News Headlines : 8th October 2021

  • Police issue fresh notice to Union minister Ajay Mishra’s son Ashish for appearance by 11 am on Saturday after he misses Friday’s deadline.
  • PM Narendra Modi to inaugurate Kushinagar International Airport on October 20 and will also lay foundation stone of a medical college there.
  • Tata Sons wins bid for acquiring national carrier Air India for 18 thousand crore rupees. 
  • Several organisations stage protests in Jammu demanding action against terrorists over recent killing of civilians by militants in J&K, say such violence was result of frustration among separatists as the region was seeing fast development and peace.
  • Journalists Maria Ressa of Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia win Nobel Peace Prize 2021.
  • In a major success for Indian Diplomacy, UK Government reverses its quarantine policy on fully vaccinated Indian Travellers to UK.
  • Mumbai court rejects bail pleas of Aryan Khan, two others in drug seizure case.
  • Reserve Bank of India keeps repo rate unchanged at 4 per cent and reverse repo rate at 3.35 percent.
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi calls up Fumio Kishida and congratulates him on assuming charge as the new Prime Minister of Japan.
  • Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen to arrive in India tomorrow on a three-day visit.
  • Lakhimpur Kheri violence case: What is the message you are sending, SC tells UP govt over non-arrest of accused
  • At least 50 people killed in a Bo.mb Blast in Afghanistan.
  • More than 93 crore 17 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country so far; Recovery rate at 97.96 per cent.
  • Ministry of Coal to launch next round of auction process for forty new coal mines for sale of coal.
  • Uphaar fire tragedy: Delhi court also convicts former court staff Dinesh Chand Sharma and two others in case.
  • Indian grappler Anshu Malik creates history as she becomes the first Indian woman to win a silver medal in the World Wrestling Championships.