1. How long will India be kept out of decision-making: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday questioned for how long will India, the world's largest democracy and home to 1.3 billion people, be kept out of the decision-making structures of the United Nations, asserting that reform in the responses, processes and in the very character of the global body is the "need of the hour."
2. Does govt have Rs 80,000 crore for COVID-19 vaccine: Serum Institute's CEO
Amid growing concerns over the spread of the novel coronavirus, Adar Poonawalla, Chief Executive Officer of Serum Institute of India (SII), on Saturday asked if the central government has Rs 80,000 crore to spend over the next one year on purchase and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.
3. IISc incubated startup develops indigenous RT PCR testing kits
Equine Biotech, a startup incubated at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), has developed an indigenous RT-PCR diagnostic kit called “GlobalTM diagnostic kit” for accurate and affordable diagnosis of COVID-19.
4. LIVE: Shraddha, Sara leave NCB office after questioning
Bollywood actors Shraddha Kapoor and Sara Ali Khan left the NCB office after recording statements. The two were questioned at the NCB's zonal office at Ballard Estate in South Mumbai.
5. JP Nadda forms new team ahead of Bihar polls
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president JP Nadda on Saturday announced a new team of party's national office-bearers ahead of the Bihar Assembly elections.
6. Modi Cabinet rejig likely, leaders missing from Nadda's team may find place
With names of several senior leaders like Ram Madhav, Anil Jain, Saroj Pandey and P Muralidhar Rao missing from the new list of national office bearers announced by the Bharatiya Janata Party chief JP Nadda on Saturday, speculation is rife that an imminent union cabinet reshuffle is on the cards.
7. Belarus police forcibly detain women over protests
Several women were detained by riot police on Saturday during a protest against the re-election of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.
8. Gavaskar-Anushka row: Result of social media farce
Indian Premier League twenty20 and controversies are two sides of a coin. With 12 controversies in the previous 12 editions, IPL, possibly, the most controversial sporting event in the world. From slap-gate to IPL spot-fixing scandal to Ravichandran Ashwin's 'Mankad' row, from banning Pakistani cricketers to Shah Rukh Khan's Wankhede ban, the world's richest franchise based twenty20 league has seen it all in the last 12 years.
9. Farmers continue to burn stubble in Amritsar
Farmers in Amritsar's Devi Dasspura village were seen burning their field stubble on Saturday which caused plumes of smoke to emanate.
10. Former ICRIER chairperson, Isher Judge Ahluwalia, dies at 74
Eminent economist Isher Judge Ahluwalia, a recipient of India's third-highest civilian award Padma Bhushan, passed away on Saturday.
