Priyanka Gandhi Vadra at Congress HQ
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra took charge as the AICC General Secretary for Uttar Pradesh (East) at the party's headquarters in New Delhi.
Ms. Vadra made a surprise visit to the party office, after dropping her husband Robert Vadra at the Enforcement Directorate office in central Delhi.
She has been alloted a room next to her brother and party chief Rahul Gandhi's room at the Congress headquarters.
Robert Vadra at ED office
Robert Vadra arrives at the ED office at Jamnagar House, in New Delhi in connection with a money laundering probe, on Wednesday.
Congress leader Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra on Wednesday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a money laundering probe case relating to alleged possession of illegal foreign assets.
President Ram gives away Sangeet Natak Akademi awards
President Ram Nath Kovind presenting the Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards 2017 to Hindustani singer Lalith Jayavanth Rao at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Wednesday.
Noted flautist Rajendra Prasanna, Kathak dancer Shobha Koser, folk singer Anwar Khan Manganiyar, and Odissi dancer Sujata Mohapatra among others were conferred with Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards by President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday.
In a ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, the President awarded a total of 42 artistes in five categories for the year 2017, including a joint award to Umakant and Ramakant Gundecha for their contribution in Hindustani vocal music.
Fire badly damages Ocado's robotic site
Firefighters at the scene of a fire at the Ocado robotic warehouse in Andover, England, after a huge blaze that swept through the building was brought under control on February 6, 2019.
A fire at the flagship robotic distribution centre of British online supermarket pioneer Ocado is now under control but has badly damaged the complex, the fire service said on Wednesday.
Around 20 fire engines and 200 firefighters were called to the highly automated site in Andover, southern England, at 0244 GMT on Tuesday to tackle a blaze that raged for over 24 hours, prompting part of the roof to collapse.
While Ocado's first two centres required humans to load thousands of crates traveling on miles of conveyor belts, Andover has hundreds of robots speeding along at four metres per second on giant grids.
Ocado said on Tuesday the fire had broken out on one of the grids of robots, forcing it to suspend operations.
Protest mars Governor address in Karnataka
BJP members protest as Governor V.R. Vala addresses the State Legislative Assembly in Bengaluru on Wednesday.
As Karnataka Governor V. R. Vala began addressing the Karnataka Vidhana Sabha on the inaugural day of the Budget session, he was greeted by protests from the Opposition benches claiming that the alliance between Congress and the JD(S) in the State has collapsed.
Even as Mr. Vala continued his speech, the BJP members trooped into the Well of the House raising slogans.
150-ton jumbo heads for its final destination
People pose for a picture as a self-propelled trailer transports a Boeing 747-400 plane through farmland from Schiphol Airport to a nearby hotel in Badhoevedorp, near Amsterdam, Netherlands, on February 6, 2019.
A self-propelled trailer is transporting a Boeing 747-400 plane through farmland from Schiphol Airport to a nearby hotel in Badhoevedorp, near Amsterdam, Netherlands. The Boeing is making its way, hardly at jet pace, to its final resting place. The 150-ton jumbo jet will take a total of five days to cover just a few kilometres. The plane was formerly owned by Dutch flag carrier KLM and is being turned into a Boeing 747 Experience by the hotel's owner, a Dutch travel company.
Protest against Citizenship Bill
MPs from north-eastern States during a demonstration against the Citizenship Amendment Bill at the Parliament House in New Delhi on Wednesday, February 6, 2019.
The parliamentarians from northeastern States on Wednesday protested against the Citizenship Amendment Bill at the Parliament House.
The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, passed by the Lok Sabha on January 8, seeks to grant Indian citizenship to non- Muslims who fled religious persecution from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan, and entered India before December 31, 2014.
Protests against the bill have rocked the entire northeast over the past five weeks, with several organisations and political parties vehemently opposing it.
The protesters claim that the bill will nullify the provisions of the Assam Accord of 1985, which fixed March 24, 1971, as the cut-off date for deportation of illegal immigrants, irrespective of religion.
India-New Zealand women T20 International
Katie Gurrey of New Zealand bats during game one of the International T20 Series between the New Zealand White Ferns and India at Westpac Stadium on February 06, 2019 in Wellington, New Zealand.
Indian women hope for a solid showing during in the opening encounter of the three-match T20I series against New Zealand, which began in Wellington on Wednesday.
The three-match series, a part of the Women’s ODI Championship, was won by India 2-1 but it suffered an eight-wicket loss at Hamilton on February 1 after being bowled out for 149.
It will be India’s first game in the format since the loss to England at the Word T20 in the Caribbean, where Mithali was dropped for the all-important semifinal.
Joint session of U.S. Congress
U.S. President Donald Trump having a word with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) after concluding his second State of the Union address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. February 5, 2019.
Facing a divided Congress for the first time, President Donald Trump on Tuesday called on Washington to govern “not as two parties, but as one nation” ” a message that clashed with the rancorous atmosphere in the nation’s capital after the longest government shutdown in history.
Mr. Trump, who has spent two years leveling fiercely personal attacks on his Democratic rivals, declared that it was time “to bridge old divisions, heal old wounds, build new coalitions, forge new solutions and unlock the extraordinary promise of America’s future.”
As he stood before lawmakers, the president was surrounded by symbols of his emboldened political opposition. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who was praised by Democrats for her hard-line negotiating during the shutdown, sat behind Trump as he spoke. — AP
(With inputs from Agencies)
