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India says no pressure from UK's Johnson over India's stance on Russia's invasion
The federal probe agency, according to sources, is investigating the company and its executives under the provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) related to foreign remittances worth crores of rupees made over the last few years.

'Portrays incorrect picture', MEA on reports of it asking Bharat Biotech to address COVID vaccine issues
Jahangirpuri has been in the eye of a storm since April 16, when communal violence broke out during a 'Shoba Yatra' on the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti. Despite a Supreme Court order to maintain the st...

Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath asks ministers, administrative officers to declare assets
The Narendra Modi government has been repeatedly seeking action against pro-Pak Sikh radicals operating from the UK and the issue figured prominently during the past few bilateral meetings.

COVID 4th wave concerns: Karnataka govt makes masks, social distancing mandatory
While speaking at a CII conference, Vaishnaw said he is working to make the telecom industry a sunrise sector and bring it out from the current state of a continuous tussle with various stakeholders, including regulators and lawmakers.

Atal Pension Yojana subscribers count cross 4 crore mark by March 2022
The countrywide vaccination drive was rolled out on January 16 last year with healthcare workers getting inoculated in the first phase. Vaccination of frontline workers started from February 2 last year.

Focus on supply of more medicines to Ukraine: EAM S Jaishankar in US
Schools in Delhi have a four-day holiday in view of Ambedkar Jayanti, which was on Thursday, and Good Friday followed by Saturday and Sunday.

Moderate intensity quake hits Odisha's Nayagarh district
The 2022 spring meetings of the IMF and the World Bank Group will take place from Monday through Sunday.

Need to address challenges relating to conflict for achieving shared prosperity: FM Nirmala Sitharaman
About 500 samples have been sent for genome sequencing and the experts said that results are expected to come sometime this week, people in the know told ET.

Tamil Nadu: Probe begins in Thanjavur temple chariot festival electrocution incident, 11 died
The accusation comes close on the heels of BJP leader K S Eshwarappa resigning from his ministerial position on Saturday after a contractor allegedly died by suicide in a hotel room in Udupi on April 12.

Health Ministry questions WHO's method of counting Covid deaths
In their telephonic conversation, the two leaders expressed satisfaction over the rapid pace of wide-ranging cooperation under the India-Vietnam Comprehensive Strategic Partnership which was established during Modi's visit to Vietnam in 2016, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said in a statement.

Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Vyas gets one year extension
The notices were given to follow the sound instructions given. "If any religious place, DJ operator does not follow the instructions given by the High Court regarding sound, then strict action will be taken against them," said the notice. According to Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board, loudspeakers should not be allowed to be operated after 10 pm and before 6 am and they should be fitted with a 'sound limiter'.

90% states publish draft rules on 4 labour codes, implementation imminent: Govt
It is our collective aim to establish India as one of the key partners in global semiconductor supply chains, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday at the inaugural session of Semicon India Conf...

People should get tested, mask mandate be brought back: Doctors on COVID-19 situation in Delhi
"UNSC has not been able to fulfill its responsibilities... Unless the United Nations (UN), particularly the UNSC, is reformed, the global body's role in maintaining peace and security will be limited due to lack of representation," Shringla said.

China, Russia, India, four others on US property rights 'Priority Watch List'
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has claimed that names of highly placed individuals and bureaucrats surfaced during its investigation into the Rs 3,600 crore VVIP chopper scandal. However, the same could not be prosecuted so far on account of lack of “sufficient prosecutable evidence” in absence of full execution of Letters Rogatory (LRs) sent to foreign shores.