ARMY CHIEF VISITS FORWARD AREAS, CDS RAWAT WARNS OF TWO-FRONT THREAT On the day Army chief General MM Naravane reached forward areas in eastern Ladakh to review operational preparedness, Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat warned of the two-front threat from China and Pakistan, but
GOVERNMENT BANS 118 MORE APPS WITH CHINA LINKS Amidst continuing tensions with China, New Delhi on Wednesday banned 118 apps with Chinese links, citing concerns over threats to India's safety and sovereignty. The banned apps include PUBG Mobile, one of the world's most popular e-games, w
A SECOND INCIDENT IN WEEK, AT THE LAC India on Tuesday charged Chinese troops of having made a second attempt in a week to change the status quo in the South Bank area of Pangong Lake, along the LAC in Ladakh.
INDIA'S GDP GROWTH SUFFERS WORST-EVER CRASH, GOVT SAYS 'ALONG EXPECTED LINES' The Government on Monday put a brave face on the worst-ever crash in the country's GDP for the first quarter of 2020-21, saying that it was along expected lines given the higher stringency with which the lockdo
DAY AFTER, CONG DISSENTERS SAY ISSUES RAISED NEED REDRESSAL A day after the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting, where members pledged their loyalty to the Nehru-Gandhi family and targeted the 23 senior leaders for their letter to party chief Sonia Gandhi, some of the signatories sa
CWC ENDORSES SONIA GANDHI AS PARTY CHIEF, CHASTISES LETTER WRITERS After a marathon meeting stretching seven hours on Monday, the Congress Working Committee backed the continuation of Sonia Gandhi as party chief and passed a resolution expressing faith in her leadership after she asked to
MODI UNVEILS TAXPAYERS' CHARTER: FACELESS ASSESSMENT AND APPEALS Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched a platform to provide faceless assessment and appeal in income tax cases, which he said was part of the process to overhaul colonial-era tax laws.
LOWER DEATH RATE TO 1%, STRESS ON TRACING: PM MODI TO WORST-HIT STATES Containment, contact tracing, and surveillance are the "most effective weapons" in the battle against Covid-19, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said to the chief ministers of 10 states that are currently the w
'DE-ESCALATION MAY TAKE LONGER, ARMY PREPARED' Top brass of the Indian military including Chief of Defence Staff general Bipin Rawat informed a committee of lawmakers on Monday that the de-escalation in Ladakh, where Chinese troops transgressed in June, forcing India to deploy heavily al
EMBARGO ON IMPORT OF 101 DEFENCE ITEMS, FOCUS ON SELF-RELIANCE: RAJNATH Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday announced a list of 101 items that the Defence Ministry will stop importing. It essentially means that the Armed Forces-Army, Navy and Air Force-will only procure all of these
