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Bandipur:  Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday visited the southern state of Karnataka where he went on a safari at the Bandipur Tiger Reserve. Sporting camouflage attire, Modi interacted with field staff and Self Help Groups to discuss tiger conservation efforts in India. Sharing a picture of Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister’s Office said, “ PM Narendra Modi is on the way to the Bandipur and Mudumalai Tiger Reserves.” PM @narendramodi is on the way to the Bandipur and Mudumalai Tiger Reserves. pic.twitter.com/tpPYgnoahl — PMO India (@PMOIndia) April 9, 2023 The prime minister has also scheduled a visit to Tamil Nadu’s Mudumalai Tiger Reserve. He will also interact with field directors of tiger reserves that have scored highest in the recently concluded 5th cycle of the Management Effectiveness Evaluation exercise. Sharing a picture of Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister’s Office said, “ PM Narendra Modi is on the way to the Bandipur and Mudumalai Tiger Reserves.”

New Delhi: Several states in India have reinstated COVID rules, including making masks mandatory, after most parts of the country witnessed a rapid rise in cases in the past few days. Earlier this week, India’s Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya held a COVID review meeting where he urged states to stay alert and review their emergency preparedness in case the situation gets worse. #Unite2FightCorona #IndiaFightsCorona pic.twitter.com/phE3JswuWo — Ministry of Health (@MoHFW_INDIA) April 9, 2023 The Health Ministry is also expected to hold mock drills in both public and private hospitals nationwide to assess emergency preparedness in public health institutions. India logged 5,357 cases, taking the total tally to 32,814 on Sunday. India’s capital Delhi, on the other hand, recorded 535 fresh Covid cases on Saturday with a positivity rate of 23.05 per cent. States like Kerala, Haryana and Puducherry have made masks mandatory in public places. In addition to this, people have been

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Sunday launch the International Big Cats Alliance (IBCA) which will focus on protection and conservation of seven major big cats of the world, namely tiger, lion, leopard, snow leopard, puma, jaguar and cheetah. In July 2019, PM Modi had called for an ‘Alliance of Global Leaders’ to “obliterate demand” and firmly curb poaching and illegal Wildlife trade in Asia. Taking the message of the Prime Minister forward, the IBCA is being launched. “This belief of PM has been integral in the environmental consciousness shown by the Modi government. Wide ranging efforts have been undertaken, which have together positively impacted the wildlife in the country,” said the government in a statement. PM Modi will also release the latest tiger census data at a mega event to mark the completion of 50 years of ‘Project Tiger’ in Mysuru on Sunday. He will inaugurate the programme ‘Commemoration of 50 years of Project Tiger’ during which he will release

Tezpur, Assam: Donning the Indian Air Force uniform, President Droupadi Murmu took her maiden flight in the Sukhoi 30 MKI Fighter jet from Assam’s Tezpur Air Force Station. In the video shared by the President of India’s official YouTube channel, President Murmu, who commands all three military services, can be seen being greeted by officials who accompany her to the fighter jet. She then boards the flight and is secured into the aircraft before the take-off. Watch the video here: The Indian president is on a two-day visit to Assam. During her visit, she inaugurated the Gaj Utsav 2023 at the Kaziranga National Park. She also flagged off the Mount Kanchenjunga Expedition-2023 yesterday. Developed by Russia’s Sukhoi and built under licence by India’s aerospace giant Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, the aircraft twin-seater multirole fighter jet developed. With inputs from agencies Read all the  Latest News ,  Trending News ,  Cricket News ,  Bollywood News , India News  and  Ent

New Delhi: Amish Tripathi, India’s Minister (Culture & Education), High Commission of India & Director, on Friday met Karan Kataria — an Indian-origin student pursuing Masters in law at London of School of Economics (LSE) – on Friday and assured him of justice. Karan was disqualified from running for general secretary of the student’s union for alleged links with the RSS and Hindu nationalism. Talking to Firstpost , Karan said: “Amish ji met me morning today (7 April). He assured me that justice will be done. The Indian High Commission said that they are observing all the developments and ascertaining facts.” The High Commission of India in UK said it has noted Karan’s concerns and is keeping track of developments. Minister (Culture and Education) @authoramish , met @LSEnews student @karanatLSE today. @HCI_London has noted Karan’s concerns and is keeping track of developments. @VDoraiswami @sujitjoyghosh @MEAIndia pic.twitter.com/g6EwMAvCc1 — India in the UK (@HCI

New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is all set to launch a probe into the internal affairs of Oxfam India, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), for alleged violations of India’s Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010. Sources familiar with the matter claimed that the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) found that the think tank continued to transfer foreign funds to various entities despite the restrictions put by FCRA. During a survey carried out by the Income Tax department, multiple emails were found which revealed that Oxfam India was allegedly planning to circumvent provisions of the FCRA by routing funds to other FCRA-registered associations or through the for-profit consultancy route, sources said. The survey by MHA also “exposed” Oxfam as an instrument of the foreign policy of foreign organisations or entities, which have funded the organisation liberally over the years. Oxfam India, which is registered to carry out social activities, allegedly routed fu

Beijing: China played tit-for-tat with India by freezing visas of two Indian journalists this week. Now, Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning on Thursday claimed that Chinese journalists in India receive “unfair and discriminatory” and therefore, it took “corresponding counter measures”. Earlier this week, China barred two Indian journalists posted in Beijing from returning to their jobs in the Chinese capital from India. They were told that their visas have been frozen. When asked about visa suspensions of the Indian journalists, Ning said scribes of her country have received “unfair and discriminatory treatment in India for a long time”. She further alleged that a Xinhua journalist was recently asked to leave India by 31 March. ‘Counter measures to safeguard our legitimate interests’ The Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman claimed that China has always treated Indian journalists well and authorities in Beijing have been in touch with New Delhi, but “they neither respo

New Delhi : Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday informed that linking Aadhaar details with the voter identity card has not started yet. While speaking in Rajya Sabha, Rijiju noted that the exercise was “process driven” and no target or timelines have been given for the proposed linkage. In a written reply, he also asserted that the names of those who do not link their Aadhaar details with the voters’ list will not be struck off the electoral rolls. Section 23 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950, as amended by the Election Laws (Amendment) Act, 2021, provides for the electoral registration officers to require the existing or prospective elector to provide the Aadhaar number for establishing identity on a voluntary basis. The Election Commission had launched the programme to collect the Aadhaar number of existing and prospective electors on a voluntary basis from August 1, 2O22 in all the states and union territories. “Linking of Aadhaar is process driven and no targets

New Delhi : Cautioning that the fight against inflation is far from over, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday projected marginal easing in retail inflation to 5.2 per cent in the current fiscal. Also, the central bank decided to keep key benchmark policy rate at 6.5 per cent even as inflation is trending above its tolerance level, PTI reported. Here are key takeaways from RBI’s monetary policy statement: 1) Benchmark lending rate remains unchanged at 6.50 per cent. 2) The central bank has projected 6.5 per cent economic growth for 2023-24, compared to 6.4 per cent projected in February 3) Inflation to be 5.2 per cent in 2023-24, against 5.3 per cent estimated in February 4) RBI says the fight against inflation far from over as inflation outlook dynamic amid sudden announcement of crude output cut by OPEC+ 5) War against inflation has to continue until RBI sees a durable decline in inflation closer to the target 6) Expectation of a record Rabi harvest bodes well for easi

Ottawa: Another prominent Hindu temple in Canada – BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir – was vandalised and anti-India anti-PM Narendra Modi graffiti was painted on its walls. The CCTV footage of desecration released by Windsor police shows two masked men defacing the temple situated in Ontario province. There is a suspicion that separatist groups could be behind this incident of temple vandalism in Canada. The latest incident is the sixth such act of temple vandalism in Canada. Also, it is the fourth incident of hate crime in mere one month. Despite the Indian government raising concerns related to the mounting aggression of separatist group in Canada, the required action is not being taken so far by the government on Canada on such groups. However, due to the constant pressure from the Indian government, the cops in Canada immediately released the CCTV footages and began investigating this Hindu temple vandalism act as a hate-motivated incident. WINDSOR POLICE NEWS RELEASE Two suspe

New Delhi: The public sector metallurgy division of the Defence Ministry known as Mishra Dhatu Nigam Ltd (Midhani) has created a titanium alloys hub employing cutting-edge titanium casting technology. According to Midhani CMD Dr. SK Jha, this technology is expected to reduce the weight of main battle tanks. Low maintenance costs are a result of titanium alloys’ exceptional corrosion resistance and high strength-to-weight ratio. It appears that the titanium alloy hub has been produced for the Zorawar Light Tank, which has been jointly designed by the DRDO and private sector company L&T. The Zoarawar Light Tank is currently undergoing construction rollout and is expected to go into the trial phase later this year. Read all the Latest News , Trending News ,  Cricket News , Bollywood News , India News and Entertainment News here. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter and Instagram .    from Firstpost India Latest News https://ift.tt/7Oamevg Ajeyo Basu

New Delhi: Despite Opec and its allies, including Russia, decision of cutting oil output by around 1.16 million barrels, Indian refiners would continue to get uninterrupted Russian crude oil at existing discounted rates. India imports 85 per cent of its oil need and there would be no change in the buying patterns of refiners of the country after the announcement of cut in crude oil production. “Indian refiners have been assured of uninterrupted crude supplies at the existing rates for now,” a report by Business Standard quoted Indian government officials as saying. “There have been several reports of changes in India’s buying patterns after the global price cap took hold. But Indian refiners have continued benefiting from favourable purchase agreements,” a senior official said. On Sunday (2 March), the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), including Russia, agreed to widen oil production cuts to 3.66 million barrels per day (bdp) or 3.7 per cent of global dema

New Delhi: With India having already deployed the first two squadrons of the S-400, the Indian Air Force (IAF) is scheduled to carry out the first trial of the air defence system from Russia on Indian soil. According to a report by ANI, the Indian Air Force (IAF) is going to carry out trial of the S-400 missiles in the near future. The Indian military had carried out trials of the S-400 in Russia, but the missile system is yet to be fired in India. “The firing is planned to be held very soon using one of the small or medium ranges missiles against a fast-moving aerial target,” defence officials were quoted as saying by ANI. According to them, the S-400 air defence missile system has a variety of missiles that have a maximum range of 400 km and can shoot down cruise missiles, fighter jets and other aircraft or projectiles. The first two squadrons of the S-400 have been stationed in various areas – mostly along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) against – from where they cover the se

New Delhi: The hardy soldiers of the Indian Army may get some robotic colleagues in the inhospitable terrain of the high Himalayas in the near future. By 2030, the Indian Army wants to cut the number of mules by 60%. These animals are essential to transport ration, ammunition and other supplies to remote posts in mountainous terrain in the Himalayas along the borders with China and Pakistan where it is difficult for vehicles to navigate. Mules are important for the daily operations of the Indian Army in the Himalayas along the borders with China and Pakistan. But now, the Indian Army wants to replace these tough mules in the difficult Himalayan terrain along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China. The Indian Army wants to purchase four-legged robotic mules that can navigate various terrains on their own, self-heal, and avoid hazards. The Indian Army is also interested in purchasing small, medium, and large cargo drones with a range of 100–150 kilometers that can deliver supp

New Delhi : As many as 4,435 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in India on Wednesday, which is the biggest single-day jump in 163 days (five months and 13 days), while the number of active cases has to increased to 23,091, as per the data shared by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. #AmritMahotsav #Unite2FightCorona #LargestVaccineDrive https://t.co/XlwjUQSIlY pic.twitter.com/QNmGd9Jsli — Ministry of Health (@MoHFW_INDIA) April 5, 2023 With the fresh cases, India’s COVID-19 tally has climbed to 4.47 crore (4,47,33,719), while the death toll has increased to 5,30,916 with 15 deaths, the data updated at 8 am stated. Four deaths were reported from Maharashtra; one death each was reported from Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Puducherry and Rajasthan; and four were reconciled by Kerala. Also Read: India sees a surge in COVID-19 cases: Does the country need a fourth jab? At 23,091, the active cases now comprise 0.05 per cent of the total infections. Th

New Delhi: “Zangnan (Arunachal Pradesh) is part of China’s territory… is within China’s sovereign rights,” said Beijing, hours after India “outrightly rejected” China’s attempt to rename 11 places in the Indian state. “In accordance with relevant stipulations of the administration of geographical names of the State Council, competent authorities of the Chinese government have standardised the names of some parts of Zangnan. This is within China’s sovereign rights,” said China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning at a press conference late on Tuesday. China on Sunday released names of 11 places in Arunachal Pradesh which it calls “Zangnan, the southern part of Tibet.” It was for the third time Beijing made an attempt to lay claims to areas inside the Indian territory after 2017 and 2021. Releasing a list of “standardised” names in Chinese, Tibetan and pinyin characters, the Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs said the renaming was in accordance with regulations on geographical nam

Srinagar: Thirty members of the Jammu and Kashmir branch of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) have received threats from The Resistance Front (TRF), an offshoot of terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) which is based in Pakistan. Muslim religious authorities who are supposedly connected to the RSS have mostly been threatened by the TRF. These RSS members are based in several districts in the Jammu region as well as the Kashmir Valley, an official told the media. The list does not include any well-known names. The threat letter is delivered at a period of relative calm in the Kashmir Valley. An all-party delegation is scheduled to visit Kashmir later this month to evaluate the situation there at Farooq Abdullah’s invitation, the head of the National Conference. Read all the Latest News , Trending News ,  Cricket News , Bollywood News , India News and Entertainment News here. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter and Instagram .    from Firstpost India Latest News https:

London: The brazen hinduphobic campaign launched against Karan Kataria — an Indian-origin student pursuing Masters in law at London of School of Economics (LSE) who was disqualified from running for general secretary of the student’s union for alleged links with the RSS and Hindu nationalism — was allegedly orchestrated by an academic close to Congress scion Rahul Gandhi. Firstpost has learned that Mukulika Banerjee, who has been a close associate of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, could have been powering this hate campaign against Karan Kataria, ostensibly for having links with the Hindu right, the RSS in particular. Sources told Firstpost that this interference by Banerjee in students’ affairs has already been brought to the notice of the LSE administration. Karan Kataria, speaking to Firstpost , said he would do everything to guard the honour of the India. Mukulika Banerjee is a professor of Anthropology at the London School of Economics and Political Science and the inaugural

Gangtok: Seven tourists were killed and 11 others injured in a major avalanche in Sikkim’s Nathu La area on Tuesday, police officials said. The injured are being brought to the state capital Gangtok’s hospital. “Rescue and clearance operations are still on,” a senior police official said. The Indian Army in a statement said, “By 3 PM, 14 persons were rescued and taken to a nearby Army medical facility. However, seven persons succumbed. The other seven persons were administered first aid and returned to Gangtok.” Nathu La, one of the most important Himalayan passes in the country, is situated on the border with China and is a major tourist destination because of its scenic beauty. It is over 55 kilometres from Gangtok. #WATCH | Rescue operation and snow clearance near the 15th mile on Gangtok-Natu La road after an avalanche struck the area in Sikkim Seven people have lost their lives, 20 were injured in the incident pic.twitter.com/UCxth7wxQV — ANI (@ANI) April 4, 2023 Th

New Delhi: “Reject this outright,” said India as it strongly rejected China renaming 11 places in Arunachal Pradesh, which it claims as South Tibet. India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Arindam Bagchi stressed that “Arunachal Pradesh is, has been, and always be an integral and inalienable part of India.” “Attempts to assign invented names (by China) will not alter this reality,” the MEA spokesperson added. Our response to media queries regarding the renaming of places in Arunachal Pradesh by China: https://t.co/JcMQoaTzK6 pic.twitter.com/CKBzK36H1K — Arindam Bagchi (@MEAIndia) April 4, 2023   The renaming in the past too was promptly rejected by India, with New Delhi saying that Arunachal will always remain an integral and “inseparable” part of India. China has on Sunday (2 March) for the third time made an attempt to lay claim to areas inside the Indian territory by renaming 11 places in Arunachal Pradesh which it calls “Zangan, the southern part of Tibe

New Delhi: China has for the third time made an attempt to lay claim to areas inside the Indian territory by renaming 11 places in India’s Arunachal Pradesh which it calls “Zangan, the southern part of Tibet”. The move is expected to further intensify tension and deepen mistrust between New Delhi and Beijing who are in the middle of their worst bilateral chill in decades. The names were released on Sunday and are in Chinese, Tibetan and pinyin characters, in accordance with regulations on geographical names issued by State Council, China’s cabinet, said a report by Chinese state mouthpiece Global Times . In a release on Sunday, the Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs said they are “standardising some geographical names in southern Tibet”. Which places in Arunachal Pradesh has been renamed by China? Sharing the “official” names of 11 places for Arunachal Pradesh, the China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs gave precise coordinates, including two land areas, two residential areas, five moun

New Delhi: Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck began his three-day visit to India on Monday. He was received by India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar at the airport in New Delhi. The King will hold talks with President of India Droupadi Murmu and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday. Jaishankar in a post on Twitter said that the visit of the Bhutanese king will “further strengthen the close and unique India-Bhutan partnership” Honoured to welcome His Majesty the King of Bhutan, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, on his arrival in India. His visit will further strengthen the close and unique India-Bhutan partnership. pic.twitter.com/o1lqYYJlVn — Dr. S. Jaishankar (@DrSJaishankar) April 3, 2023 Wangchuck is accompanied by Bhutan's foreign minister Tandi Dorji and other senior officials. Wangchuck's meeting with PM Modi is being keenly watched as it would be the first such high-level meeting between the two leaders since Bhutan-China boundary

Mumbai : The grand opening of the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre (NMACC) in Mumbai witnessed an array of personalities from different walks of life in attendance. Also present was Bollywood’s power couple Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh, who hailed the “world-class” event while speaking to Anusha Dandekar, who was hosting the red carpet. “(It was) truly world-class. This is something we never experienced before. There were so many moments we teared up and so many moments when we had goosebumps. We just had our minds blown,” Deepika said. Sharing his experience, Ranveer said, “The acoustic quality of this theatre is unprecedented. I have never experienced this in any theatre in the world. I could feel every drumbeat. It was a sensory experience… It made me feel so proud to be an Indian.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre (@nmacc.india) Besides them, several other Bollywood and Hollyw