Amid Omicron fears and restrictions, people in Jaipur are spotted in their terrace and the sky filled with colourful kites.
Most of the places across the state had recorded minimum temperature below 10 degrees Celsius on Wednesday night.
The committee will submit its report in seven days to probe the abduction and sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl who was allegedly raped and abandoned 25km away from her home in Rajasthan’s Alwar district
Though markets are decked up with colourful kites of different shapes and sizes in the Pink City, the sale of kites and strings (manjha), that dot the skyline of Jaipur with multiple hues on the day of the festival, has been a disappointment, traders said.
With Makarsankranti just a few days away, Gafoor, sitting inside an 8x6-foot room of his house (workshop), is busy giving last-minute touches to the life-size kites with photos of politicians from across party lines on them.
Currently, 'precautionary doses', the terminology used by Prime Minister Narendra Modi while referring to booster shots, are allowed for healthcare workers, frontline workers and those above 60 years with comorbidities. The drive is set to begin from January 10.
Rajasthan government said the people who violate Covid-19 guidelines in the state will be penalised under law.
Children who are born after 2007 January are eligible for the vaccination and the doses will be administered upon showing any of the photo ID cards, said Rajasthan Health Secretary, Vaibhav Galriya.
He also said a prime minister from the Congress would have resigned for failing to discharge his duty had China occupied Indian territory.
The chief minister said people need to understand that the country is passing through a very difficult phase and at such a time, the country needs the Congress organisation, its ideology, policy and programmes.
On Monday night, soon after the inauguration of a light and sound show on Rani Padmini by CM Ashok Gehlot, BJP MP of Chittorgarh CP Joshi, who was attending the function raised objection and the show was abruptly stopped.
Youngster Shubham Arora came out all guns blazing with his maiden List A century as Himachal downed five-time champions Tamil Nadu under the VJD method to win their first-ever domestic one-day championship.
Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait made his comment in context of farmers’ organisations creating a political front to contest upcoming Punjab elections scheduled in February.
The chief minister said that in several countries, third and fourth doses of vaccine are being administered and the Government of India should allow booster doses.
The elections to the posts of deputy pramukh in four zila parishads and deputy pradhans in 30 panchayat samitis were held on Friday.
Tamil Nadu face Himachal Pradesh in the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2021-22 final. Tamil Nadu, the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy champions, are looking for a domestic double, while Himachal are chasing a maiden title. Check match and telecast details.
The Chief Minister also directed the officials to ensure strict compliance of various measures like wearing face mask and social distancing from the first week of January.
Rajasthan: A MiG-21 plane of the Indian Air Force crashed in Jaisalmer in which Wing Commander Harshit Sinha was killed, the officials said.
He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
Even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, many 'informed' individuals in India continue to deny the virus with unscientific claims and unfounded data. The latest? Omicron will end the pandemic.
Across Asia there are deeply entrenched obstacles to a mode of higher education that is liberal in multiple senses – disciplinary and epistemological but also social and political.
The two incidents in the recent past, one in Mon district of Nagaland and the other at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, undermined the core principles democracy and federalism.