PM CARES Fund is not a public authority and so, does not fall under the purview of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, the Prime Minister’s Office has said in response to an RTI application filed by a...
A full scale war in social media is in full swing and it has come to be known as the “Tweet War” pitting the U.S. President, Donald Trump and his White House on one side and Twitter on the other prompting many to come to the conclusion that finally somebody had the guts to stand up to the whims and fancies of Trump.
The family members of popular revolutionary poet P Varavara Rao on Saturday (May 30), including his wife, demanded that the Maharashtra government must reveal the actual status of his health, after reports suggested that he had been admitted to the J...
New Delhi: Indian skipper Virat Kohli on Saturday (May 30) said his elevation to captaincy has a lot to do with Mahendra Singh Dhoni keenly observing his cricket smarts for six-seven long years.
Chennai: No football club with a fan base as huge as Liverpool’s would be happy to resume the Premier League season behind closed doors. Premier League football is set to return on June 17 after a three-month coronavirus-enforced suspension.
Chandigarh: Rejecting the oppositions claim that his government was planning to withdraw the free power provided to farmers, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday (May 30) alleged it was the Centre that was trying to impose the anti-farmer condition on the state in the guise of extending fiscal support.
Chennai: Tamil Nadu witnessed the biggest single day spike of 938 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, taking the infection count to 21,184, while four men and two women died of COVID-19, pushing the death toll to 160.
Hundreds of sportsmen and women are fighting a physical and mental battle due to the lockdown. Unable to practise and maintain fitness levels, and with uncertainty looming over events, whether state-level, national or international, including the Olympics, they fear a loss of competitiveness, opportunities and other benefits, including jobs. A lot of estimates have forecast losses in billions of dollars to the industry, coming from ticket sales, media rights and sponsorships. Click here to know how athletes fared in the COVID lockdown and what holds for the future.
As Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy completes one year in office in Andhra Pradesh, a tenure marked by several hits and misses, the most glaring setback has been his inability to push through the plan to shift the state capital from Amaravati to Visakhapatnam.
New Delhi: The total number of COVID-19 cases crossed the 18,000 mark in Delhi on Saturday with a record single-day spike of 1,163 fresh infections. Meanwhile, the death toll in the national capital mounted to 416, authorities said.
New Delhi: India's economic growth slipped to 3.1 per cent in the January-March quarter of 2019-20 (Q4 FY20) as COVID-19 pandemic further compressed consumer demand and private investments, government data showed on Friday (May 29).
The COVID-19 pandemic has increased concerns over safe flight travel and is pushing people to look for alternatives to crowded airports and boarding planes with almost no social distancing. With hygiene being the top-most priority, the rich are ...
The rupee on Thursday (May 28) declined by 5 paise to settle at 75.76 against the US currency as escalating tension between the US and China boosted the demand for the dollar. Forex traders said the rupee traded in a narrow range as a flare-up i...
Mumbai: A joint forum of Air India employees and staff unions has sought a ₹50,000 crore financial succour from the government for the national carrier, stating that the airline is a necessity for the country.
In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra M...
The COVID-19 lockdown has not stopped Indians from buying cars as South Korean automaker Hyundai has received around 9,000 bookings since it began reopening showrooms on May 4.
Uber on Tuesday (May 26) removed nearly 600 employees from their job in India.
The company said that this marked about 25 per cent of the company's workforce in the country. The impacted positions are around the company's driver and rider sup...
New Delhi: India's tea output may decline by 80 million kg in 2020, resulting in a loss of ₹2,000 crore, due to the lockdown, according to an industry body.
New Delhi: Indian skipper Virat Kohli on Saturday (May 30) said his elevation to captaincy has a lot to do with Mahendra Singh Dhoni keenly observing his cricket smarts for six-seven long years.
Mumbai: India's limited overs vice-captain Rohit Sharma has been nominated for the prestigious Khel Ratna, the BCCI announced on Saturday (May 30), acknowledging the prolific batsman's stupendous performance in the 2019 ODI World Cup.
Mumbai/London/Melbourne: Sri Lankan batting great Kumar Sangakkara feels that one of the options is to cancel the T20 World Cup this year as many questions around the COVID-19 pandemic remain "unanswered".
Chennai: No football club with a fan base as huge as Liverpool’s would be happy to resume the Premier League season behind closed doors. Premier League football is set to return on June 17 after a three-month coronavirus-enforced suspension.
The Indian Premier League is a tournament with global appeal and it does not make sense to host it without foreign stars, says Kings XI Punjab co-owner Ness Wadia, who also feels that its too early for the BCCI to decide on the fate of the T20 league.
A building which comprised an Indian cuisine restaurant in Minneapolis was among those damaged in the protests over George Floyd's death this week. The Gandhi Mahal restaurant caught fire as it was just a few doors away from the Third Precinct headquarters of the Minneapolis Police Department.
Atlanta: As Minneapolis burns over the police killing of African-American George Floyd, the wife of a former officer arrested in connection with the case has filed for a divorce after 10 years of marriage.
Islamabad: An accountability court in Pakistan has issued an arrest warrant against embattled former prime minister Nawaz Sharif for failing to appear before it in a corruption case that accused him of receiving luxury vehicles and gifts from the national treasury.
The US and UK raised the issue of China's controversial security law for Hong Kong during an emergency discussion in the Security Council, angering Beijing which said the UN organ ...
At least 28 per cent of 40,184 people who had tested positive for COVID-19 between January 22 and April 30 in India were asymptomatic, a study found, raising concerns about the novel coronavirus being spread by those who show mild or no symptoms.
With over 20,000 COVID-19 cases and 154 deaths, Tamil Nadu has recorded one of the lowest death rates in the country — 0.7 per cent — when compared to states like Gujarat that has a six per cent death rate.
New Delhi: On the occasion of Menstrual Hygiene Day on Thursday, Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani called for educating not only girls but also boys that menstruation is not a matter of shame.
Doctors warn against rising NCDs in the middle of the pandemic. Lack of spaces to exercise, long hours in front of the screen, and inaccessible medical services are some of the factors to watch out for.
New Delhi: Class 10 and 12 students who have moved to a different state or district when schools were closed during the COVID-19-induced lockdown can appear for pending board exams there only, Union HRD Minister announced on Wednesday.
Chennai: Even as the schools have hinted on resuming classes from July 1, parents are in grave dilemma of sending their children back to school amid the coronavirus threat still looming.
New Delhi: The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) will conduct pending class 10 and 12 examination from July 1 to 14, the board announced on Friday (May 22).
