Tag: UN
Govt Approves 27% Reservation For OBC, 10% For EWS In Medical College Admissions
The Union government has accepted a long-pending demand to provide 27% reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBC) candidates and 10% reservation for economically weaker sections (EWC) from the all India quota for undergraduate and postgraduate medical and dental courses. ....
Delhi Assembly Passes Resolution To Confer Bharat Ratna To Sundarlal Bahuguna
The Delhi Assembly on Thursday unanimously passed a resolution for conferring 'Baharat Ratna', the country's highest civilian award, to late environmentalist Sundarlal Bahuguna, a founding member of the Chipko movement. ....
Pakistani LeT Terrorist Who Escaped July Encounter Killed In J&K Gunfight
Pakistani LeT terrorist Babar Ali, who had escaped from Shokbaba encounter on July 24, was on Tuesday killed in a gunfight with security forces who had tracked him down to a forested area of Jammu and Kashmir's Bandipora, police said. ....
Karnataka: 29 Ministers Sworn In Basavaraj Bommai Cabinet, No Deputy CM
Karnataka's new government headed by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai took shape on Wednesday, when 29 ministers were sworn into the state Cabinet by Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot at Raj Bhavan in Bengaluru. ....
Punjab Announces Rs 1 Crore Each For 10 Hockey Players From State
With 10 of its players in the men's hockey team that defeated Germany 5-4 to win the bronze medal and finishing on the podium after 41 years, state Sports Minister Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi on Thursday announced that the state would bestow the state players with Rs one crore each. ....
Olympic Wrestling: India's Bajrang Punia Wins Bronze In 65kg Freestyle Wrestling
India's Bajrang Punia won the bronze medal in men's freestyle 65kg, beating Niyazbekov of Kazakhstan 8-0 on points for his first medal at the Olympics. ....
PM Narendra Modi's Five Principles For Maritime Safety Get Backing At UNSC Meet
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday proposed five basic principles for a holistic approach to maritime security that holds the "key to the planet's future" and the UN Security Council, in a show of support, adopted India's Presidential Statement reflecting them.....
Several Hundred Crores Loss As Cryogenic Engine Didn't Fire: ISRO
Indian space programme suffered a serious setback on Thursday as its GSLV-F10 rocket failed midway in its mission of putting into orbit the Geo-Imaging Satellite-1 (GISAT-1). ....
Blocking My Twitter Account Is Interference In Political Process: Rahul Gandhi
Rahul Gandhi on Friday released a video statement slamming Twitter for blocking his account and alleged that Twitter was taking sides in the politics of the country. ....
Justice Has Been Done, Will Allow Family To Mourn Sunanda In Peace: Shashi Tharoor
In a statement issued by the dapper Congress Lok Sabha member from the Thiruvananthapuram seat, after he was discharged in Sunanda Pushkar death case, he said justice has been done, at last, will allow all of us in the family to mourn Sunanda in peace. ....
