German Prez to conclude visit to Turkey with Erdogan meeting
Ankara, April 24 - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will end his three-day visit to Turkey on Wednesday with a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Russians report Ukrainian strikes on energy facilities near Smolensk
Moscow, April 24 - Ukraine has used drones to strike energy facilities in the Smolensk region, 400 kilometres west of Moscow, according to Russian reports.
South Korea expresses regret over medical professors’ plan for weekly day off
Seoul, April 24 - South Korea's health ministry on Wednesday expressed regret over medical professors' decision to take a weekly day off starting next week and urged them to engage in dialogue rather than resort to collective action amid the prolonged medical vacuum
South Korea launches nanosatellite for satellite constellation project
Seoul, April 24 - A South Korean nanosatellite was launched into orbit as part of the nation's project to create a satellite constellation by 2027, officials said on Wednesday.
India calls for ‘gender-responsive arms control’ to prevent sexual violence in conflicts
United Nations, April 24 - To combat sexual violence in conflict situations, India has advocated a multifaceted approach which includes “gender-responsive arms control” that prevents the proliferation of weapons.
TikTok faces nationwide ban in US as Biden prepares to sign ‘historic’ bill
Washington, April 24 - US President Joe Biden is set to sign a historic bill regarding a huge foreign aid package on Wednesday, that will also ban TikTok in the country if its China-based owner ByteDance doesn’t sell its stake within a year.
ECI issues show cause notice to Trinamool legislator for intimidating voters
Kolkata, April 24 - The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday issued a show cause notice to the Trinamool Congress legislator from Chopra Assembly constituency, Hamidul Rahman, on charges of allegedly intimidating voters.
Initial trends favour BJP: Yogi Adityanath
Lucknow, April 24 Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said here on Wednesday that trends in the first phase of elections have been in favour of BJP.
AAP’s Sanjay Singh accuses BJP of flip-flop on spectrum allocation
New Delhi, April 24 - AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh on Wednesday alleged that the BJP, which once opposed a first-come, first-served basis in spectrum allocation before coming into power, now wants the same policy to be implemented.
SC calls for presence of ECI official at 2 pm in EVM-VVPAT tally matter
New Delhi, April 24 - The Supreme Court on Wednesday called for the presence of an Election Commission of India (ECI) official to clarify certain technical aspects pertaining to the functioning of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).
PM Modi highlights need for resilient infrastructure at 39-nation meet on natural disasters
New Delhi, April 24 - Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday emphasised the need to invest in resilient infrastructure as part of the strategy to minimise the damage from natural disasters that are on the rise across the world.
Poster war in Amethi, Robert Vadra’s name comes up
Amethi (UP), April 24 - As speculation about Congress leader Rahul Gandhi contesting from Amethi intensified, a poster war unleashed in the constituency with majority of them demanding businessman and AICC general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's husband Robert Vadra as the party's candidate.
LS polls: PM Modi to campaign in Chhattisgarh, MP today
New Delhi, April 24 - Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address public meetings in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, respectively, on Wednesday.
SC to pass directions on pleas seeking mandatory EVM-VVPAT tally
New Delhi, April 24 - The Supreme Court is slated to pass certain directions on Wednesday on a batch of petitions seeking mandatory cross-verification of the votes cast in Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) with Voter-Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slips.
BJP in UP to convey PM Modi’s ‘pranam’ to voters
Lucknow, April 24 - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Uttar Pradesh will now call up 50 voters each every day and convey the ‘Pranam’ (greeting) of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to every household.
Extreme heatwave conditions impact electioneering in UP
Lucknow, April 24 - With temperatures soaring past 40 degrees Celsius in several cities in Uttar Pradesh, the impact is visible on electioneering.
DRDO develops India’s lightest bulletproof jacket against highest threat level
New Delhi, April 24 - A unit of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully developed the lightest bulletproof jacket for security forces in the country designed to withstand the highest threat level, known as Level 6, officials said on Tuesday.
PM Modi, HM Shah among BJP’s 40 star campaigners for Odisha polls
Bhubaneswar, April 24 - The BJP has named Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath among the 40 star campaigners for the simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Odisha.
China has been the biggest challenge for India: EAM Jaishankar
Hyderabad, April 24 - External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar on Tuesday termed China as the biggest challenge for India as he blamed the policies of the first Prime Minister of India, the late Jawaharlal Nehru, for many problems on the foreign policy
ADGP, Jammu conducts security review meeting in Rajouri
Jammu, April 24 - Additional Director General of Police, Jammu, Anand Jain on Tuesday visited the Rajouri district to oversee and reinforce security measures there, an official statement said.