India ensured Chinese pullback before withdrawal at Pangong Tso
India waited for China to clear the North and South banks of Pangong Tso (lake) first before reciprocating the first phase of disengagement agreement reached between the two countries in Eastern Ladakh, a senior government official said.
Coronavirus | Maharashtra surge worrisome, says CM
Remarking that Maharashtra’s sudden and steep surge in COVID-19 cases was worrisome indeed, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said that the government would come to know within the next fifteen days whether or not the State was facing a ‘second wave’ of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
China detains three bloggers for ‘insulting’ PLA soldiers who died in Galwan Valley clash
Authorities in China have said they have detained three people for “insulting” Chinese soldiers who died in the Galwan Valley clash last year, a day after Beijing officially confirmed the deaths.
Rajnath slams Cong. over questions on LAC standoff
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said that following disengagement talks with China, one part has been resolved but the Congress party is trying to malign the government’s image.
Coronavirus | Accelerate pace of vaccination, directs Health Ministry
Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan has written to the Chief Secretaries of all States/UTs, asking them to accelerate the pace of COVID-19 vaccination with the number of days of vaccination in a week pushed up to a minimum of four days.
Farmers announce a series of events to further escalate protest
Protesting farmers on Sunday announced a series of events from February 23-27 to further intensify their agitation against the three new agricultural laws as they accused the government of adopting "repressive" measures against them.
Farm laws are death warrant for farmers: Arvind Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, in a meeting with farmer leaders, on Sunday said that the three farm laws are a “death warrant” to the farmers.
Nikita, Shantanu to join toolkit probe in Delhi
Activists Nikita Jacob and Shantanu Muluk will join the investigation into the toolkit at Delhi Police’s cyber cell office in Dwarka on Monday.
Let the game for 2021 begin, says Mamata
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said that as long as she was alive, she would not be scared of any threats and said that she accepted the challenge for the 2021 Assembly polls.
Govt. profiteering from people’s miseries: Sonia
Congress president Sonia Gandhi in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday accused his government of profiteering from people’s miseries by called the “excessively” levying excise duty on petroleum products and called it “nothing short of extortion to cover up economic mismanagement”.
U.S. aviation body orders extra inspections of some Boeing 777s after mid-air engine failure
Federal aviation regulators have ordered United Airlines to step up inspections of all Boeing 777s equipped with the type of engine that suffered a catastrophic failure over Denver on Saturday. United says it is temporarily removing those aircraft from service.
