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12:33 PM

Pakistan must set its house in order: Global experts

Pakistan is facing an unprecedented diplomatic and economic crisis and even its friends in the Islamic world now recognise that the country has to set its house in order and not support radical Islamic groups to operate from its territory, global strategic experts said.

12:16 PM

Dayanand Saraswati’s 200th birth anniversary celebrations

Maharishi Dayanand ji believed we should be the ones moving the world towards development. The path shown by Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati instils hope in crores of people: PM Modi

12:13 PM

Delhi: Locals protest on the third day of demolition drive by DDA in Mehrauli. Security personnel are present on the spot

12:04 PM

Turkey-Syria Quake Toll

Widespread devastation in Antakya city in the aftermath of powerful earthquakes that struck southern Turkey and Syria leaving over 28,000 people dead so far in the region

Rahul Gandhi raised Adani issue in Rajya Sabha, but instead of giving answers, PM abused Congress, he did it to run away from this issue. People need answer, whether govt has hand in Adani’s growth or not

– KC Venugopal, Cong MP & General Secy

11:39 AM

Meta planning fresh round of layoffs

After firing 11,000 employees in November last year, Meta (formerly Facebook) is reportedly planning to reduce headcount further in its ‘year of efficiency’. According to a report in the Financial Times, citing sources, there had been a “lack of clarity about budgets or future headcount in recent weeks”.

11:30 AM

India Covid cases

India recorded 124 new coronavirus infections, while the active cases increased to 1,843, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday.The death toll stands at 5,30,750, the data updated at 8 am stated.The Covid case tally was recorded at 4.46 crore (4,46,84,118).

11:11 AM

FPIs’ exodus continues

Foreign investors continue to desert Indian stock markets as they pulled out over Rs 9,600 crore this month so far on costlier valuation of domestic equities compared to other emerging markets.

11:03 AM

Turkey Quake: Seventh flight from India delivered relief materials

10:50 AM

Uttarakhand Govt waives off electric and water bills

Electricity and water bills of the local residents affected in Joshimath Land Subsidence have been waived by the Uttarakhand Government at the orders issued on the instructions of Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami

10:38 AM

Delhi LG approves Feb 16 for convening of MCD House for mayor poll

Delhi LG VK Saxena has given his nod for convening the next session of the MCD House on February 16 for election to the post of mayor, official sources said.The government had sent the proposal to hold the House session on February 16 and Saxena has accepted it, they said.

Changing the Governor isn’t a favour to Maharashtra, many Governors have been changed. It’s been a year since the people of Maharashtra were demanding a change of Governor because of his (BS Koshiyari) remarks on Shivaji Maharaj and Savitiribai Phule

– Sanjay Raut

10:29 AM

Cyclone Gabrielle: New Zealand under highest severe weather warnings

Twenty severe weather warnings and watches are in place as tropical cyclone Gabrielle is landing far north of New Zealand and is expected to swipe through most parts of the North Island from Sunday.Auckland and many other places in the region were upgraded to red alert on the day as MetService, the national meteorological service of the country, warned that the worst weather is yet to come, Xinhua News Agency reported.

10:23 AM

J P Nadda to address rallies in Bengal on Sunday

BJP president J P Nadda will address two rallies in West Bengal’s Purba Bardhaman and Purba Medinipur districts on Sunday, party sources said.He began his two-day visit to West Bengal on Saturday evening and held a closed-door meeting in Kolkata with the party leaders to review the preparedness for the upcoming panchayat elections in the state, they said.

10:12 AM

Aero India set to take off in Bengaluru

10:05 AM

Governor of Manipur La Ganesan appointed as Governor of Nagaland. Governor of Bihar Phagu Chauhan appointed as Governor of Meghalaya.

09:54 AM

Lt Gen K T Parnaik (retd) appointed governor of Arunachal Pradesh: Rashtrapati Bhavan spokesperson

09:45 AM

BJP’s Lakshman Acharya, Shiv Pratap Shukla, C P Radhakrishnan appointed governors of Sikkim, Himachal, Jharkhand respectively: Spokesperson.

09:43 AM

Former Supreme Court judge S Abdul Nazeer appointed governor of Andhra Pradesh: Rashtrapati Bhavan spokesperson

09:43 AM

Leader of Opposition in Rajasthan and senior BJP leader Gulab Chand Kataria appointed governor of Assam: Rashtrapati Bhavan spokesperson

09:37 AM

Resignation of Ladakh LG R K Mathur accepted, Brig B D Mishra appointed in his place: Rashtrapati Bhavan spokesperson.

09:30 AM

President accepts resignation of Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, appoints Ramesh Bais as new governor: Official

09:09 AM

Nainital: Fire breaks out in market, no loss of life reported

Fire broke out in a market in Nainital on Sunday morning after which several fire tenders reached the spot and controlled the situation, the officials informed. The incident occurred at around 3 am on Sunday. Several fire tenders reached to the spot and controlled the situation. No loss of lives has been reported in the case so far, the officials said. Further details are awaited in the case.

08:07 AM

Turkey-Syria quake deaths to top 50,000: UN relief chief

The death toll from a massive earthquake in Turkey and Syria will “double or more” from its current level of 28,000, UN relief chief Martin Griffiths has said. Griffiths arrived on Saturday in Turkey’s southern city of Kahramanmaras, the epicentre of the first 7.8-magnitude tremor that upturned millions of lives in the pre-dawn hours of Monday. He said of the death toll in an interview with Sky News on Saturday: “I think it is difficult to estimate precisely as we need to get under the rubble but I’m sure it will double or more.” “We haven’t really begun to count the number of dead,” he said. Officials and medics said 24,617 people were killed in Turkey and 3,574 in Syria. The confirmed total now stands at 28,191.

07:22 AM

ICC Women’s T20 World Cup: India to face arch-rivals Pakistan in opener

07:19 AM

New Zealand’s Auckland braces for ex-cyclone Gabrielle impact

Residents of New Zealand’s biggest city were urged on Sunday to prepare for the impact of a storm that buffeted Australia’s Norfolk Island overnight. Gabrielle, downgraded to a sub-tropical low pressure system from a Category 2 cyclone, passed over Norfolk Island, its “most destructive winds” missing the island, the Australian outpost’s emergency management authority said.

06:45 AM

U.S. FAA closes some airspace in Montana for Defense Department activities

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said late Saturday it has closed some airspace in Montana for Defense Department activities. The FAA issued a notice barring flights in an area about 50 by 50 nautical miles around Havre, Montana, near the Canadian border and classifying the area as “national defense airspace.” The FAA declined to say if it was in relation to another balloon or another object. The FAA issued similar actions in response to a suspected Chinese spy balloon that crossed the continental United States from Montana to South Carolina and was shot down earlier this month.

06:40 AM

PM Modi to visit Rajasthan’s Dausa today to inaugurate part of Delhi-Mumbai Expressway

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Sunday visit Rajasthan’s Dausa district to inaugurate the Delhi-Dausa-Lalsot section of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway. PM Modi will also lay the foundation stone and dedicate to the nation road development projects worth over Rs 18,100 crore. “Prime Minister’s emphasis on the building of excellent road infrastructure as an engine of growth, development and connectivity in New India, is being realised by the construction of a number of ongoing world-class Expressways across the country. One such important project is Delhi Mumbai Expressway, whose first completed section, Delhi – Dausa – Lalsot, will be dedicated to the nation by the Prime Minister,” the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said in a statement.

06:35 AM

MoS L Murugan, BJP leader Annamalai arrives at Chennai airport from Sri Lanka

Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting L Murugan and BJP Tamil Nadu unit chief K Annamalai on Sunday arrived at Chennai airport from Sri Lanka after the inauguration of Jaffna Cultural Centre in Jaffna. Jaffna Cultural Centre built with an Indian government grant was dedicated to the people of Sri Lanka yesterday. “Yesterday we participated in the ‘Yalpanam Cultural Center’ inauguration event. Center was totally constructed on Union Government funds for the benefit of Yalpanam people,” said Murugan.

06:30 AM

President Murmu to embark on 2-day visit to Uttar Pradesh today

President Droupadi Murmu will be on a two-day visit to Uttar Pradesh from today to participate in various events including the Valedictory Session of UP Global Investors Summit-2023 in Lucknow. According to the President’s Secretariat, “President will visit Uttar Pradesh from February 12 to 13, 2023.” On Sunday, the President will grace the Valedictory Session of UP Global Investors Summit-2023 in Lucknow.

06:29 AM

Coolant leak at Russian spacecraft, station crew safe

An uncrewed Russian supply ship docked at the International Space Station has lost coolant pressure, the Russian space corporation and NASA reported Saturday, saying the incident doesn’t pose any danger to the station’s crew. Roscosmos said the hatch between the station and the Progress MS-21 had been locked so the loss of pressure didn’t affect the orbiting outpost. “The temperature and pressure on board the station are within norms and there is no danger to health and safety of the crew it said in a statement.

06:14 AM

Turkey-Armenia border gate reopens after 30 yrs for quake aid

A border gate between Turkey and Armenia has been opened for the first time in 30 years for the passage of humanitarian assistance for victims of the devastating earthquakes hitting southern Turkey, the state-run Anadolu News Agency reported. An Armenian delegation with five trucks of aid has entered Turkey through the Alican Border Gate in the eastern province of Igdir, the report said on Saturday. The Armenian aid delegation carrying 100 tonne of food, medicine, and drinking water passed through the gate in the morning toward the southeastern province of Adiyaman, according to a tweet on Saturday by Serdar Kilic, Turkey’s special representative for normalisation talks with Armenia.

06:11 AM

‘Unidentified object’ shot down over Canada: Trudeau

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Saturday an “unidentified object” was shot down over northwestern Canada, one day after US officials said they had shot down an object over Alaska. “Canadian and US aircraft were scrambled, and a US F-22 successfully fired at the object,” Trudeau tweeted.

06:10 AM

We have already met EAM Dr S Jaishankar and discussed about the release of Tamil fishermen’s boats. Very soon there will be a discussion between the ministers of both countries and very soon we would get a solution for this: MoS Information & Broadcasting L Murugan.

06:08 AM

PM Modi to inaugurate Dayanand Saraswati’s 200th birth anniversary celebration

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the year-long celebrations commemorating the 200th birth anniversary of Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati, at Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in the national capital on Sunday at 11 am. Prime Minister will also address the gathering on the occasion. Union Minister GK Reddy and MoS Culture Arjun Ram Meghwal and Meenakshi Lekhi will grace the occasion. According to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati, born on February 12, 1824, was a social reformer who founded Arya Samaj in 1875 to counter the prevalent social inequities.

06:06 AM

WHO chief visits quake-hit northern Syria with aid

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus visited the quake-hit Aleppo city in northern Syria, raising hope for more emergency aid to reach Syria in the coming days. The WHO brought 35 ton of relief aid to Aleppo on Saturday as Ghebreyesus reached the city and visited some hospitalised people, shelters where displaced people are staying, and damaged areas. His visit comes in the wake of the deadly earthquake that rocked Syria on Monday, killing 5,000 people in government and rebel-held areas, Xinhua news agency reported.