The Indian government will not allow state governments to purchase rice from its buffer stock, despite low sales in the market. The Food Corporation of India has only sold 1,210 tonnes of rice out of the 9.34 lakh tonnes offered since June. The decision was made to ensure that the agency can meet the...
Read MoreWith another Agniveer soldier dying in action, Congress on Monday said the short tenure army scheme is flawed and unjust to young armymen who are deployed in tough conditions without full training, and who don’t get full facilities and benefits in service, and after death. Rahul Gandhi said, “The news of the martyrdom of...
Read MoreTwo people were crushed to death under a portion of an under-construction railway overbridge (ROB) that collapsed on National Highway 58 in Palanpur town, in Gujarat’s Banaskantha district, on Monday. Banaskantha collector said six concrete girders, or slabs, recently installed on the pillars of the under-construction bridge near RTO check post collapsed in the...
Read MoreAn alleged plot by Ukrainian intelligence to poison 77 Russian pilots with a cake and whiskey was thwarted at a celebration in Russia. The incident took place at Armavir Higher Military Aviation School in Russia’s Krasnodar region. According to the reports, a deliveryman brought a massive cake weighing more than 44 pounds and multiple...
Read MoreRepresentative Tom McClintock (R-Calif) fired out a scathing letter on Friday to representative Matt Gaetz (R-Fla) and the other seven members of the conference who voted in favour of the removal of former house speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif), the Huffpost reported. Shared online by multiple congressional reporters, it was written in response to a...
Read MorePakistan’s Supreme Court has declared the trials of civilians in military courts to be null and void. The court ruled that citizens have the right to a fair trial under the constitution. A five-judge bench of the top court headed by Justice Ijazul Ahsan announced the verdict with a 4-1 majority. The court declared...
Read MoreHamas released two more captives on Monday night from Gaza to Egypt, Israel confirmed. Their husbands are still captive as a part of 222 hostages Hamas abducted on October 7. The women were released following the entry of 20 trucks of humanitarian aid into Gaza and amid claims that Qatar had separately obtained the...
Read MoreThe Centre will continue to not allow state governments to buy rice from its buffer stock held by the Food Corporation of India under the open market sale scheme, even as fresh procurement has started. Less than 1% of the rice it offered in the market was sold in the past four months. Till...
Read MoreWith his recently released film Ganapath starring Tiger Shroff and Kriti Sanon, Vikas stepped out of his comfort zone and explored new horizons with a lot of self doubt. He openly admitted that directing a sci-fi film like Ganapath came with a lot of challenges.
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