The latest Tiger Census confirmed that the current tiger population in India has increased to 2967 in 2021 from 2226 in 2014. The Indian tiger survey released last year revealed that India now accounts for about 70 percent of the world’s tiger population. As we celebrate “International Tiger Day”, on July 29 it’s important to … Read more
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Monday said it took 85 days to inoculate 10 crore people against COVID-19, while due to the “vaccine for all, free vaccine” campaign, it took only 24 days to reach 30-40 crore vaccination coverage. The new phase of universalisation of COVID-19 vaccination started from June 21. The inoculation drive … Read more
The Centre on Thursday launched a campaign to ramp up COVID-19 vaccination among tribal people with focus on dispelling myths, misconceptions and fear about vaccines by involving traditional leaders and local influencers. The Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation (TRIFED), under the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, will implement the campaign, which started from Bastar in Chhattisgarh … Read more
“I shared a strange relationship with Malcolm Marshall. The moment I would come in, he would at least hit me twice on the chest,” the late Yashpal Sharma would narrate with a straight face while sipping tea at the Feroz Shah Kotla ground. On Tuesday, as Indian cricket lost one of its gutsiest … Read more
Trinamool MLA Partha Bhowmick kicked up a storm with his comments against BJP leader Suvendu Adhikary’s father Sisir Adhikary. There is no love lost between the Trinamool and Suvendu who left the party before the Bengal polls and defeated TMC chief Mamata Banerjee from Nandigram. The latest war of words came after opposition BJP sought … Read more
GHAZIABAD: The Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) on Thursday announced it would begin district-level meetings in Uttar Pradesh from August to highlight the problems of farmers and other issues in the country. The focus of the campaign would be to flag high power tariff and pending sugarcane dues in the Yogi Adityanath-led state. The BKU has … Read more
In an unconventional and first-ever digital initiative, the campaign anthem for Federal Bank and Network18 led vaccine awareness drive, ‘Sanjeevani: A shot of life’ will be launched on all Network18 channel at 11.00 am on Monday, 21st June. The grand virtual launch will be anchored by Anand Narasimhan where composer and singer Shankar Mahadevan and … Read more
Disgruntled Sri Lanka cricket fans launched a campaign to shun their team on social media after they slumped to a dismal Twenty20 series drubbing in England. England recorded a thumping 89-run win at Southampton on Saturday to sweep the contests 3-0 — a fifth consecutive series defeat for Sri Lanka in the shortest … Read more
NEW DELHI: Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday announced a ‘Cheer4India’ campaign for the Olympic-bound Indian athletes across the country and urged people to come out in support of the sportspersons, who will be competing at the Tokyo Games beginning July 23. Over 100 athletes from India have so far qualified for the Games and … Read more
PARIS: The trial of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy concludes on Tuesday in Paris, after a month during which the court sought to determine whether he broke laws on campaign financing in his unsuccessful 2012 re-election bid. The verdict is expected to be rendered at a later date. Prosecutors have requested a six-month prison term, … Read more