Billionaire businessman and founder of the Virgin Group, Richard Branson, who embarked on his journey to space onboard his space flight Virgin Galactic on Sunday (July 11), has a surprising Indian connection – an ancestor from Tamil Nadu's Cuddalore.
The Prime Minister will interact with chief ministers of Assam, Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim, Manipur, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram via video conferencing.
With Assembly elections to five Indian states due next year, the National secretaries of BJP were called for a meeting at PM Modi's residence. The meeting revolved around recently held elections in different states and upcoming elections to five states.
Exams of core subjects (Mathematics, Science and Social Science etc) will be held on June 19 from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm, while second language exams will be held on July 22.
"Scaling access to easy, accurate, and fast testing can speed up the country's preparedness and curb community contagion," ICMR former Director-General Nirmal Kumar Ganguly said.
Three suspected terrorists of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) have been nabbed from Kolkata's Haridevpur area.
To remain alert and keep its health system a bit relaxed, the Tamil Nadu government has intensified vehicle checking in Tamil Nadu and Kerala borders. TN also faced the brunt of Covid in May after a record spike. To make sure no further stress is added with Zika virus in Tamil Nadu, 14 key points between Kerala and Tamil Nadu are put under thorough checking.
The Minister also said that the Centre is monitoring the developments by state governments.
As per the viral videos, the cloudburst has occurred over Dharamshala which has triggered flash floods in the area.
Justice Sanjeev Narula recused from hearing Chawla's plea and directed that it be listed before another bench on July 29.
