Gurmit Singh was sworn in on Wednesday as the new governor of Uttarakhand. The oath of office was administered to Singh by the Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court Justice RS Chauhan at a simple function held at the Raj Bhawan. Singh, who retired as the Deputy Chief of the Indian Army, is a highly decorated former Army officer. 
The Gujarat cabinet is likely to be reshuffled today, sources have said, adding all MLAs were late on Tuesday asked to be present in Gandhinagar. The swearing-in ceremony of the new ministers, whose names are not yet declared, will be held after 2 pm in the capital city Gandhinagar, state party spokesperson Yamal Vyas said. According to the details, all 22 ministers of the Vijay Rupani government will be removed. Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel, state Cabinet minister RC Faldu and Education Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama are likely to be dropped from the Gujarat cabinet.
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, a research-led, global integrated pharmaceutical company, on Wednesday said the post-marketing surveillance (PMS) study on Favipiravir (FabiFlu) has been concluded. The study was conducted in over 1,000 patients of COVID-19, for which the results showed no new safety signals or concerns with the use of Favipiravir, and already-known side effects such as weakness, gastritis, diarrhoea, vomiting etc., were found to be mild in nature. The time for fever resolution was 4 days, while time for clinical cure was 7 days.
A total of 66,299 idols, including 5,953 of Goddess Gauri, were immersed in the sea, rivers, lakes and other water bodies across Mumbai on the fifth day of the Ganpati festival, civic officials said on Wednesday.
Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait has lashed out at AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi over his decision to contest Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. Tikat, who is spearheading farmers' agitation against the Modi government at Delhi borders, sought claim that Owaisi is hand in glove with the BJP and called him the saffron party's "chacha jaan".
Delhi Police Special Cell and Intelligence Bureau, with help from UP ATS, on Tuesday, foiled a sinister plot hatched by Pakistan spy agency ISI and Dawod Ibrahim gang to carry out serial blasts in Delhi, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh during Ramlila, Navratri and Dussehra festival. The Special Cell of Delhi Police arrested six operatives of a terror module and recovered several RDX-based IEDs, grenades, Beretta pistols and cartridges. Till now, one kg of RDX explosive has been seized.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday extended his wishes to all the "hardworking engineers" on the occasion of engineers-day and thanked them for their pivotal role in making the planet better and technologically advanced.Republic Day 2024 : As India's 75th Republic Day Parade kicked off in the national capital, a 30-member band contingent and a marching c...
