IFFCO chairman Balvinder Singh Nakai passes away

New Delhi: IFFCO’s chairman Balvinder Singh Nakai passed away on Monday. He was 87. Nakai was an eminent farmer – cooperator, and was involved in providing strength to the Indian cooperative movement for the past three decades. “Saddened to learn about the passing away of a veteran co-operator and the Chairman IFFCO, Sardar Balvinder Singh Nakai Ji,” Cooperation Minister Amit Shah tweeted. PTI

PM Modi, Johnson discuss Afghanistan

New Delhi: With the settlement of vaccine certificate-related irritants, British PM Boris Johnson called PM Narendra Modi on Monday to take stock of India-UK trade and defence talks. The leaders also talked about the current situation in Afghanistan. They agreed on the need for a coordinated international approach to engage with the Taliban. TNS

Rail electrification up to Guwahati

New Delhi: The Northeast Frontier Railway has completed the electrification of the total 649 route km/1,294 tonne km of High-Density Network from Katihar to Guwahat. With this, the north-eastern city will now be connected to the major cities of the country. TNS

CBI raids premises linked to Deshmukh

New Delhi: The CBI on Monday conducted searches on the premises of former Maharashtra minister Anil Deshmukh in connection with the leak of confidential documents related to the Preliminary Enquiry against him on allegations of corruption. TNS