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French prosecutors sat over allegations of influence peddling, favouritism and money laundering in the controversial Rafale deal, claims Mediapart in the second part of its investigation. In the first part it had exposed how an Indian middleman, Sushen Gupta of Defsys Solutions in Gurugram ( with offices in Bangalore and Hyderabad) had been paid Read More…
United Nations General Assembly officially founded the International Day of Happiness in June 2012 and recognised that the pursuit of happiness is a fundamental human goal. The first iteration was subsequently celebrated in March 2013. It also recognised the need for “a more inclusive, equitable, and balanced approach to economic growth that promotes sustainable Read More…
Economists at UBS Securities India led by Tanvee Gupta Jain said the economy could slow by mid-2021 as households that lost incomes during the pandemic could drag consumption with a lag Households have lost a whopping Rs 13 lakh crore of their incomes from the pandemic-induced job losses, according to a report that also Read More…
The total number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in India has crossed 2.06 crore, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday. The nationwide vaccination drive against COVID-19 was rolled out on January 16 with healthcare workers, while frontline workers stated receiving vaccine shots from February 2. Providing the second dose of COVID-19 shots started Read More…
Covid-19 vaccination pace deliberately kept low, explains ICMR doctor One-third of those who have already contracted Covid-19 do not develop antibodies required, Dr NK Arora explained. Taking questions from social media users, Indian Council of Medical Research’s Dr NK Arora on Friday clarified several issues regarding Covid-19 vaccination. Union health ministry shared those video messages Read More…
The Allahabad High Court on Friday stayed the arrest of Mirzapur’ web series producers Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar Also the court ordered them to join the investigation by the police in the case lodged against them. A bench of justices Manoj Kumar Gupta and Subhash Chand gave the relief to the two on Read More…
Comedian Kunal Kamra on Thursday filed a counter affidavit before the Supreme Court, stating that his tweets were not published with the intention of insulting the Court but to draw its attention to and prompt an engagement with issues that he believes are relevant to the Indian democracy. He said, “These jokes are not Read More…
Camping in Tamilnadu for his 3 day tour election programme Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday alleged Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the ‘person through which’ prior information on India’s air strikes in Balakot in Pakistan in 2019 was made available to Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami. ‘If the Prime Minister did not do Read More…
Under the Trump administration, US-India tensions have increased over each side’s tariff policies, a Congressional report has said, noting that the two sides have also held concerted negotiations to address these trade frictions. The bipartisan Congressional Research Service (CRS), in its latest report, pointed out that India’s recent tariff hikes on cell phones and other Read More…
From ‘surprise announcement’ to ‘sign from God’: A timeline of Rajinikanth’s perpetual political teaser In 2017, Superstar Rajinikanth conducted a meeting at the Raghavendra Kalyana Mandapam where he dramatically announced his entry into politics. In 2019, Rajinikanth said that he would not be contesting in the Lok Sabha polls and his ‘Rajini Makkal Mandram’ Read More…
