India’s COVID-19 recovery rate rises to 60.73%
Early detection and a timely clinical management of COVID-19 cases have resulted in increasing daily recoveries, with the recovery rate of coronavirus patients crossing 60 per cent in the country on Friday, the Union health ministry said. The recovery...
Earthquake felt in Delhi, nearby areas
Earthquake tremors were felt in Delhi and nearby areas on Friday, prompting people to rush out of their homes. It wasn't immediately clear the magnitude of the quake or the...
China reacts to PM Modi’s visit to Ladakh
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian on PM Modi's Ladakh visit: "India and China are in communication and negotiations on lowering the temperatures through military and diplomatic channels. No party should engage in any action that may escalate the situation...
PM interacts with Army, Air Force, ITBP at Ladakh
Days after a violent face-off between Indian and Chinese troops in East Ladakh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday reached Leh with Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat. Modi reached Leh around 9.30 am, sources said. The prime minister...
PM gets briefing at forward position at Nimu, Ladakh
Prime Minister Narendra Modi makes a surprise visit to Ladakh. He is being briefed by senior officials at a forward position in Nimu. He reached there early this morning. He is interacting with personnel of Army, Air Force and ITBP....
ICMR picks 12 institutes for Covid vaccine trial
The Indian Council of Medical Research has selected 12 institutes, including one from Odisha, for clinical trial of the country's first indigenous COVID-19 vaccine, an official said on Thursday. Bhubaneswar-based Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital under the SOA Deemed...
Saroj Khan, Bollywood’s queen of dance, passes away
Saroj Khan, the renowned Bollywood choreographer, died early on Friday morning after a cardiac arrest. She was 71. The three-time National Award winner, who choreographed some of the most memorable songs in Hindi cinema, has not been keeping well for some...
All monuments to reopen to public from July 6
All Archaeological Survey of India protected monuments will be reopened for the public from July 6 with entry only through e-tickets, a cap on the number of visitors and mandatory wearing of masks, the culture ministry said on Thursday. Earlier in...
Industries Should Go To Tier-II, III Cities Rather Than Metros: Nitin Gadkari
Inaugurating the New Global Innovation Park Facility at Manesar, Gurugram through video conferencing on Thursday Union Minister Nitin Gadkari urged companies to focus on Tier-II and Tier-III cities rather than the metros for setting up new industries. Speaking after the inauguration,...
Deadline for tax-saving investments is 31st July
Income Tax Department offers relief for those who haven't made tax saving investments. "Understanding and keeping in mind the times that we are in, we have further extended deadlines. Now, Tax Saving Investments/Payments for FY 2019-20 can be made upto...
India’s Covid cases gallop to 6,04,641
And the Covid tally is here: 434 deaths and 19,148 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. Positive cases in India stand at 6,04,641 including 2,26,947 active cases, 3,59,860 cured/discharged/migrated and 17834 deaths: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare....
CBI books GVK Group chairman, son
The Central Bureau of Investigation has booked Venkata Krishna Reddy Gunupati, the chairman of the GVK Group of Companies and his son G V Sanjay Reddy, managing director of Mumbai International Airport Ltd among others for alleged irregularities to the...
Chief Secretary calls on Governor
The newly appointed Chief Secretary Sanjay Kumar today (1st July) met the Governor of Maharashtra Bhagat Singh Koshyari at Raj Bhavan, Mumbai This was his maiden call on the Governor since taking charge as the State Chief...
After app ban, experts ask what about Chinese phones?
Nagpur: After India directed blocking of 59 Chinese apps, some of India''s top legal experts have asked what the government plans to do about hundreds and thousands of Chinese mobile phones being used by Indians and the CCTV cameras...
Mamata extends free food for poor in WB till 2021
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday announced that her government will provide free ration to beneficiaries till June next year. "The Centre's ration policy should be to provide ration to each and every one of the 130 crore...
Why this ex-CM of Maharashtra wants NaMo app banned
Former Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan has demanded a ban on the NaMo app, the official mobile phone application of Indias prime minister. Chavans demand comes close on the heels of the Indian governments decision to ban 59 Chinese apps citing...
Never said Coronil can cure Corona: Patanjali
When you are cornered, this is how you backtrack. Acharya Balkrishna, CEO Patanjali, now says they never made any claims saying the drug Coronil could cure Corona. "We never said the medicine (Coronil) can cure or control Corona. We said...
On what grounds you are terminating services of journalists ? HC’s poser to media houses
Taking media houses to task for abruptly and illegally terminating services of mediapersons by resorting to intimidating tactics, Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court on Tuesday sought to know as to on what grounds the services of journalists were terminated....
Modi thanks farmers, tax payers
"Today, if the government is able to provide free food grains to the poor & the needy, the credit goes to two sections. First, the hardworking farmers of our country and second, the honest taxpayers. I thank you from my...
Free foodgrains to poor till end November: PM
PM Modi's 4 pm speech: "In comparison to other countries across the globe, India is still in a very stable situation, in the battle against COVID-19. Timely decisions and measures have played a great role. Ever since Unlock1 started in...
Court stays FIRs against Arnab Goswami
Bombay High Court stays both FIRs filed against Republic TV editor Arnab Goswami over alleged communalisation of the incidents of the Palghar lynching and the gathering of migrant workers at Bandra station. A division bench of Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and...
