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Govt issues new guidelines for international travel on non-scheduled commercial flights

ION correspondentAugust 24, 2020August 24, 2020

The Home Ministry has issued Standard Operating Protocol (SOP) for international travel on non-scheduled commercial flights under the Vande Bharat Scheme and Air Transport Bubble arrangement. The SOP states...

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Congress Working Committee meet today, Sonia Gandhi likely to resign

ION correspondentAugust 24, 2020

Interim Congress president Sonia Gandhi looks set to announce her decision to step down at today’s meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC), the party’s highest decision-making body, after...

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MHA asks states to ensure unrestricted inter-state and intra-state movement of people

ION correspondentAugust 24, 2020August 24, 2020

A section of the media recently reported that the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has written a letter to the state governments stating that there shall be no restrictions...

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Home Minister Amit Shah admitted to AIIMS

ION correspondentAugust 18, 2020

Union Home Minister Amit Shah has been admitted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) after he complained of fatigue and body aches for the last 3-4 days....

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India’s COVID-19 cases cross 27 lakh, recovery rate also improves to 73.17 percent

ION correspondentAugust 18, 2020August 18, 2020

India’s coronavirus count has crossed the 27-lakh mark in the last 24 hours, even as the recovery rate has improved to 73.17 percent. The country recorded a spike of...

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Serum Institute of India phase II trials of COVID-19 vaccine to start this week

ION correspondentAugust 18, 2020

The Serum Institute of India (SII), which has partnered with AstraZeneca for manufacturing the COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed by the University of Oxford, has said that it would start...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address to the nation on 74th Independence Day

ION correspondentAugust 15, 2020August 15, 2020

India celebrates 74th Independence Day, PM Modi chants ‘Make in India, Make for World’ mantra

ION correspondentAugust 15, 2020

Expanding his India first pitch to ‘Make in India, Make for World’, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said India must become self-reliant and use its vast natural resources...

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President Kovind praises Coronavirus warriors in Independence Day eve address

ION correspondentAugust 15, 2020August 15, 2020

President Ram Nath Kovind while addressing the nation, on the eve of the 74th Independence Day on Friday hailed the efforts of the Centre, State and Union Territories in...

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President approves 84 gallantry awards for defence personnel

ION correspondentAugust 15, 2020August 15, 2020

President Ram Nath Kovind has approved 84 gallantry awards for defence personnel, including nine Shaurya Chakra. The Kirti Chakra has been posthumously awarded to Abdul Rashid Kalas, Head Constable,...