New Delhi [India], December 21 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj today and will transfer around Rs 1,000 crore in the bank accounts of Self Help Groups (SHGs), benefitting around 16 lakh women members of the SHGs.
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], December 21 (ANI): The People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) will hold a meeting at the residence of the chairman Farooq Abdullah in Jammu today.
Ottawa [Canada], December 21 (ANI/Sputnik): Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly announced in a public message that she has tested positive for the novel coronavirus and is continuing to work from isolation.
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 21 (ANI): Organisation of Islamic Cooperation's (OIC) Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian, Tariq Ali Bakheet, has been appointed as special envoy to Afghanistan.
New Delhi [India], December 21 (ANI): As the ongoing winter session of the Parliament reaches its final week, the Bharatiya Janata Party Parliamentary Party meeting will be held today at Ambedkar International Centre, Delhi.
New York [US], December 21 (ANI): Underlining that the humanitarian crisis in Syria has not seen significant improvement in the recent months, India has called for a nationwide comprehensive ceasefire, saying doing so will help to expand crossline humanitarian aid operations in the country.
New Delhi [India], December 21 (ANI): Congress Lok Sabha MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury while demanding that Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to link Aadhaar with the electoral roll, should be sent to the standing committee, alleging that the passage of the bill in Lok Sabha is rela
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], December 21 (ANI): Gujarat government has extended night curfew till December 31 in eight major cities of the state amid rising COVID-19 variant Omicron cases in the state.
Ottawa [Canada], December 21 (ANI/Xinhua): Canada's COVID-19 cases continued to surge on Monday as the Omicron variant rapidly took hold in the country.
Washington [US], December 21 (ANI/Sputnik): The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) put eight more countries on its list of states that Americans should avoid due to the high risk of being infected with the novel coronavirus, including Spain and Finland.
Washington [US], December 21 (ANI): The Biden Administration has clarified that it has no intention of imposing new shutdowns amid a surge in Omicron variant across the US.