Srinagar: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah Sunday said one-day shutdowns to contain the spread of coronavirus is a “meaningless tokenism” which can lead to complacency, and called for allowing more people to take vaccine against COVID-19. The Madhya Pradesh government had on March 19 announced Sunday lockdowns in Bhopal, Indore and Jabalpur till further orders […]
Dubai: Saudi Arabia’s state-backed oil giant Aramco says that its profits sharply fell in 2020 to USD 49 billion. The big drop came as the the coronavirus pandemic roiled global energy markets. Saudi Arabian Oil Co. on Sunday released its financial results a year after the pandemic sent the price of oil crashing to all-time […]
New Delhi: India saw 43,846 few coronavirus infections in a day, the highest single-day rise recorded so far this year, taking the nationwide COVID-19 tally to 1,15,99,130, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. Registering an increase for the 11th day in a row, the total active caseload has increased to 3,09,087, […]
Srinagar: Director General of Police Dilbagh Singh Saturday claimed that American assault rifle M4, which was among the seized weapons in Kashmir recently, was being illegally manufactured somewhere in Pakistan or Afghanistan. He was giving details of the weapons which were smuggled in from Pakistan using drones and other means but seized by security forces […]
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday tested positive for the COVID-19 and is self-isolating at home, his top aide on health announced, two days after he got the first shot of a vaccine. Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination Dr Faisal Sultan took to Twitter to […]
NEW DELHI: Elevating the US-India defence partnership is a priority of the Biden administration, US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Saturday as he described the relationship between the two countries as a “stronghold” of a free and open Indo-Pacific. After holding wide-ranging talks with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Austin said India is an increasingly […]
NEW DELHI: India saw 40,953 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, the highest single-day rise recorded in 111 days, taking the nationwide Covid-19 tally to 1,15,55,284, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Saturday. Registering an increase for the tenth day in a row, the total active caseload has reached 2,88,394, which […]
NEW DELHI: Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora Saturday expressed hope the concept of remote voting will see “the light of day” by the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, and said that a pilot project could begin in the next two-three months. Addressing an event here, he said, the EC had early this year started a research […]
NEW DELHI: With a little over a month left before Chief Justice of India SA Bobde retires, the government has started the process of appointment of next CJI, asking the incumbent to recommend his successor, sources said Saturday. Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad Friday sent a letter to Justice Bobde, who is set to retire […]
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday attacked the government, alleging that under it unemployment, price rise, poverty and income of its “friends” have increased. “What did this government increase? Unemployment, inflation and poverty. And, only the earnings of friends,” he said in a tweet in Hindi. He cited a media report that claimed […]