Himachal Pradesh: A landslide has occurred on Vikas Nagar-Panthaghati road in Shimla. A car parked alongside the road has been damaged. No other loss was reported: District Disaster Management Authority Shimla.

Uttarakhand: Normal life has been disrupted in the hilly areas, following heavy rainfall in some parts of the state during the last 24 hours.

PM Narendra Modi announced an ex-gratia of Rs. 2 lakh each from PMNRF for the next of kin of those who lost their lives in the tragic accident in Barabanki. The injured would be given Rs. 50,000 each

Country’s COVID vaccination coverage crosses 44 crore 58 lakh mark; Recovery rate stands at 97.4%

India’s Cumulative COVID Vaccination Coverage has surpassed 44 crore 58 lakh today. Union Health Ministry said, more than 36 lakh 87 thousand Vaccine doses have been administered today. The new phase of universalization of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from 21st of... View Article

International Monetary Fund projects India’s growth rate at 9.5 per cent for current fiscal year

International Monetary Fund has projected India’s growth rate at 9.5 per cent for the current fiscal year. For the next Financial Year 2022-23, IMF expects economic growth of 8.5 per cent, larger than the 6.9 per cent it had projected... View Article

India gets its 40th World Heritage Site

India’s nomination of Dholavira, the Harappan City in the Rann of Kutch, Gujarat has been inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage list. India submitted the nomination dossier for Dholavira: A Harappan City to the World Heritage Centre in January, 2020. The site was on the... View Article

Government identified 2,38,223 companies as shell companies between 2018-2021

There is no definition of the term “Shell Company” in the Companies Act and it normally refers to a company without active business operation or significant assets, which in some cases are used for illegal purpose such as tax evasion,... View Article

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to hold talks with EAM Dr. S. Jaishankar in New Delhi today

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will hold talks with External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar in New Delhi today. Both sides will review the robust and multi-faceted India-US bilateral relations and potential for consolidating them further. Discussions will focus... View Article

Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh to attend SCO Defence Ministers’ meeting in Tajikistan

Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh is visiting Dushanbe, Tajikistan from July 27-29, 2021 to attend the annual meeting of the Defence Ministers of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member states. In the annual meeting, defence cooperation issues among SCO member states... View Article

Vice President @MVenkaiahNaidu remembers & pays his humble tribute to former President, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam on his Punya Tithi today. “He was a distinguished scientist, a visionary statesman & above all a great human being,” he said.