India’s COVID-19 caseload crosses 88-lakh mark

India’s COVID-19 caseload crosses 88-lakh mark

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 caseload went past 88 lakh, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease crossed 82 lakh, pushing the national recovery rate to 93.09 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The total number of cases mounted to 88,14,579 with 41,100 infections being reported in […]

ASEAN, China, other partners set world’s biggest trade pact

Hanoi (Vietnam:  China and 14 other countries have agreed to set up the world’s largest trading bloc, encompassing nearly a third of all economic activity, in a deal many in Asia are hoping will help hasten a recovery from the shocks of the pandemic. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, or RCEP, is to be signed […]

No force in world can prevent our soldiers from defending borders: Modi

No force in world can prevent our soldiers from defending borders: Modi

Longewala (Rajasthan): Delivering an unambiguous message to India’s enemies, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday asserted that it will give a “prachand jawab” (fierce reply) if provoked, as he flew to Longewala Post to celebrate Diwali with soldiers, a custom he has been observing since assuming office in 2014. Addressing soldiers at the forward post, […]

India’s exports dip 5.12 pc in Oct; trade deficit narrows to USD 8.71 bn

New Delhi: India’s exports fell 5.12 per cent to USD 24.89 billion in October, after recording positive growth in September, on account of drop in shipments of petroleum products, gems and jewellery, leather and engineering goods, according to government data released on Friday. Trade deficit in October narrowed to USD 8.71 billion as against USD […]

Bengal FM writes to Sitharaman seeks GST Council meeting

Kolkata: West Bengal Finance minister Amit Mitra has written to Union Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman urging her to convene a meeting of the GST Council for discussions on Centre’s borrowings to meet the collection shortfall. In the letter written on November 13, Mitra said that many states had argued at the GST Council meetings held […]

ED Director S K Mishra’s tenure extended by one year

New Delhi: The Union government has extended the tenure of ED Director Sanjay Kumar Mishra by a year after modifying his appointment order that was issued in 2018, officials said. Mishra, 60, is a 1984-batch Indian Revenue Service officer of the Income Tax cadre and was appointed the Enforcement Directorate chief on November 19, 2018. […]

SpiceJet handles 10,000 cargo flights since lockdown in March

MUMBAI: Budget carrier SpiceJet has handled around 10,000 cargo flights since the lockdown in March, besides becoming the top cargo handler in October from the country’s busiest Indira Gandhi International Airport, according to the airline. During the coronavirus-induced lockdown that was imposed on March 25, the government permitted operations of only cargo and special flights […]

COVID-19: 44,684 new cases take India’s virus tally to 87,73,479

COVID-19: 44,684 new cases take India’s virus tally to 87,73,479

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 tally of cases climbed to 87.73 lakh with 44,684 new infections in a day, while 81,63,572 people have recuperated from the disease so far, bringing the national recovery rate to 93.04 per cent on Saturday, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The fresh cases pushed the number of novel coronavirus […]

Delhi’s air quality turns ‘severe’ on Diwali

Delhi’s air quality turns ‘severe’ on Diwali

NEW DELHI: Delhi’s air quality turned “severe” on Diwali with stubble burning accounting for 32 per cent of the city’s PM2.5 pollution and calm winds worsening the situation as they allowed accumulation of pollutants, weather officials said. The Ministry of Earth Sciences’ air quality monitor, SAFAR, said, “Even a small increase in local additional emissions […]