Congress leader and former prime minister Manmohan Singh has urged his successor Narendra Modi to allow states to define who qualifies as frontline workers in need of early inoculation, “even if they are below 45 years of age”
The sudden demise of Tamil actor Vivekh after COVID vaccination has caused a stir both online and offline. Many allege it was the vaccine that killed him, even though the state health department has clarified it has nothing to do with his death.
A path-breaking advertisement for a Kerala-based jewellery brand which gently shatters gender stereotypes with the telling of a transwoman's journey with empathy, has caused a storm on social media. One netizen called it a "watershed moment in the history of jewellery advertisement in India," while author of mythological novels, Devdutt Pattanaik labelled it as a “progressive ad from Kerala.”
On Sunday (April 18), Congress leader Rahul Gandhi suspended all his public rallies in West Bengal due to rise in COVID-19 cases, while Shah and PM Modi are continuing to hold multiple public rallies
Chennai: Glenn Maxwell was good but AB de Villiers was better as Royal Challengers Bangalore bested Kolkata Knight Riders by 38 runs in their IPL match here on Sunday.
Batting first, De Villiers master class and Maxwells counter-attacking half-century prop...
Thiruvananthapuram: Thiruvananthapuram, Apr 18 : Kerala logged 18,257new COVID-19 cases and 25 deaths on Sunday, pushing theinfection load to 12.39 lakh and toll of fatalities to4,929.
The report comes amid a state government directiveto all domestic travellers comin...
A record single-day rise of 2,61,500 coronavirus infections has taken India's total tally of COVID-19 cases to 1,47,88,109, while active cases have surpassed the 18-lakh mark, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday (April 18). The death toll increased to 1,77,150 with a record 1,501 new fatalities in 24 hours till Sunday morning, the data updated at 8 am showed.
The capital, which is battling a dramatic surge in COVID-19 cases, is on the brink of facing a huge shortage of medical oxygen if stocks are not replenished, said Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's government on Sunday (April 18). Madhya Pradesh too is battling with depleting oxygen stocks
The surge in COVID-19 cases in India is not restricted to Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh. Over the past 10 days, the virus has also run rampant in the four states and one Union territory that have held elections. (In case of West Bengal the elections a...
Several job aspirants and students belonging to SC, ST and backward class communities often complain that their surnames are a deterrent for them. Caste-revealing surnames result in ostracisation of Dalits and exclusion from certain jobs, education, businesses, temple entry, help from police among other things. To access mainstream society, some change their surnames. The practice is prevalent across India, though it has started gaining acceptance in the north only recently. Narendra Jadhav, a nominated Rajya Sabha member, has even proposed to bring a bill to drop caste implying surnames. Click here for more.
Karnataka is gearing up for by-elections in three constituencies – one Lok Sabha and two assembly segments – on April 17. The contest will be a test of leadership in both the leading national parties, the BJP and Congress.
The Indian subsidiary of the American carmaker invoked Section 25 (prohibition of financial aid to illegal strikes and lock-outs) of the Industrial Dispute Act to sack the workers
Global lender Citibank’s exit from the consumer banking business of India, besides 12 other geographies, presents a great opportunity for other smaller banks to occupy a space that gives an opportunity to expand credit cards, deposit accounts, wealth management and mortgage portfolio.
The sharp surge in Covid cases and the initiatives taken by India to thwart the second wave of the pandemic may pose a risk to Moody’s Investors Services’ growth projection of 13.7 per cent for FY22 for the country, said a Mint report on Tuesday (April 13) quoting the global rating agency.
Battle lines have been drawn for the high stakes India e-commerce market with Walmart’s e-commerce division signing a deal with billionaire Gautam Adani to build a large retail warehouse in Mumbai
Coimbatore: With the second wave of COVID-19 sweeping across various parts of Tamil Nadu, some of the industrialists in the State are apprehensive of migrant workers leaving for their hometowns considering the health conditions.
The industries recovered ...
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...
Chennai: AB de Villiers master class and Glenn Maxwells counter-attacking half-century propelled Royal Challengers Bangalore to an imposing 204 for four against Kolkata Knight Riders in their IPL match, here on Sunday.
RCB scored 56 run...
The unique scheduling of Indian Premiere League 2021, stemming from obvious constraints, has served to bring the dichotomy in patterns at the two venues (being used in the initial stages) into sharp focus. Forced to abandon the home-and-away format due to logistical challenges at a time when the second wave of COVID pandemic is sweeping unchecked across the country, the first 20 games of the 60-match IPL have been distributed equally between the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai and the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
Rahul Dravid was not a man who had temper issues but once Mahendra Singh Dhoni was at the receiving end of his angry outburst, recalled Virender Sehwag
Mumbai: A minor change in technique coupled with focus on cutting down on silly mistakes has been Prithvi Shaw's recipe for success after a poor run of form that found him out of national team during the England series.
The 21-year-old...
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.
Indianapolis: Eight people were shot and killed in a late-night shooting at a Fedex facility in Indianapolis, and the shooter has killed himself, police said.
Multiple other people were injur...
Volcanic eruption at Mount Etna in Italy and not the six-day blockage of Suez Canal in March resulted in sudden spike in sulphur dioxide (SO2) concentration in the air on the Mediterranean side of the canal, the BBC reported on Thursday (April 15).
“I’m terminally ill,” he told The Washington Post newspaper at the time. “There’s no cure for my type of disease. So, you know, I’ve served. I’ve served 11 years already, and, quite frankly, I’ve suffered through it”
Egypt has seized the 200,000-tonne megaship which blocked Suez Canal and crippled world trade for nearly a week. Following Egypt’s Ismailia Economic Court orders, the Japanese owners of ‘Ever Given’ have been asked to pay $900 million in compensation for the economic loss caused due to one-of-its-kind blockage of the world’s busiest commercial sea route that connects Europe to Asia.
Even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi stresses on increasing the reach of vaccination amid increasing COVID cases, there are concerns of re-infection among vaccinated individuals.
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.
School teachers and staff should be designated as frontline workers and get vaccinated on a priority basis before the next academic year to avoid any disruptions in learning. This is one of the many recommendations made by the Lancet Covid-19 Commission's India Task Force and published in the peer-reviewed medical journal -The Lancet.
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
