Bharat Bandh is a central trade unions to protest against government policies affecting workers, farmers, and people. In New Delhi, public sector banks remained closed on the first day of the nationwide bandh.
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India highways will not have any toll tax within 60 km after three months: Gadkari
Indian Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has said that after three months no toll booth on the highways will levy tax within 60 km of one another.
US declares Rohingya’s year-long repression in Myanmar a genocide
Joe Biden administration has declared the year-long repression of the Rohingya Muslim population in Myanmar a ‘genocide’, US officials said.
Congress chief meets Azad; G-23 leaders pitch for ‘collective leadership’
In a first Congress G-23 leaders meeting yesterday after the recent assembly elections debacle, party chief Sonia Gandhi is learnt to have spoken to senior leader Ghulam Nabi Azad.
Peace dialogue seems realistic, but needs more time: Ukrainian President
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy yesterday said that peace dialogue with Russia seems more realistic but more time is being required.
Curtain falls on JLF 2022 with lively debate about Nehru’s legacy
The closing debate of ‘Nehru remains the greatest Prime Minister of India’ at Jaipur Literature Festival 2022 capped an intense five days for the crowds desperate for a return to normalcy after two years of lockdowns.
BJP retains power in four states; AAP seizes Punjab
As India’s assembly poll results for the five states, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa, the picture showed a big win for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which retained power in four and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) seizing Punjab from the Congress.
Keep Ukraine military operations within humanitarian limits, NATO warns Russia
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) said that there were reports that Ukrainian civilians are being targeted by Russian forces and urged the Kremlin to make sure that the war not escalate beyond the line.
Indian PM Modi urges Russian President Putin to end violence in Ukraine, return to diplomacy
PM Narendra Modi in a call with Russian president Vladimir Putin appealed for an immediate end to the violence in Ukraine. The conversation came hours after Ukraine’s urgent appeal to India for intervention.
‘India’s ties with France have continuously adapted to change, emerged stronger’
S Jaishankar told the French foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian that India France partnership is a still greater salience in international relations during his visit to France.
