt General KJS Dhillon, 15 Corps Commander, and IG Kashmir Vijay Kumar provided this information at a press conference, here. The Corps commander said on Saturday morning, a joint operation was launched at Hari Pari Gam in Awantipora. Three soldiers received injuries in the initial encounter. They are being treated at the Army’s 92…
Former Union Ministers Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley and George Fenandes will be conferred Padma Vibhushan posthumously. Renowned boxer Mary Kom will also be the recipient of the award, the second highest civilian honour of the country. The Padma awards, one of the highest civilian awards of the country, are conferred in three categories — Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The awards are given in various disciplines/fields of activities such as art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports and civil service. The Padma Vibhushan is awarded for exceptional and distinguished…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday morning extended his warm wishes to Indians on the occasion of India’s 71st Republic Day. Prime minister took to Twitter to convey his greetings: Wishing everyone a happy Republic Day. Greetings to all Indians on this occasion. Jai Hind!” Earlier on Saturday, President Ram Nath Kovind and Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu greeted the nation. While Kovind invoked Mahatma Gandhi, Naidu reminded Indians of discharging Indians their conditional duties. “It should be part of our daily routine to introspect on Gandhiji’s message of truth and non-violence, which has become all the more necessary in…
Goa Governor Satya Pal Malik on Saturday said that the invention of caste bonds and brotherhood is more dangerous than the invention of the atomic bomb, because the former is simply unbreakable. Speaking at a function organised in Panaji to mark the 10th National Voters’ Day, Malik said that caste equations are demolished in India during elections only when the spirit of nationalism is on the rise. “The invention of the atom bomb is not bigger, than the invention of the caste-related brotherhood. You simply cannot break it. It is so dangerous…” Malik said. “I will tell you my experience.…
Former India batsman V.V.S. Laxman on Saturday expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who during his annual ‘Pariksha Pe Charcha’ event, reminded students of the famous 376-run partnership between Laxman and Rahul Dravid that helped India record an epic win against Australia at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata in 2001. “Thank you very much Narendra Modiji for sharing the story of historic Kolkata Test Match and inspiring young students. To students preparing for exams, my humble advice would be to be clear about your goals and be determined to make it happen and do not compare yourself with anyone,”…
A Nepali student studying in China has been found infected with the new coronavirus, an official of Nepal’s Ministry of Health and Population has said. “It is the first confirmed case of infection from the deadly virus,” Dr. Hemanta Chandra Ojha, chief of Zoonotic and Other Communicable Disease Control Section at Epidemiology and Disease Control Division under the Ministry, told the Xinhua news agency on Friday. He said that the patient who had come to Nepal from Wuhan, China was tested positive during a specimen test at the laboratory of the World Health Organization in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region…