Charanjit Singh Channi entered politics at the age of 20. (File) Former Punjab Chief Minister and Congress candidate Charanjit Singh Channi (60), who lost both the seats he contested in the February 2022 Assembly elections, scripted victory from the Jalandhar (reserved) Lok Sabha constituency on Saturday after defeating his nearest …...Read More
Congress Candidate Channi Wins In Jalandhar By 1.76 Lakh Votes
India's Rural Poverty Down To 4.86% From 25.7% In 12 Years: SBI Report
India's rural poverty ratio has registered a dramatic decline to 4.86 per cent in the financial year 2023-24 from 25.7 per cent in 2011-12 while urban poverty has fallen to 4.09 per cent from 4.6 per cent during this period, according to an SBI Research report released on Friday. "At …...Read More
7-Phase Lok Sabha Election Ends Today With PM Modi's Varanasi In Focus
The seventh and final phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha election begins today. Fifty-seven seats across seven states - 13 in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh, nine in Bengal, eight in Bihar, six in Odisha, four in Himachal Pradesh, and three in Jharkhand, as well as Chandigarh - will complete a …...Read More
North Korea holds political conference as Kim marks 10 years in power
North Korea opened a key political conference Monday to review past projects and discuss new policies amid the pandemic and a diplomatic deadlock with the United States. The official Korean Central News Agency said Tuesday that leader Kim Jong Un presided over a plenary meeting of the Central Committee of …...Read More
COVID-19 omicron variant: Booster shots are critical to fighting the virus
The new omicron variant took only a few weeks to live up to dire predictions about how hugely contagious it is, but scientists don’t yet know if it causes more severe disease even as the world faces exploding cases just before Christmas. "Everything is riskier now because omicron is so …...Read More
Noida Man Fined Rs 28,500 For Making Reels On Moving Car's Roof
The police issued an e-challan against the vehicle's owner. A man has been fined Rs 28,500 after a video of him making reels by sitting on the roof of a moving car went viral online, police said on Friday. The 12-second video shows the man sitting on both the roof …...Read More
Woman, 84, Made To Wait Over 3 Hours For Wheelchair At Delhi Airport's Tarmac
An 84-year-old Parkinson's disease-affected woman had to wait for over three hours for a wheelchair at the tarmac of Delhi airport after her arrival from Jaipur on an Alliance Air flight on Sunday, an incident which the airline said is being investigated. The government-owned airline also said it is in …...Read More
Omicron v. delta: Battle of coronavirus mutants is critical
As the omicron coronavirus variant spreads in southern Africa and pops up in countries all around the world, scientists are anxiously watching a battle play out that could determine the future of the pandemic. Can the latest competitor to the world-dominating delta overthrow it? Some scientists, poring over data from …...Read More
Biden pledge to 'shut down the virus' questioned as president predicts winter COVID-19 spike
President Biden's previous promises to "shut down the virus" have slowly been walked back after the discovery of the omicron variant, with the president saying the United States will need to "beat it back" before we "shut it down." Biden routinely promised on the campaign trail that he would "shut …...Read More
Gujarat Government Splits Banaskantha To Create New District
The Gujarat government on Wednesday approved the bifurcation of Banaskantha district to create a new district. The new Vav-Tharad district will have its headquarters in Tharad town, state Health Minister and government spokesperson Rushikesh Patel said. With the formation of this new district, the number of districts in Gujarat will …...Read More
