Lok Sabha Speaker nominates 15 MPs to the Delimitation Commission

Speaker Om Birla has nominated 15 MPs from Jammu and Kashmir, Assam, Manipur, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh to assist the Delimitation Commission in redrawing the Lok Sabha and the Assembly constituencies of the northeastern States and the Union Territory. The…

Heatwave: IMD issues orange alert

The IMD has predicted heatwave to severe heatwave conditions over plains of the northwest and central and adjoining Peninsular India for the next five days and intense rainfall activity over northeast between May 25 and May 27 Issuing an orange alert specifically for Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh,…

Airport Authority of India announces Standard Operating Procedures’s for flights

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) issued Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for airports as the government announced resumption of domestic flights from May 25. Aarogya Setu mobile application is not mandatory for children below 14 years of age. Other passengers, however, are required to install…

Lipulekh dispute: Nepal’s new map includes parts of Indian territory

Nepal’s Cabinet has endorsed a new political map showing Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura under its territory, amid a border dispute with India.India inaugurated a road that crosses through Lipu Lekh Pass, part of an area both countries claim as their own. …

India lockdown 4.0 | What’s allowed and what’s not?

The Centre extended the nationwide lockdown, first imposed on March 24, for the fourth time till May 31. ALLOWED  Gives considerable flexibility to the States in deciding red, green and orange zones of COVID-19 intensity. Buses, auto-rickshaws, cabs can operate; inter-State movement of vehicles to be decided…