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Education and Books Top Stories

Common University Entrance Test for all UGC-funded Central Universities in July

ION correspondentMarch 22, 2022March 22, 2022

UGC Chairman, M Jagadesh Kumar has said that Central Universities will have to use Common University Entrance Test CUET scores to admit students to undergraduate programmes this year. Briefing...

India, US reaffirm commitment to free, open, inclusive, peaceful, and prosperous Indo-Pacific

ION correspondentMarch 22, 2022March 22, 2022

India and US have reaffirmed their commitment to a free, open, inclusive, peaceful, and prosperous Indo-Pacific. The Ministry of External Affairs said this after Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla...

States Top Stories Uttarakhand

BJP retains Uttarakhand, Goa CMs for second consecutive term

ION correspondentMarch 22, 2022August 13, 2025

BJP has announced the names of Chief Ministers of Uttarakhand and Goa. Pushkar Singh Dhami in Uttarakhand and Pramod Sawant in Goa will be Chief Ministers for their second...

World

China Eastern Airlines plane crashes with 132 on board

ION correspondentMarch 22, 2022March 23, 2022

A China Eastern Airlines plane with 132 people on board has crashed in Southern China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Monday. The crashed plane – Boeing 737 was flying...

World

Hong Kong to lift flight ban from India, other 8 countries in April

ION correspondentMarch 21, 2022March 21, 2022

Hong Kong will resume international flights from nine countries including the United States and Britain in April, city leader Carrie Lam said on Monday. After the highly transmissible Omicron...

World

Myanmar military committed genocide against Rohingya community: US

ION correspondentMarch 21, 2022March 21, 2022

The Biden administration has formally determined that violence committed against the Rohingya minority by Myanmar’s military amounts to genocide and crimes against humanity, U.S. officials told Reuters, a move...

States Top Stories

Cyclone Asani: Army on alert in Andamans as depression to turn into cyclonic storm by evening

ION correspondentMarch 21, 2022March 21, 2022

The Andaman and Nicobar Islands administration has made plans to evacuate residents from low-lying areas and the Army has also put its ships and relief teams on standby as...

Russia Ukraine War Top Stories

Joe Biden to travel to NATO member Poland to discuss Russia-Ukraine war

ION correspondentMarch 21, 2022March 21, 2022

President Joe Biden has added a stop in Poland to his trip this week to Europe for urgent talks with NATO and European allies, as Russian forces concentrate their...

World

Yemen’s Houthi rebels unleash barrage of drone & missile strikes on Saudi Arabia

ION correspondentMarch 21, 2022March 21, 2022

Yemen’s Houthi rebels unleashed a barrage of drone and missile strikes on Saudi Arabia that targeted key facilities including natural gas and desalination plants early today. The Saudi-led military...

Nation

Income Tax Dept conducts search & seizure operation at unicorn startup group based in Pune, Thane

ION correspondentMarch 21, 2022March 21, 2022

Income Tax Department has conducted a search and seizure operation on a Pune and Thane based unicorn start-up group, primarily engaged in the business of wholesale and retail of...

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