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CAG detects big fraud in providing financial assistance to traders affected by 2014 Kashmir floods [details]

Due to pressure of the then political government benefits of the Interest Subvention Scheme were extended to big business houses, houseboat owners, artists, private trust.

Jan 16, 2022

India's vax drive has added great strength in fight against Covid: PM Modi

The Prime Minister lauded the role of doctors, nurses and healthcare workers for the vaccination drive. The Prime Minister said, "Today we mark #1YearOfVaccineDrive. I salute each and every individual who is associated with the vaccination drive.

Jan 16, 2022

India currently battling two pandemics, says top virologist

India reported more than 2,70,000 fresh Covid positive cases in the last 24 hours

Jan 16, 2022

Texas synagogue crisis exposes how Pakistan is sponsoring terrorism [details]

A gunman identified as Muhammad Siddiqui entered a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, and held the rabbi and three others hostage in an hours-long standoff. And he demanded to release his sister Aafia Siddiqui.

Jan 16, 2022

Battle for UP: Dara Singh Chauhan also joins SP [details]

BJP Minister Dara Singh Chauhan resigned from BJP and joins Samajwadi Party.

Jan 16, 2022

Engineers appointed under PM's Employment Package in J&K allege discrimination; threaten protest [details]

A special recruitment policy was framed in 2010 for the relief, return, and rehabilitation of displaced Kashmiri migrants to Kashmir Valley. Those appointed under the same policy are not getting promotion benefits.

Jan 16, 2022

Retired NRI, 'Dabangg' neighbour Salman Khan lock horns over property dispute [details]

An unseemly row has erupted between a retired NRI from the US, Ketan Kakkad and his neighbour Bollywood megastar Salman Khan over a plot of land in the picturesque environs of Raigad.

Jan 16, 2022

Hours-long standoff in Texas synagogue ends; all hostages 'out alive & safe' [details]

Governor Greg Abbott announces that all hostages are out alive and safe" after an hours-long standoff at a synagogue ended. The four hostages, including a rabbi, were taken hostage on Saturday at the Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, just outside Fort Worth.

Jan 16, 2022

Russian court charges 8 REvil ransomware hackers behind US attacks [details]

A Russian court has charged eight people, who are part of the REvil ransomware group that attacked top American companies, as White House officials confirmed that the person behind the ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline last year was also arrested during the raid.

Jan 16, 2022

Iconic British-era Secunderabad Club gutted in fire; worth ₹20cr in damages [details]

The iconic Secunderabad Club, which has been in existence since 1878, was totally gutted following a massive fire on Sunday.

Jan 16, 2022

Safe for 2 years, top US doctor gets Omicron in 1 maskless outing; sends strong message [details]

As the Omicron variant-triggered Covid waves sweep the globe, Faheem Younus, Chief of Infectious Diseases at the University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health (UM UCH) in the US has shared some key lessons after he got infected with the strain after just one "maskless" family gathering.

Jan 16, 2022

PM Modi's National Startup Day a new start for Indian entrepreneurs [here's why]

With Prime Minister Narendra Modi announcing to celebrate January 16 as the National Startup Day, the meteoric rise of desi entrepreneurs in the past couple of years, which made global headlines, has received a tremendous boost.

Jan 16, 2022

Saudi-led coalition expands aerial bombardment against Houthis in Yemen: Source

On Saturday the Coalition Spokesperson Brigadier General Turki Al Maliki announced that "the coalition's leadership has asked Yemeni citizens and travelers not to use roads leading from the provinces of Marib and al-Bayda to the districts of Harib, Ain, Bayhan, and Usaylan."

Jan 16, 2022

Annoyed over being 'humiliated' by party for Sonu Sood's sister; sitting Cong MLA joins BJP [details]

Congress releases a list of 86 candidates for the Punjab assembly elections. Sidhu to contest from Amritsar, Channi from Chamkour Sahib seats respectively.

Jan 16, 2022

Karnataka "model to entire country"; Sudhakar on using tech in Covid battle

Sudhakar inaugurated the virtual training programme being conducted in association with StepOne for about 10,000 medical, dental, and Ayush students to train them in home isolation care and addressed the students. Healthcare and frontline staff have been trained through online platforms.

Jan 16, 2022