Surjewala defended the Congress government in the state saying all arrangements were made in tandem with SPG and other agencies NEW DELHI: The postponement of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scheduled visit to Punjab’s Ferozepur to address a rally on Wednesday led to a big political fight, with the Congress alleging that there were no crowds […]
LUCKNOW: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh here on Wednesday claimed a revolution is underway in the construction of infrastructure and now no power in the world can stop the country from becoming an economic superpower. The defence minister said this inaugurating and laying foundation stones of road projects worth Rs 26,778 crore. This included the 63-km-long […]
NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday recorded the first death linked to the Omicron variant of the coronavirus after the samples of a man in Rajasthan’s Udaipur, who died last week, showed the presence of the variant, sources in the Union health ministry said. The 73-year-old man, who was found infected with Omicron in genome sequencing […]
New Delhi: India reported 58,097 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, twice the number seen only four days ago, according to health ministry data, taking the total to more than 35 million. Deaths rose by 534, lifting the national total to 482,551. A total of 2,135 cases of Omicron variant of coronavirus have been detected across […]
Mumbai: As coronavirus infections surged in Mumbai, the city could witness a peak between January 6 to 13 and take a month for the cases to see a decline, according to researchers at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR). Sandeep Juneja, senior professor, School of Technology and Computer Science, at the TIFR, said the […]
Washington: COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy is not associated with complications such as preterm birth or smaller than normal weight of babies, according to a study. The researchers at the Yale University in the US noted that pregnant people who contract COVID-19 have an increased risk of disease severity and death. One barrier to vaccine acceptance […]
BEIJING: Hong Kong on Wednesday reimposed some of its toughest COVID-19 restrictions, banning flights from eight countries including India until January 21, in a bid to arrest the rising number of Omicron cases. Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor announced that travellers from eight countries, Australia, Canada, France, India, Pakistan, the Philippines, the […]
BEIJING: China on Wednesday reported a major drop in local COVID-19 infections in the northern city of Xi’an, which has been under a tight lockdown for the past two weeks that has tested the city’s ability to provide supplies for those confined to their homes. With the Beijing Olympics beginning Feb. 4, China is doubling […]
New Delhi: Chinese phone maker Xiaomi’s India unit has been slapped with a Rs 653 crore notice for alleged evasion of import duty, as per an official statement. A show-cause notice has been slapped on Xiaomi India following recovery of documents during searches on its premises that indicated remittance of royalty and licence fee to […]
Mumbai: The rupee surged 20 paise to close at 74.38 against the US currency on Wednesday, propped up by foreign banks’ dollar sales and fund inflows into domestic equities. At the interbank forex market, the local unit opened at 74.54 against the greenback and witnessed an intra-day high of 74.30 and a low of 74.55. […]