New Delhi: Delhi's first plasma bank to help treat novel coronavirus started functioning on Thursday (July 2), with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal saying that COVID-19 patients can donate their plasma 14 days after recovery.
Indian authorities failed to keep track of almost 40 lakh pregnant women and 47.5 lakh new-born children during the nationwide lockdown imposed in late March to stem the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
That’s just 24.05 percent of the estimate...
Hyderabad: Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the vaastu-loving Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao is going ahead with his plan to demolish a 25-acre Secretariat complex in Hyderabad and build a new one at a cost of ₹400 crore.
A new set of rules that the Union government proposed to introduce to administer the country’s environment clearance regime raised renewed ecological concerns in India’s northeast and other tribal areas that have the country's 60 percent forest cover.
New Delhi: The government on Wednesday (July 1) asked Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to vacate the bungalow allotted to her in Lutyens Delhi within a month, saying she is not entitled to the facility following withdrawal of her SPG protection.
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New Delhi: The CBI has booked Venkata Krishna Reddy Gunupati, the chairman of the GVK Group of Companies and his son GV Sanjay Reddy, Managing Director of Mumbai International Airport Ltd among others for alleged irregularities to the tune of ₹705 crore in runn...
As the entire might of health caregivers was pressed into fighting coronavirus, non-COVID medical emergencies, including pregnancy-related complications and childbirth, were pushed to the back seat. As a result, several cases of medical negligence involving women in need of antenatal care during lockdown have been reported from across states. With medical staff engaged in the fight against coronavirus, many pregnant women were either refused treatment or admission to hospitals. Many others failed to reach hospitals on time due to non-availability of ambulances, leading to their death or that of the foetus. Many chose to deliver their babies at home. Click here to know more.
Bengaluru: A video purportedly showing health workers burying inappropriately some bodies of COVID-19 victims in a large pit allegedly in Ballari district in Karnataka has surfaced, triggering an outrage on social media.
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pilli Subhash Chandra Bose and Minister Mopidevi Venkata Ramana resigned from their posts on Wednesday, according to YSR Congress sources.
Hyderabad: Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the vaastu-loving Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao is going ahead with his plan to demolish a 25-acre Secretariat complex in Hyderabad and build a new one at a cost of ₹400 crore.
New Delhi: Delhi's first plasma bank to help treat novel coronavirus started functioning on Thursday (July 2), with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal saying that COVID-19 patients can donate their plasma 14 days after recovery.
New Delhi: The CBI has booked Venkata Krishna Reddy Gunupati, the chairman of the GVK Group of Companies and his son GV Sanjay Reddy, Managing Director of Mumbai International Airport Ltd among others for alleged irregularities to the tune of ₹705 crore in...
Indian Railways on Wednesday (July 1) formally started its plans to allow private entities to operate passenger trains on its network by inviting request for qualifications (RFQ) for participation on 109 pairs of routes through 151 modern trains...
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd's (BSNL) tender for 4G upgrade has been cancelled after the Department of Telecom (DoT) asked the state-run firm not to use Chinese telecom gear, according to a source.
The Reserve Bank of India has announced the launch of Floating Rate Savings Bonds 2020 (Taxable) with an interest rate of 7.15 per cent, which will be available for subscriptions from July 1.
Mumbai: India's external debt stood at USD 558.5 billion in March, an increase of USD 15.4 billion compared to the year-ago period, according to RBI data.
The Insolvency and Companies Court in London has reportedly declared Pramod Mittal, brother of steel industrialist Lakshmi Mittal, bankrupt due to his debt of over £130 million, according to a report in The Times.
New Delhi: Enforcement Directorate (ED) investigators on Tuesday (June 30) began the second round of questioning of senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel at his house here in connection with the Sandesara brothers bank fraud and money laundering case probe, o...
Vodafone Idea lost 34.67 lakh mobile subscribers in February, even as Reliance Jio continued to be on a roll adding 62.57 lakh users, according to latest data released by sector regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).
After two tenures as the chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC), Shashank Manohar on Wednesday (July 1) announced that he is stepping down from the position.
Colombo: The Sri Lankan police said it has questioned former national selection committee chairman Aravinda de Silva over allegation that the national cricket team's loss to India in the 2011 World Cup final was fixed by "certain parties".
Lahore: Six Pakistani cricketers, who were found to be COVID-19 positive ahead of the teams departure for England last week, have now tested negative for the second time in three days making them eligible to join the squad in the UK.
The arrival of young footballers has shaken up the usual Ballon d’Or winners, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. The early exit of Atletico Madrid, Dortmund, and Liverpool has made it very interesting for fans to continuously be in suspense about who might win the Ballon d’Or 2020.
Indian cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin took to Twitter seeking justice the custodial deaths of Tamil Nadu shopkeeper Jeyaraj (63) and his son Bennix (31), who were allegedly killed in police custody in the Thoothukudi (Tuticurin) district of the state.
R Ashwin tweeted on Friday (June 26), saying every single life matters. He added that we should make sure that this act of brutality is meted out with justice, and that he is not sure justice...
Democratic presidential candidate and former US vice president Joe Biden has said that he will lift the temporary suspension on H-1B visas, the most sought-after by Indian IT profe...
Washington: Democratic presidential candidate and former vice-president Joe Biden said that if he wins the November elections, strengthening relationship with India which is the US "natural pa...
Russian voters approved changes to the constitution that will allow President Vladimir Putin to hold power until 2036, but the weeklong plebiscite that concluded Wednesday (July 1)...
The US on Tuesday (June 30) virtually bought all the stocks of the two drugs proven to shorten recovery time for severely ill COVID-19 patients for the next three months, leaving none for the UK, Europe or rest of the world.
Mumbai: The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has told the Bombay High Court that a decision to declare sanitary napkins as an essential commodity can be taken only after following the due process.
Dumka: A teacher in Jharkhand has put up several loudspeakers across the Bankathi village where his Upgraded Middle School is located, and classes are being held for two hours every day since April 16, beating the odds of online learning.
