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Indian Army Recruitment 2021: There is a golden opportunity for those who are looking forward to serve in the Indian Army. The Indian Army has brought out a notification of recruitment for about 90 vacancies for the Indian Army 10+2 Technical Entry Scheme (TES) 45 Recruitment 2021 for the July session of this year. Candidates who want to apply for the vacancies in the Indian Army can do so through the official website: joinindianarmy.nic.in. Interested candidates should know that they should submit their online application for the 10+2 TES 45 Recruitment 2021 by March 2, 2021. Only those candidates who have the 12th pass certificate that is those who have cleared their 10+2 exams with the PCM (Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics) subjects are eligible to apply for the TES vacancies in the Indian army. Candidates who get selected through the recruitment cycle will be joining as permanent commission in the army after four years of basic military training followed by ... » Learn More about Indian Army releases notification for 90 posts, 12th pass candidates can apply before this date

Indian-Americans are 'taking over the country', United States President Joe Biden said on Thursday, referring to the large number of 'incredible' professionals from the community holding key positions in his administration. IMAGE: US President Joe Biden. Photograph: Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images In less than 50 days of his presidency, Biden has appointed at least 55 Indian-Americans to key leadership positions in his administration ranging from his speech writer to the National Aeronautic Space Administration, to almost every wing of the government. "Indian-of-descent Americans (sic) are taking over the country. You (Swati Mohan), my Vice President (Kamala Harris), my speech writer (Vinay Reddy)," Biden said in a virtual interaction with NASA scientists who were involved in the historic landing of Perseverance landing at Mars. Indian-American scientist Swati Mohan leads the guidance, navigation, and control operations of NASA's Mars 2020 mission. Biden, who was sworn in ... » Learn More about Indian-Americans taking over US, says Biden

New Delhi: Indian railway released a notification on Friday (March 5) which announced a price hike in the platform ticket rates at many railway stations. The ministry has termed this as a temporary measure. A hike in the price of platform ticket is a temporary measure and is a field activity undertaken by a railway administration in the interest of the safety of passengers and to prevent overcrowding at stations. Deterring more persons to visit the station, the platform ticket charges are increased from time to time after assessing the ground situation. This is in practice for many years and is used occasionally as a short term crowd control measure. There is nothing new about it. Considering the upsurge of COVID in a few states, the Indian Railway is discouraging people from unnecessary crowding at the platforms. Rush at the platforms during the pandemic situation also needs to be regulated. The exercise is in the Public interest only. In March 2020, many ... » Learn More about Indian Railways clarifies platform ticket price hike a temporary measure to stop overcrowding

Dr. Gajendra Singh Across the world, supply chain crisis during COVID-19, has brought back the need for a self-reliant economy including in India, which imports 70 percent of its raw material like active pharmaceutical ingredients. The transactions around the world is not about demand and supply only but the dimension of quality is an integral part of it. The big question that arises here is, “Are we ready enough, more in terms of quality than quantity, to shift this global dependence to local producers?” A WHO report (2017) claims 10.5 percent of medicines sold in low and middle-income countries, including India, are substandard and falsified which is a serious threat to patient safety with dangerous side effects and may lead to other health problems. In low/middle income countries, every 10th medical product is either substandard or falsified which may not only fail to treat or prevent diseases but can also cause serious illness or even death. It also has financial ... » Learn More about Counterfeit Drugs: Threat to India’s reputation of Indian Self-reliant Model

New Delhi: With preparations underway for a possible vaccine-rollout by January, the Indian drug regulator is looking at the UK, which sources believe may give its nod to the Oxford COVID-19 vaccine next week, before deciding on giving emergency use authorisation to the Serum Institute that is manufacturing the shots here. Once the UK drug regulator gives its approval to the Oxford vaccine, the expert committee on COVID-19 at the CDSCO will hold its meeting and thoroughly review the safety and immunogenicity data from the clinical evaluations conducted abroad and in India before granting any emergency authorisation for the vaccine , official sources said. The process of granting emergency use approval for Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine 'Covaxin' may take time as its phase 3 trials are still underway, while Pfizer is yet to make a presentation. "Going by this, Oxford vaccine 'Covishield' is likely to be the first to be rolled out in India,"  a source said. ... » Learn More about COVID-19: Oxford vaccine may get Indian regulator’s nod for emergency use

Video Player Close BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) -- China on Friday unveiled a draft blueprint for economic and social development over the next five years and clarified the long-range objectives through the year 2035, setting policy priorities for a new development stage that is crucial for the country to achieve socialist modernization. The document, which is being reviewed by the ongoing annual session of the country's top legislature, listed major social and economic goals for the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025) period. The five-year plans are an important mechanism initiated in the 1950s, which has navigated the country through economic ups and downs, as well as changes in the external environment, helping China secure a major increase in the strength of the nation and its social and economic development. Last year, the country's gross domestic product exceeded the threshold of 100 trillion yuan (15.4 trillion U.S. dollars) to reach 101.5986 trillion yuan. The figure ... » Learn More about News Analysis: How China’s five-year plans catalyze its rejuvenation

Next Arthur J Pais In 1941, at the height of the Second World War, Subhas Chandra Bose went to Germany to seek Adolf Hitler's help in organising an Indian army to fight their common enemy, England . In the third part of his four-part interview to Arthur Pais, biographer Sugata Bose talks about Netaji's  time in Europe . Part I: Grand nephew turns Netaji's biographer Part II: 'Netaji had a romantic, deeply emotional side to him' L et us talk about Netaji in Europe , and his outlook towards people of different religious and ethnic backgrounds. In the 1940s, Subhas Chandra Bose gave up his earlier inhibitions about meat and other food restrictions and so on, but remained essentially the same man in terms of his values. His biggest achievement in public life was to bring about the unity all of the religious communities of India: Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs and Christians. Mahatma Gandhi also brought about ... » Learn More about ‘Netaji was able to both respect and transcend religious differences’

Bhutan's recognition of Bangladesh without waiting for Indian advice was a clever move. It was a calculated gamble to assert its independence, says Ambassador T P Sreenivasan. T himphu, the capital of Bhutan had very few comforts in 1971. For us, who went to Bhutan from Tokyo, with a nine-month old baby 42 years ago, the feeling was that we had walked backwards in time by about half a century. The first motorable road was opened only in 1968 and there were no commercial flights into Bhutan. The drive from the border town of Phuntsholing in India to Thimphu took the whole day, with a lunch break at Chukha, a small rivulet at that time, but a gigantic hydro-electric project now. Electricity was a rarity and we had to huddle around a bukhari , which burns wood to provide a level of comfort in the bitter cold. Life did not, however, stand still in Thimphu. 1971 was an exciting year in Bhutan and as the only diplomatic mission in the country, India was very much a partner in ... » Learn More about Who recognised Bangladesh first?

#Indian Railways Rail Roko: Protesting farmers sit on tracks in Punjab, Haryana; officials stop trains at stations #Indian Railways Farmers' Protest: Farmers call for 'rail roko' protest today #Indian Railways Farmers' Protest: Indian Railways diverts, cancels trains in Punjab, amid rail roko call #Indian Railways Will soon resume cooked food supply to passengers in trains: Eastern Railway #Indian Railways Railways extends to 9 months time to claim refunds for trains cancelled from Mar 21-Jun 31 last year #Indian Railways PM Modi inaugurates India’s first driverless train in Delhi For Quick Alerts Subscribe Now Actor Mithun Chakraborty may join BJP at PM Modi's Kolkata rally on Mar 7 View Sample For Quick Alerts ALLOW NOTIFICATIONS For Daily Alerts Just In 3 hrs ago Maharashtra records over 10,000 Covid cases first time since Oct 3 hrs ago ... » Learn More about RailTel launches prepaid plans for Wi-Fi at more than 4000 railway stations in India

The debate on Sardar Patel’s legacy is less about the Sardar and more about the acute sense of threat felt by the Delhi establishment at the rise of Narendra Modi and questions he has raised about the disproportionate share of credit given to a single family, says Colonel (retd) Anil Athale. T he recent fracas over Sardar Patel’s legacy and the unease amongst the defenders of the dynasty (themselves members of minor dynasties) triggered a childhood memory of a text book lesson on India’s first prime minister. The textbooks, to highlight the hardships suffered by Nehru in going to jail, informed us that the Nehru family was so rich that Motilal Nehru, Jawaharlal’s father; used to send his laundry to Paris! Just to confirm, this author checked with contemporaries and even some younger generation persons and all of them remember this bit! One wonders if this genuine example of unadulterated sycophancy is still part of the NCERT text books! Readers of this column can help in this ... » Learn More about The legacy of Sardar Patel: History as a political football!