India, Malaysia can now trade in Indian rupee
India and Malaysia can now use the Indian rupee to settle trade in addition to other currencies, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Saturday. The move follows the decision by the Reserve Bank of India in July...
Pak people unhappy, Partition a mistake: Bhagwat
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat on Friday said people of Pakistan were not happy after more than seven decades of Independence and they now believe the partition of India was a mistake. He was speaking at a function to...
India reports 3,095 Covid cases in 24 hours, highest in 2023
New Delhi: India witnessed another single-day rise of 3,095 fresh Coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, data by the Union Health Ministry stated on March 31. This rise in cases comes a day after the country reported 3,016 cases....
India reports over 3,000 Covid cases for 2nd day
India continued to report over 3,000 COVID cases for the second day in a row with 3,095 new infections in the last 24 hours, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Friday. The country recorded the highest one-day...
6 suffocate to death due to burning mosquito coil
Update: As many as six people died due to suffocation while two others were injured after a fire broke out in a house at Mazar Wala Road, Machhi Market, Shastri Park, informed police officials on Friday. Police rushed to...
Don’t panic, says Delhi govt amid Covid spurt
The Delhi government is closely monitoring the coronavirus situation and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will hold a review meeting on the matter on Friday, Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj said. Bharadwaj also assured people that there was no need to panic...
3 Covid deaths, 483 new cases in a day in Maha
Three people died due to Covid-19 infection in Maharashtra on Wednesday, state health department officials informed. "A total of 483 new cases were recorded in the past 24 hours and the number of active cases in Maharashtra till March 29 is...
COVID-19 during pregnancy may increase obesity risk in children: Study
Children born to mothers who contract COVID-19 during pregnancy may be more likely to develop obesity, according to a new study. More than 100 million COVID-19 cases have been reported in the United States since 2019, and there is limited...
BJP’s Pune MP Girish Bapat passes away
Pune: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Girish Bapat passed away on Wednesday, March 29. He had been keeping unwell. He was admitted to Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital in Pune and had been under treatment for quite a few days. According to...
Maharashtra records 450 new Covid-19 cases
Mumbai: Maharashtra on Tuesday recorded 450 new cases of coronavirus that raised the tally of infections to 81,42,509 and three fatalities, an official from the State Health Department said. The daily count of infections has doubled since Monday, when the state...
18% hike in Mum-Pune Expressway toll from April 1
Toll for vehicles on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway, the first access-controlled road of the country, will increase by 18 per cent from April 1, officials of the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) said. A senior MSRDC official said on Tuesday that...
Uddhav Thackeray, Sanjay Raut get Delhi High Court summons in defamation case
New Delhi: Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, his son and former State Minister Aditya Thackeray, and his close confidant Sanjay Raut were on Tuesday summoned by the Delhi High Court in a defamation case. The April 17 summons is...
Date for linking PAN card and Aadhaar card extended to June 30
New Delhi: The deadline to link Permanent Account Number (PAN) card and the Aadhaar card has been extended to June 30, 2023. In a notification on Tuesday, the Finance Ministry said that from July 1, 2023, all unlinked PAN cards...
India logs 1,573 fresh Covid cases
India has logged 1,573 new coronavirus cases, while the active cases have increased to 10,981, according to Union health ministry data updated on Tuesday. The death toll has increased to 5,30,841 with four deaths reconciled by Kerala, the data updated...
Rahul Gandhi disqualified as MP after Two-year Sentence
His disqualification as Wayanad MP is effective from March 23, the day of his conviction, the secretariat said in its notification. A court in Surat sentenced Rahul Gandhi to two years in jail in a defamation case on Thursday, filed on...
Stay masked, Covid figures are rising
India has been witnessing an uptick in COVID-19 cases in the country...
Mock drills at hospitals soon as Covid cases rise
Amid the spike in influenza cases in the country and the uptick in Covid-19 cases over the past couple of weeks, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Thursday said a mock drill will be done soon in all the states...
Padma Bhushan for Kumar Mangalam Birla
President Droupadi Murmu presents the Padma Bhushan to Kumar Mangalam Birla for Trade and Industry. He is the Chairman of the Aditya Birla Group, which has a legacy of over a 100 years. One of the first Indian groups to...
Rahul Gandhi Guilty In 2019 “Modi Surname” Defamation Case
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was found guilty and sentenced to two years in prison on Thursday in a 2019 criminal defamation case over his remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi's surname by a court in Gujarat's Surat. He was granted bail...
Pawar calls Oppn meet today to discuss EVM issues
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar has called a meeting of leaders of opposition parties on Thursday to discuss the Rural Electronic Voting Machine (EVM). The meeting will be held at Pawar's residence on Thursday evening. In a letter written...
Elton and Freddie come to India
Two male coalition cheetahs identified as Elton and Freddie have been released in the free-ranging area in Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park successfully on Wednesday. "Both are doing well and are healthy," tweeted Kuno National Park. On March 13, a...
