LIVE news updates: India committed to strengthen ties with UN, says EAM

Live news updates: The world in our view is one family today, said EAM Dr S Jasihankar

10:30 PM

Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission crosses 10 million digitally linked health records: Mandaviya

India achieves another milestone in its digital health journey. Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission crosses the landmark of 10 million digitally linked health records with over 2.7 million records linked in a day, said Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Saturday

9:18 PM

Delhi reports 71 new cases, 95 recoveries

9:09 PM

Maha CM appoints guardian ministers of districts, Dy CM Fadnavis to be in charge of several Vidarbha areas

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Saturday appointed guardian ministers of districts in the state, with his deputy and senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Devendra Fadnavis getting charge of several areas of Vidarbha.

Fadnavis will be guardian minister of Nagpur, Wardha, Amravati, Akola, Bhandara and Gadchiroli.

School education minister Deepak Kesarkar will be guardian minister of Mumbai city and Kolhapur. while the metropolis' suburban district will be under the charge of tourism minister Mangalprabhat Lodha.

6:45 PM

India stands committed to strengthen its partnership with United Nations: S Jaishankar

India stands committed to strengthen its partnership with United Nations to ensure a brighter future for the planet. We've full faith in the principles of UN & its charter. The world in our view is one family today, said EAM Dr S Jasihankar at Showcasing India-UN Partnership in Action on Saturday, ANI reported

6:21 PM

India stands before you poudly as the fifth biggest economy: EAM Jaishankar

In recent days, digital technology has successfully advanced food safety net. Over $300 bn of benefits are distributed digitally, over 400 million people get food regularly & we've administered over 2 bn vaccines, said EAM Dr S Jasihankar at Showcasing India-UN Partnership in Action on Saturday, ANI reported.

 

In the18th century, India accounted for about a quarter of global GDP. By the middle of 20th century, colonialism ensured that we're one of the poorest nations, but in the 75th year of Independence, India stands before you poudly as the 5th biggest economy in the world, he added.

 

5:11 PM

A big part of our defence budget is kept for procurement from domestic vendors: Rajnath Singh

A big part of our defence budget is kept for procurement from domestic vendors. Rs 85,000 Cr allocated for 2022-23. 1/4th of Defence Research & Development budget dedicated to Industries and Research development paving way for new defence technologies&innvoations, said Defence minister Rajnath Singh, ANI reported

 

4:26 PM

Union Home Minster Amit Shah holds a meeting with the state core committee in Kishanganj

4:24 PM

New fisheries policy in making to boost production, exports in MP

Madhya Pradesh Minister Tulsi Silawat on Saturday said a new fisheries policy is in the making to bolster fish production, exports and for the upliftment of fishermen.

Silawat was speaking at the Madhya Pradesh Fisheries workshop 2022 held here.

 

3:28 PM

Assam govt consistently asking Centre to ban on PFI: CM

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said his government has been consistently requesting the Centre to ban the Popular Front of India (PFI) for allegedly "creating an eco-system for terror activities".

The state police have so far arrested "11 PFI activists" as a part of the nationwide crackdown on the radical Islamic outfit, he said.

3:05 PM

Iranian govt scrambles to contain unrest as it spreads to more towns and cities

The large-scale protests against the Iranian government over the custodial death of a 22-year-old Kurdish woman who was arrested by the country's notorious "morality" police for allegedly violating the strict law on headscarves has reportedly spread to about 80 cities and towns.

 

Hundreds of protesters, mostly women, took to the streets following the death of Mahsa Amini - a Kurd native, chanting anti-government slogans that target the core of the Islamic regime and its Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

 

The death toll in the violent clashes with security forces has reached as high as 26, Iranian state TV indicated on Friday. The unrest, said to be the worst in recent years, has also spread to about 80 Iranian cities and towns.

 

At least five security personnel have also been killed and several others injured while trying to confront protesters in Mashhad, Quchan, Shiraz, Tabriz, and Karaj, it added.

 

Amini's tragic death has fuelled an outpouring of long-simmering anger over restrictions on personal freedoms in the Islamic nation.