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New Delhi: Welcoming the New Year 2021, the Central government on Friday shared “a motivating poem” written by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on its official Twitter handle. Titled “Abhi Toh Suraj Uga Hai” (The Sun Has Just Risen), the video…

New Delhi: The central government has asked the farmers to select a date for the next round of discussion between the two parties. Joint secretary in the Agriculture Ministry Vivek Agrawal, via a letter to farmers’ unions, urged them for a…

New Delhi: Even as the Centre and states prepare for the national vaccination drive for COVID-19, the government has clarified that taking the vaccine is voluntary. “Vaccination for COVID-19 is voluntary. However, it is advisable to…

New Delhi: Yogasana has been recognised by the government as a competitive sport. Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju and Minister of AYUSH (Ayurveda Yoga and Naturopathy Unani Sidda Homoeopathy) Shripad Yesso Naik on Thursday formally…

New Delhi: The farmer leaders seem determined to continue fighting for scrapping of the controversial farm laws. The leaders said that 20 farmers have died so far while protesting against the draconian laws introduced by the Centre.…

New Delhi: Sticking to their stand, the agitating farmers on Wednesday turned down amendments in the contentious farm laws suggested by the government and threatened to intensify the stir. The Centre had sent its proposals and possible…

New Delhi/Bathinda: A meeting involving home minister Amit Shah and the farmers’ representatives on Tuesday ended in a deadlock. However, the agitating farmers agreed for a meeting at Singhu border, reported The Times of India. Farmers are…

Mumbai: With the ongoing farmers’ protest creating a furore across the country, actor-turned-politician Sunny Deol trigged a hilarious meme fest with his diplomatic comments. Sunny, a BJP MP from Gurdaspur, took to his Twitter handle on…

New Delhi: A total of 1.36 million COVID-19 warriors have been trained digitally in the country. Integrated Government Online Training (iGOT) platform and COVID Trainings — an online platform — began functioning in April. The platform was…

New Delhi: The government told the Supreme Court on Thursday that it has already issued an Ordinance on curbing pollution. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta notified the apex court about the Ordinance during a hearing on the issue of air…