Indian Sub-continent

New Delhi, Sep 27 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission to provide a digital health ID to people which will contain their health records.

The pilot project of the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission had been announced by the prime minister from the ramparts of the Red Fort on August 15, 2020.

Currently, Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission is being implemented in a pilot phase in six union territories.

New Delhi, Sep 27 (PTI) About 25 trains have been affected due to the Bharat Bandh called by farm unions on Monday, officials said.

Chennai, Sep 27 (PTI) In solidarity with the nationwide strike demanding repeal of Centre's farm laws, farmer bodies and Left parties on Monday staged protests in several parts of Tamil Nadu.

In a protest held here, State Secretaries of the CPI and CPI(M), R Mutharasan and K Balakrishnan respectively, Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi chief Thol Thirumavalavan and functionaries of the ruling DMK affiliated Labour Progressive Federation participated.

NEW DELHI (AP) — Thousands of Indian farmers blocked traffic on major roads and railway tracks outside of the nation’s capital on Monday, marking one year of demonstrations against government-backed laws that they say will shatter their livelihoods.

The farmers have renewed their protests with calls for a nationwide strike on the anniversary of the legislation’s passage. The drawn-out demonstrations have posed one of the biggest political challenges to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who swept the polls for the second time in 2019.

Kanpur: Flaying the political parties for using Muslims as just a vote bank, Asaduddin Owaisi, MP and All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president said that his community has no leader in Uttar Pradesh despite having 19 % of the Muslim population.

Addressing a massive crowd at the Aqueel Ground here, he said, "The condition of Muslims has become like a 'band Baja party' in a marriage procession where they (Muslims) are first asked to play music but are made to stand outside on reaching the wedding venue.

Kanpur: A total of 11 scientists received the country's highest science award Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for science and technology 2021 on the 80th foundation day of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).

The Indian scientists below the age of 45 for outstanding research get this outstanding award in seven different fields like Biology, Chemistry, Environment Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Medicine and Physics respectively.

ISLAMABAD, Sept 26 (APP): Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi Sunday arrived London on a three-day official visit to the United Kingdom.

Upon arrival at the Heathrow Airport, Pakistan’s High Commissioner to the UK Moazzam Ahmad Khan and Deputy High Commissioner Dr Faisal Aziz and other senior officials of the High Commission welcomed the foreign minister.

KABUL, Sept 26 (NNN-ANA) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) of the Taliban caretaker government, today welcomed Pakistan’s decision to exempt Afghan traders from paying sales tax on fresh fruit, spokesman of the ministry said.

Sept 26 (Reuters) - The Taliban government in Afghanistan appealed on Sunday for international flights to be resumed, promising full cooperation with airlines and saying that problems at Kabul airport had been resolved.

The statement from the foreign affairs ministry comes as the new administration has stepped up efforts to open up the country and gain international acceptance following the collapse of the Western-backed government last month.

Srinagar, 26 Sep 2021: Two Kashmiris were killed on Sunday by Indian security forces in Bandipora district of the Indian Administered Kashmir, Indian officials said.

Local police alleged that one of the Kashmiri was involved in the killing of BJP leader Waseem Bari and two of his family members.