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With more than 130 crore vaccine doses administered till date, with over 50 percent of the eligible population getting both the jabs and 85 percent getting at least a single jab, the Modi government’s response strategy to the COVID-19 pandemic has worked effectively despite rampant vaccine hesitancy that was propagated by a decrepit Opposition. Needless to add, the fast-paced vaccine drive has, in turn, spearheaded the ensuing economic momentum, with a focus on capital expenditure. Once the lockdown was eased, the expenditure policy of the Central government was geared towards higher capital spending and rightfully so. The government budgeted a 34.5 percent rise year-on-year, in capex, to Rs 5.54 lakh crore for the current financial year, 2021-22. Large-scale fiscal spending by the government could have triggered inflationary concerns and nullified the impact of an easy monetary policy that has been in vogue now, for well over two years. Hence, in a smart move, the Modi government, d

One unidentified terrorist has been killed in an encounter that broke out between security forces and terrorists on Sunday morning at Baragam area of Awantipora, Jammu and Kashmir. Inspector-General of Police in Kashmir, Vijay Kumar told ANI , "Encounter started at Baragam Awantipora. One terrorist is killed. Operation in progress." Police and security forces are on the job, he added. Kashmir Police tweeted the updates: #AwantiporaEncounterUpdate : 01 unidentified #terrorist killed. #Operation going on. Further details shall follow. @JmuKmrPolice https://t.co/Uz8niDLv2d — Kashmir Zone Police (@KashmirPolice) December 12, 2021 The identity and group affiliation of the slain terrorist is being ascertained, he said. The operation is going on and further details are awaited, he said. Earlier, three unidentified terrorists were killed in an encounter in the Check Cholan area of Shopian district on Wednesday. While one was neutralised in the morning, another two were

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Twitter handle was briefly hacked on Sunday, and a tweet claiming that India has "officially adopted bitcoin as legal tender" was put out from it. The Prime Minister's Office later said the account was immediately secured after the matter was escalated to Twitter. The Twitter handle of PM @narendramodi was very briefly compromised. The matter was escalated to Twitter and the account has been immediately secured. In the brief period that the account was compromised, any Tweet shared must be ignored. — PMO India (@PMOIndia) December 11, 2021 The tweet, after Modi's personal handle was hacked, also claimed that India has officially bought 500 BTC and is distributing them among its residents and shared a link, asking people to hurry up. The future has come today, it said. Many users immediately pointed out that the account seems to have been hacked. India, it may be noted, has taken a tough stand on cryptocurrencies. The gove

The admit card for the Haryana Teacher Eligibility Test (HTET) has been put out by the Board of School Education Haryana (BSEH). Candidates who are preparing for HTET 2021 can download the hall ticket by visiting the official website at https://haryanatet.in/. As per the schedule, the state teacher eligibility test will be conducted on 18 and 19 December. Furthermore, the application process for the same commenced on 15 November, this year. Steps on how to download Haryana TET Admit Card 2021: Step 1: Visit the official HTET website at https://haryanatet.in/ Step 2: Search and click on HTET registration link that is available on the homepage Step 3: As the page opens, candidates need to enter their login details to download Haryana TET Hall ticket. Then click on submit. Step 4: Within a few seconds, the HTET admit card will be displayed on the screen. Step 5: Check and download the admit card properly. Step 6: Kindly, keep a hard copy of the same for further use or reference.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated the Saryu Canal National Project which will provide assured water for irrigation to over 14 lakh hectares of land and benefit about 29 lakh farmers, mainly in eastern Uttar Pradesh. The project has been completed at a cost of over Rs 9,800 crore, out of which more than Rs 4,600 crore was provisioned in the last four years. Uttar Pradesh governor Anandiben Patel, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Union Minister for Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya were among those present at the project inauguration programme. Speaking at the event where thousands had collected, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that the prime minister has left no stone unturned for the development of the state. As Prime Minister Narendra Modi took the dais to address the crowds, he first paid tribute to General Bipin Rawat, who was killed along with his wife and 11 other defence personnel in a chopper crash in Tam

The Headquarters Coast Guard Region (West) has invited applications on Direct Recruitment basis for Civilian Vacancies for various posts such as Fire Engine Driver, Fireman, Engine Driver and so on. Candidates can check the details for the 96 vacancies at the official website - https://ift.tt/2USdyjO. According to the official notification released by the Coast Guard Region (West), application forms for various posts have to be downloaded from the official website. Other details such as the eligibility, educational qualifications, age, pay matrix, last date for receiving applications and so on can also be found at the Indian Coast Guard website. The applications have to be filled and self-attested copies of necessary documents and certificates need to be attached along with the duly filled application form. The forms have to be submitted by ordinary post only to the concerned units which is mentioned in the website. Applicants who will be selected under this recruitment drive will

I will always think of Rati Agnihotri as the actress who emoted to one of my most favourite Lata Mangeshkar songs — Solah baras ki baali umar ko salaam — in Rati's debut film Ek Duuje Ke Liye . Over the years Agnihotri has seen ups and downs in her life and marriage. But she remains upbeat and forever happy. "I've cut out all negativity from my life. I only hang around with the people I am comfortable with. I have always had a selected few friends. My best friend Shayla has been with me for decades. She lives in Chennai and we often chill out at her place in her city. I was never a party-going type. Not that I am uncomfortable with crowds. Ask me to entertain 3,000 people from a stage, and I'll do it happily. Ask me to stand in a circle with six people with a glass in my hand, and I’d rather be home with my dog,” says Rati Agnihotri who regaled us with many entertainers in 1980s beginning ith K Balachander’s Ek Duuje Ke Liye . "Actually I did one Tamil film be

Daughters of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat, Kritika and Tarini, on Friday paid floral tributes to their parents in the national capital, before the funeral procession began on Friday. The grandchild of the CDS also paid final respect to grandparents. Delhi: Daughters of #CDSGeneralBipinRawat and Madhulika Rawat - Kritika and Tarini - pay their last respects to their parents. pic.twitter.com/7ReSQcYTx7 — ANI (@ANI) December 10, 2021 General Rawat, his wife Madhulika, Brigadier LS Lidder and 10 more defence personnel were killed in the army helicopter crash in Tamil Nadu’s Coonnor on Wednesday. Earlier, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, along with other senior leaders such as Rahul Gandhi paid their last respects to Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and his wife Madhulika Rawat. Other political leaders such as Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Harish Singh Rawa

Recently, Indians had the opportunity to see Vir Das , a comedian perform at the John F Kennedy Center in Washington, United States. Das had waited his entire life to perform in the famed Kennedy Centre, funded partly by the US government. In disbelief he stood there, elated to have been given this opportunity, repeatedly thanking the gods or whoever they may be that cleared his path and made this dream possible. His reverence to the Kennedy Center was a tad bit embarrassing to his fellow Indians, but not to Vir Das . Because he belongs to a fraternity that like his monologue lives in another India, that some of his harsher critics may describe as a parallel universe. They live in an India that has not recovered from its post-colonial hangover, that has not shed the baggage of being from a country of the have-nots, that is as angry as the West is to see the lesser mortals, the lesser Indians assert themselves in places and spaces that were only allowed for the proverbial “brown sahibs

The Karnataka Common Entrance Test KCET 2021 round 2 seat allotment results for undergraduate courses will be announced today, 10 December by the State Examinations Authority (KEA). Candidates should note that the KCET 2nd round seat allotment 2021 result will be released after 4:00 pm, as per an  NDTV report . Those who are waiting for the results can visit the official website at https://ift.tt/2ZcSw47 soon after the announcement is made. Applicants will be able to exercise their options against the KCET 2021 round 2 seat allotment result from 10 to 12 December. Check steps on how to download KCET Seat Allotment 2021 Round 2: Step 1: Visit the official website at https://ift.tt/2ZcSw47 Step 2: Search and click on the designated link that will be made available to check the KCET seat allotment result Step 3: As the link opens, candidates need to insert login credentials correctly as required. Step 4: After providing all details on the portal click on submit. Step 5: Within a

The Bihar Police Subordinate Services Commission has put out the hall tickets for the Police Sub-Inspector and Sergeant recruitment 2020 preliminary exam today, 10 December. Candidates can download the BPSSC admit card on the official website - https://ift.tt/31aWzNL. Methodical procedure to download the admit card is as follows: - Visit the official website - https://ift.tt/31aWzNL - Click on the link which says, ‘Download admit card for preliminary exam of Police SI/Sergeant’ - Key in your login details such as registration and mobile number and date of birth - View your admit card and check for discrepancies - Download and printout a copy to use in the future Direct link to download the prelims exam admit card is here - https://ift.tt/3rZ7Z5f As per an official notice , the preliminary examination for the post of Police Sub-Inspector and Sergeant is scheduled to be held on 26 December in two shifts. Applications for the post of Police Sub-Inspector/Sergeant began on 16 Augu

The admit cards for the Computer Direct Recruitment Exam will be released by the Rajasthan Subordinate and Ministerial Services Selection Board (RSMSSB) on 13 December. Once released, applicants can view and download the hall tickets from the official website at rsmssb.rajasthan.gov.in . Once the RSMSSB hall tickets are released, here's how to download it: Visit the official website - rsmssb.rajasthan.gov.in Click on the link for admit cards that is given on the main page Now click on the link that reads, ‘Download admit card for Computer Direct Recruitment Exam’ View admit card for discrepancies and download it for future use As per the official notice , the Computer Recruitment Exam will be conducted on 19 December, from 10 am to 12 noon. Applicants are requested to report to the exam venue at least 90 minutes prior to the examination timing. Candidates should wear a face mask and bring their own sanitizer with them. Social distancing norms also need to be practiced by t

Russian president Vladimir Putin visited India for a few hours on 6 December 2021 for the 21st bilateral Annual Summit. It is noteworthy that Putin undertook this visit although the numbers of COVID-19 cases in Russia continue to surge and the threat of confrontation over the Ukraine border continues to rise. This is testimony to the strategic significance that Putin attaches to the relationship with India. On 17 September 2021, Putin had declined at the last minute to travel to Dushanbe, Tajikistan, for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit because of the high incidence of COVID-19 cases in Russia. This is only the second visit by Putin outside Russia — the first having been to Geneva in June this year for a bilateral Summit with US president Joe Biden. Through this visit Putin has delivered an unambiguous message that notwithstanding the doubts and speculation about the health of the India-Russia partnership, it continues to be vibrant. In addition, the fact that the v

A grief-stricken and heartbroken Geetika Lidder and Aashna Lidder, wife and daughter of Brigadier Lakhwinder Singh Lidder, bid goodbye to him this morning, as he was laid to rest with full military honours . Brigadier Lidder was one of the 13 who died in the tragic helicopter crash of Wednesday was laid to rest on Friday at the Brar Square crematorium, Delhi Cantonment. Heart-breaking visuals shared by news agency ANI showed Lidder's wife in tears kneeling the head of his coffin, which was draped with the national flag and decked with flowers. The Brigadier's daughter, Aashna, was by her mother's side, fighting back tears of her own as she let a handful of rose petals fall through her fingers and on to her father's coffin. #WATCH | Delhi: The wife and daughter of Brig LS Lidder pay their last respects to him at Brar Square, Delhi Cantt. He lost his life in #TamilNaduChopperCrash on 8th December. pic.twitter.com/oiHWxelISi — ANI (@ANI) December 10, 2021 Speak

Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to statesman and freedom fighter Chakravarti Rajagopalachari today, 10 December, on his 143rd birth anniversary. Taking to Twitter, PM Modi remembered Rajagopalachari, who was fondly known as Rajaji, for his contributions to the freedom struggle. He was also the first, and only, Indian to hold the post of Governor General of the country.  He tweeted: Tributes to Shri C. Rajagopalachari on his Jayanti. He is remembered for his contributions to the freedom struggle, administrative and intellectual prowess. Sharing a glimpse of Rajaji taking oath as Governor General and the notification of him being awarded the Bharat Ratna. pic.twitter.com/psAnq7i9bo — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 10, 2021 He also shared photos of Rajaji taking oath as the Governor General, as well as the notification conferring the Bharat Ratna on the eminent personality. In another tweet, Modi shared a letter Patel had written to Rajaji when he took over as t

The last rites of India's first Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat , his wife Madhulika, Brig LS Lidder and 10 more defence personnel will be performed on Friday. All thirteen were killed after Mi-17V5 helicopter of the Indian Air Force (IAF), carrying the 63-year-old tri-services chief, crashed near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday that triggered grief across the country. The chopper was on its way to Wellington in Nilgiri Hills where General Rawat was to address a gathering at the Defence Services Staff College. The mortal remains of Rawat and his wife Madhulika will be taken to their official residence on Kamaraj Marg, Delhi, at 11 am on Friday. The bodies, escorted by military bands of all three services, will be taken to Brar crematorium in Dhaula Kuan at around 2 pm. The funeral is scheduled for 4 pm . Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the country's top military brass on Thursday paid homage to the former defence chief and 12 other crash victims at the Palam air

The farmers' protest at the Singhu and Tikri borders has finally come to a close, as they have begun to remove their tents from the sites. The farmer leaders have announced that they will leave the borders by 11 December 2021. Protesting farmers will vacate the protest sites on December 11: Farmer leader Darshan Pal Singh pic.twitter.com/Ftg76o7Rd1 — ANI (@ANI) December 9, 2021 Farmer leader Gurnam Singh Charuni confirming the suspension of the protests, said, "We have decided to suspend our agitation. We will hold a review meeting on 15 January. If the government doesn't fulfill its promises, we could resume our agitation." SKM chief Shiv Kumar Kakaji in his media address apologised to all those who might have suffered due to the protest. Farmers have been protesting at the borders of Delhi for over a year, demanding a repeal of the three controversial farm laws and a guarantee of Minimum Support Price. The decision to move out of the national capital come