For the fourth consecutive day, India is witnessing a record new high of 1,45,384 COVID-19 fresh cases on Saturday, pushing India’s total tally to 1,32,05,926. The death toll due to the infectious disease has climbed to 1,68,436 with 794 fatalities, which also happens to be the highest since October 18 last year, said media reports.
Audio clips of purported private chat between Trinamool Congress’ poll strategist Prashant Kishor and a group of Delhi-based journalists are the latest addition to the BJP’s arsenal in the fiercely fought electoral battle in Bengal.
In a nation with many centenarians, he missed the milestone by a couple of months. He would have been 100 by June and both the admirers of the monarchy as well as its carping critics in Britain (and there are many) were looking forward to that day.
Ashwini Kumar was posted as Kishanganj station house officer and was a resident of Purnia District. According to reports, he was known for his strict policing and crackdown on alcohol smugglers. He was in the neighbouring state in connection with a case when he was attacked
An 80-year-old resident of Jogeshwari suburb in Mumbai was denied her vaccine shot at an official COVID-19 vaccination centre because they had run out of vaccines. The woman who had been wary of the vaccine initially had gained confidence to visit the Nesco vaccination centre only to be turned away since the Centre did not have any more supply of the vaccine, reported News 18.
Unidentified people torched a Muslim man’s free library in Mysuru in the wee hours on April 9. The library was functional for nearly a decade.
A civic worker and semi-literate Syed Issaq (63) ran the free library to spread reading habits among fel...
The Supreme Court on Friday (April 10) quashed a plea seeking strict law to check religious conversions while observing that adults can choose a faith of their choice.
BJP state leader Sunil Deodhar on Friday criticised the Jagan Mohan government for not granting permission for the film’s premiere. Taking to Twitter, Deodhar, who is campaigning for the BJP’s candidate in the Tirupati Lok Sabha by-poll, said the state government was afraid of Kalyan
Haleem, the lip-smacking dish available during the Muslim fasting month of Ramzan, is getting ready to be served in Hyderabad from April 14, after a year’s break. It had not been available during Ramzan 2020 because of the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown. Generally considered to have a high calorific value, the dish has also gotten the ‘immunity booster’ tag this time. Over a period of time, Haleem has become a dish savoured by a lot of non-Muslims. Click here to know more about Hyderabadi Haleem.
Anaimuthu tested positive for the novel coronavirus in December but recovered from the illness after receiving treatment at a hospital in Chennai. However, he was admitted again due to age-related illness to a private hospital in Puducherry, where he died on Tuesday. His body was donated to Sri Ramachandra Medical College, Chennai, the next day.
The Centre told the Supreme Court on Friday (April 9) that the Italian government will pay Rs 10 crore as compensation to the relatives of the fishermen killed by Italian marines off the coast of Kerala in 2012. In addition, close relatives of the deceased fishermen will get Rs 4 crore each while the boat owner, who suffered injuries, will get Rs 2 crore.
BJP state leader Sunil Deodhar on Friday criticised the Jagan Mohan government for not granting permission for the film’s premiere. Taking to Twitter, Deodhar, who is campaigning for the BJP’s candidate in the Tirupati Lok Sabha by-poll, said the state government was afraid of Kalyan
The provisional figures mark a departure from a gloomy scenario late last year. In the April-September 2020 period, gross tax collection had fallen by 27.5 per cent to ₹7.2 lakh crore compared to ₹9.2 lakh crore a year ago. The budget target for direct tax collection in the 2020 financial year was ₹13.2 lakh crore, and till September, barely 24 per cent of that target was achieved. These tax collection targets were fixed in January without factoring in the COVID-19 impact on the economy
E-commerce giant Amazon has moved the Supreme Court against the Delhi High Court’s division bench order that allowed Kishore Biyani-promoted Future Group to proceed with its ₹24,713 crore asset sale deal with Reliance Industries Ltd, Mint report...
India now boasts of being home to the world’s third largest number of billionaires after the US and China while Reliance Industries Chairman has dethroned Chinese business tycoon Jack Ma to be the richest man in Asia, a new list released by the ...
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday kept key interest rates unchanged at record lows while pledging to buy ₹1 lakh crore of government bonds this quarter to cap borrowing costs in a bid to support an economy facing a resurgence of the p...
The collapse of Greensill Capital last month has been one of the most spectacular financial disasters of recent years. It has sent shockwaves around the world. It has also enmeshed a business tycoon and a former prime minister of Britain, David Cameron, in a global scandal.
The Pakistan cabinet on Thursday rejected a proposal of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) to import cotton yarn and sugar from India, reports said.
The government on Thursday (April 1) said the gross GST revenue collected in March this year has hit a record of ₹1,23,902 crore. Out of that amount CGST is ₹22,973 crore, SGST is ₹29,329 crore, IGST is ₹62,842 crore (including ₹31,097 crore collected on import of goods) and cess is ₹8,757 crore (including ₹935 crore collected on import of goods).
Washington: India’s economy has bounced back amazingly from the COVID-19 pandemic and nationwide lockdown over the last one year, but it is not out of the woods yet, according to World Bank, which in its latest report has predicted that the country’s real G...
The RSS, or Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, is the new reality in Indian politics. The organisation that used to remain in the shadows is now in the open. It is a well-known fact that the body that used to claim to be cultural organisation with no political ambitions is responsible for the growth and sustenance of a new brand of aggressive right-wing politics in India
Unprecedentedly, within five months of the completion of the previous edition, a brand new season of the IPL is upon us. This short turnaround time stems from the postponement of IPL 2020 from its regular April-May window owing to the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic.
As the Maharashtra government considers locking down the state to arrest the spread of coronavirus, news has emerged of staff at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium testing positive for COVID-19
The Indian cricket team completed one of its best four-month spells across formats, pipping England by a mere seven runs in the third and final ODI after surviving Sam Curran's determined assault in an exciting contest for a well-deserved hat-trick of series victories. For India, near domination of England in all the three formats at home comes straight after humbling Australia in their own backyard earlier this year during a gruelling tour.
Debutants Krunal Pandya and Prasidh Krishna made the big stage their own with record-breaking performances to give India a convincing 66-run victory over world champions England in the first ODI of the three-match series in Pune on Tuesday. After under-fire opener Shikhar Dhawan delivered with a solid 98, Krunal (58 not out off 31) smashed the fastest 50 by a debutant to fire India to 317 for five following England's decision to field.
In a nation with many centenarians, he missed the milestone by a couple of months. He would have been 100 by June and both the admirers of the monarchy as well as its carping critics in Britain (and there are many) were looking forward to that day.
Washington: After a brief halt, India accelerated the work on Chabahar Port early this year and the strategic Iranian port is expected to be operational by next month, a Congressional report has said.
With the global death toll as a result of the coronavirus peaking 2.5 million and nations in the developed and developing world looking at the second and third spikes of the deadly pandemic, a light at the end of the tunnel is “increasingly visible," says IMF in its World Economic Outlook.
Jakarta: A collision between a cargo ship and a fishing boat left 17 people missing off Indonesia's main island of Java, officials said Sunday.
The fishing boat with 32 aboard capsized a...
The African swine fever, which has killed millions of pigs across Asia, is re-emerging in the continent, threatening a shortage in meat production and meat protein.
France has moved forward with its first medical marijuana experiment after identifying the companies that will supply products to 3,000 patients for two years, starting in March. Advocates hope the move will lead to the drug's legalisation for medicinal purposes.
The Narendra Modi government has spent over ₹11,300 crore till date to revamp medical infrastructure in the country in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and the biggest share of the amount allocated to states was bagged by the southern state of Tamil Nadu.
More than one lakh students of classes 10 and 12 have actively petitioned the government to either cancel board exams scheduled to be held in May or conduct them in online mode due to the alarming rise in COVID-19 cases. A hashtag "cancelboardexams2021" too had been trending on Twitter for the past two days.
Online registration for admission to Class I in 1,247 Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) across the country for the Academic Year 2021 -2022 will commence from April 1, while registrations for Class II and above will be done from April 8 in the offline mode.
Azim Premji University (APU) released a study, on Wednesday (February 10), which found that prolonged closure of schools since March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic has had an adverse effect on learning among younger children
Private school managements in Bengaluru are up in arms against the Karnataka government’s order on Friday to all schools, to slash 30% of their tuition fees for the academic year 2020-21. A few associations are also strongly contemplating knocking at the doors of the judiciary for a solution to their problems
