President Droupadi Murmu confers Padma Bhushan on Sitaram Jindal throughout Padma Awards 2024 ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi, Monday, April 22, 2024.
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Venkaiah Naidu, Mithun Chakraborty, Usha Uthup, Ram Naik conferred Padma awards
Former Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu, actor-turned-politician Mithun Chakraborty, singer Usha Uthup and tennis participant Rohan Bopanna had been amongst a number of distinguished personalities who had been conferred with Padma awards by President Droupadi Murmu on Monday.
Possibly involved that warmth wave situations may need resulted in a dip in voter turnout within the first part of the ongoing Lok Sabha election, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on April 22 fashioned a job drive comprising officers from the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the ECI, the National Disaster Management Authority, and the Ministry of Health to evaluation the impression of prevailing climate situations on well being and humidity 5 days earlier than every part of polling.
Heavy rainstorms kill 4 in southern China; Ten others lacking
Heavy rainstorms that swept throughout southern China over the weekend killed no less than 4 individuals in riverside cities, whereas a search was underway for 10 others lacking, state media mentioned Monday.
Sajad Lone, Altaf Bukhari be a part of palms to problem Omar Abdullah in Baramulla
Sajad Gani Lone, a candidate from the J&Ok People’s Conference (JKPC) contesting from the Baramulla Lok Sabha seat, on Tuesday acquired a shot within the arm after Altaf Bukhari’s J&Ok Apni Party (JKAP) prolonged its help in north Kashmir.
“I am pleased to announce that we will be supporting Mr. Lone in north Kashmir, “ JKAP chairman said.
Priyanka Gandhi’s campaign in Bengaluru South coincides with Amit Shah’s roadshow
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi will be in Karnataka on Tuesday to address public meetings in Chitradurga and Bengaluru’s HSR Layout, with her campaign at the Bengaluru South constituency coinciding with Union Minister Amit Shah’s road in the same LS segment.
Two women Navy officers return after historic transoceanic expedition
The Indian Naval Sailing Vessel INSV Tarini returned to her base port at Goa on April 21 after a historic transoceanic expedition of nearly two months by two women officers of the Indian Navy, the first from India to accomplish such a feat, the Navy said on Monday.
Unknown gunmen shoot a civilian dead outside a mosque in J&K’s Rajouri
Unknown gunmen shot dead a civilian in the Pir Panjal Valley’s Rajouri district on Tuesday evening, officials said.
Initial reports suggest that unknown gunmen opened fire upon a civilian, identified as Mohammad Razaq, 40, when he was coming out of a mosque in Rajouri’s Shadra Sharief area. The victim was declared dead at a nearby hospital, officials said.
Indian nationals can now apply for multiple-entry Schengen visa with longer validity
Indian nationals can now be issued long-term multi-entry Schengen visas valid for two years “after having obtained and lawfully used two visas within the previous three years”, the European Union has introduced. The new visa ‘cascade’ regime will present Indian nationals simpler entry to visas with multi-yr validity for travellers “with an established travel history, if the passport validity allows”.
Rajasthan Royals’ Sandeep Sharma returned from harm in grand model, selecting up a 5-wicket haul, to limit Mumbai Indians to 179 in its IPL 2024 encounter on the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on April 22.
IPL-17 | Yuzvendra Chahal first bowler to take 200 wickets
Rajasthan Royals spinner Yuzvendra Chahal took his two hundredth IPL wicket on April 22 to develop into the primary bowler to attain the feat within the franchise match.
