Day: January 26, 2021

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday launched the Adaptation Action Coalition, a new international coalition to tackle the impacts of climate change.

President Joe Biden signed an order Monday reversing a Trump-era Pentagon policy that largely barred transgender individuals from serving in the military.

India showcased its military hardware and cultural diversity today during the annual Republic Day parade, which saw many firsts as the country’s grandest ceremonial event was curtailed because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Director Desingh Periyasamy of ‘Kannum Kannum Kollaiyadithaal’ fame is all set to tie the knot with director Agathiyan’s daughter Niranjani.

Police today used tear gas on groups of farmers when they tried to break past barricades and cemented barriers with tractors at Delhi’s Mukarba Chowk.

The phoenix-themed memorial to ex-AIADMK supremo and former Tamilnadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, which was under construction over the last few years, is all set to be inaugurated tomorrow.

Expelled AIADMK leader VK Sasikala, serving a jail term in Bengaluru in a corruption case and presently under treatment for coronavirus, will be released from prison on Wednesday.

Returning Officers and Assistant Returning Officers to monitor the upcoming Assembly elections for all the 234 constituencies in Tamilnadu were appointed by Chief Electoral Officer Satyabrata Sahoo today.

The Supreme Court granted ‘last chance’ to the Centre to decide within two weeks on Balwant S Rajoana’s plea seeking commutation of death penalty in former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh’s assassination case.

Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad defended the Electronic Voting Machine, describing it as an instrument designed to empower the ordinary Indian.