Canada’s capital Ottawa mayor Jim Watson declared a state of emergency, yesterday, as truckers protesting again Covid 19 restrictions, paralyzed the city the and police unable to check them. The mayor said that the alarming situation pressing the need for support from other jurisdictions and levels of government. It gives the city some additional powers around procurement and how it delivers services, which could help purchase equipment required by frontline workers and first responders. Thousands of protesters descended on Ottawa again on the weekend, joining a hundred who remained since last weekend. Residents of Ottawa are furious at the nonstop…
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Union Minister of State, PMO, Dr Jitendra Singh announced last evening that a review of the pandemic situation was done and in view of the decline in the number of COVID cases as well as decline in positivity rate, it has been decided that full office attendance shall be resumed from Monday and employees at all levels, without any exemption, shall attend office on regular basis. The Minister further informed that the Head of Departments shall, however, ensure that employees wear face masks at all times and continue to follow the COVID appropriate behaviour. This is in supersession of the…
Since opening in October 2021, the Expo show hosted in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is expected to attract tens of millions of visitors through to March 2022. What visitors may not be aware of however is that behind the entertainment, migrant workers allege being subjected to conditions amounting to forced labor. Celebrities, social media influencers and corporate sponsors have endorsed the Expo show, part festival part experience, presenting the latest innovations in technology and the “next wave of human brilliance”. Yet, the reality for migrant workers working behind the scenes is a far cry from the forward-thinking…
Geneva-based Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, mourns the demise of a promising Indian scribe in a landmine blast, planted by left-wing rebels Maoists in Kalahandi locality of Odisha province. A native of Mohangiri village under Madanpur Rampur area, Rohit Kumar Biswal (40) stepped on the mine on 5 February 2022 and died on the spot. Rohit used to work for an Oriya daily (Dharitri) and he went to report about the posters of ultra-left extremists (belonging to outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist), which were put on trees near to Karlakhunta bridge asking the people…
Indian young cricketers created a new record by winning U-19 World Cup title here on Saturday, beating England by four wickets in the final of an extraordinary campaign that was almost derailed by a COVID-19 outbreak. India defeated England by four wickets in the final of ICC U-19 World Cup 2022 for a record-extending fifth title at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua on Sunday. The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has congratulated the Indian cricket team for winning the ICC U19 World Cup. In a tweet, the Prime Minister said; “Extremely proud of our young cricketers. Congratulations to…
Nation condones the passing away of melody queen Lata Mangeshkar. President, Vice President and Prime Minister led them. Government of India declared two day national condolences. President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday said the passing away of iconic singer Lata Mangeshkar is heartbreaking for him, as for millions the world over. The divine voice has gone quiet forever but her melodies will remain immortal, echoing in eternity, he said. Mangeshkar died on Sunday at a Mumbai hospital. “Lata-ji’s demise is heart-breaking for me, as it is for millions the world over. In her vast range of songs, rendering the essence…
India’s Melody Queen, who also composed music for Marathi films and was a producer as well, and had the distinction of being conferred with the highest civilian honours of India and France, passed away on Sunday morning at the Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai, where she had been admitted because of Covid-related complications on January 11.Lata Mangeshkar, India’s most loved singer who had once moved Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru to tears, leaves behind a teary-eyed nation of admirers who grew up listening to her immutable voice give wings to the words of poets and the screen careers of legions of heroines.…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that Sri Ramanujacharya is a ‘shining inspiration for the unity and integrity of India’. “He was born in the South, but his influence is on the whole of India from South to North and East to West”, he said. He dedicated to the nation the ‘Statue of Equality’ in Hyderabad, last evening. The 216-feet tall Statue of Equality commemorates the 11th century Bhakti Saint Sri Ramanujacharya, who promoted the idea of equality in all aspects of living including faith, caste and creed. The Prime Minister recalled the Indian tradition of its scholars that views knowledge above …
Union Minister of State Dr Jitendra Singh said that Budget 2022 carves out a vital global role for India and seeks to usher India @75 into India @100. Budget 2022 addresses this issue by seeking a leap forward for India through technology and innovation based economy which enriches itself by exploring India’s unexplored potentials including the deep sea resources, he added. Addressing an academic interaction on Budget 2022-23, organised by Bharatiya Janata Party and attended by noted economists, intellectuals, prominent leaders of trade and business community as well as other stakeholders in New Delhi, he said the world today is ready…
Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways and AYUSH, SarbanandaSonowal flagged off an inland waterway vessel MV Lal Bahadur Shastri from Patna to Guwahati, last evening. The vessel started its journey from Patna carrying 200 Metric Tonnes of foodgrains headed for Pandu in Guwahati and will travel via Bangladesh to reach the destination by early March, 2022. The minister also laid the foundation stone for construction of Kalughat intermodal terminal at Saran in Bihar on National Waterway – 1 (river Ganga).This historic event was also attended by Union Ministers Piyush Goyal (virtually); Ashwani Kumar Choubey, Shantanu Thakur; Deputy Chief Ministers of…