Nepal is celebrating the 31st Press Freedom Day today. In a program organised by Media Action Nepal, Nawal Kishor Sah Saudi, Minister of Forests and Environment in the Government of Nepal launched the Annual Press Freedom Report. Addressing the August gathering, he mentioned that media is the third eye of a country and that freedom
The 12th India-Netherlands Foreign Office Consultations were held in The Hague, Netherlands yesterday. The Indian delegation was led by Secretary (West), Ministry of External Affairs, Pavan Kapoor. The Dutch delegation was led by Secretary General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, Paul Huijts. The last Foreign Office Consultations took place in New Delhi in
The International Cricket Council (ICC) today issued the annual Men’s team rankings update, with India retaining its top position in ODIs and T20Is but slipping to the second position in the Test Team Rankings. Reigning ICC World Test Championship winners Australia have overtaken India to secure the top spot in Test rankings on the back
In IPL Cricket, today Mumbai Indians will lock horns with Kolkata Knight Riders at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. It will start at 7.30 this evening. Kolkata Knight Riders will be looking to inch closer to the playoffs with another victory. For Mumbai Indians, the race to the IPL playoffs seems lost even though they have
Today is the day for high-profile nominations in Uttar Pradesh. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi filed his nomination from the high-profile Raebareli constituency in Uttar Pradesh. Rahul Gandhi held a mega road-show before the nomination. Senior Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, party President Mallikarjun Kharge, General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Ashok Gehlot were part of the
The Election Commission today directed all the states and Union Territories to ensure time-bound issuance of ‘No Dues Certificate’ to intending candidates to be included in their affidavits. In a letter to the chief secretaries of all the states and union territories, the EC emphasized the importance of filing nomination papers along with an affidavit
In Bangladesh, amid severe heat-wave conditions in different parts, the country’s salt production has reached its highest output in 63 years. Salt farmers in Cox’s Bazar and the Banshkhali coastal area of Chittagong said salt production will further increase if heat intensifies as well. On one hand, the heatwave which has swept over Bangladesh
Enforcement Directorate has attached assets worth over 205 crore rupees in the Chhattisgarh liquor scam case. The assets include 18 movable and 161 immovable properties. Of the attached properties, 14 properties are of former IAS officer Anil Tuteja and 115 properties of Anwar Dhebar. Around two thousand crore rupees liquor scam was run between 2019
Union Home Minister and BJP leader Amit Shah today accused the Congress of appeasement politics and corruption. Addressing a public meeting in Hukkeri of Chikkodi Lok Sabha Constituency in Karnataka today, he said Prime Minister Narendra Modi remains unblemished in his 23 years of public life as Chief Minister of Gujarat and later as the
Prime Minister and Senior BJP leader, Narendra Modi addressed a public meeting at Palit of Bardhaman in support of party’s Bardhaman-Durgapur candidate today. He said that he wishes to work for the people and make India a developed country. He said India and Indians will not live the life of poverty and present government