New Delhi: With a record spike of 69,874 infections in a day, India’s COVID-19 tally increased to 29,75,701, while the recoveries rose to 22,22,577 pushing the recovery rate to 74.69 per cent on Saturday, according to the Union health ministry data. The death toll climbed to 55,794 with 945 fatalities being reported in a span of […]
New Delhi:The Delhi Police has arrested an alleged ISIS operative with Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) from central Delhi’s Ridge Road area, a senior officer said on Saturday. The accused was arrested on Friday night following a brief exchange of fire. “The accused was arrested after an exchange of fire from Ridge Road between Dhaula Kuan […]
Jammu: An Army soldier posted in a forward area along the LoC in Poonch district shot himself dead with his service weapon Friday, official sources said. After he shot himself in Mankote sector, other soldiers rushed to find him in a pool of blood, they said, adding he was declared dead on arrival by doctors […]
BEIJING: Chinese president Xi Jinping on Friday described the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as a “landmark project” under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and said it is of great importance to promoting in-depth development of the all-weather strategic cooperative partnership between the two countries. State-run Xinhua news agency reported that Xi, also General Secretary […]
New Delhi: There was no change in the condition of former President Pranab Mukherjee and he remains haemodynamically stable and on ventilatory support, the hospital said Friday. Doctors attending to him said his vital parameters are being maintained. Mukherjee was admitted to the Army’s Research and Referral Hospital in Delhi Cantonment on August 10 and […]
BEIJING: People in China’s capital Beijing are no longer required to wear masks outdoors, health authorities said on Friday, a second such announcement since May when it was reversed after a recurrence of coronavirus cases in the city. According to official data, Beijing had 935 cases of coronavirus since February this year of which 924 […]
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea seeking setting up of a three-judge panel to inquire into the conduct of former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi as a judge of the apex court. Gogoi is now a Rajya Sabha MP. A bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra termed as […]
ANKARA:ETURKISH President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Friday the discovery of a large natural gas reserve off the Black Sea coast that will help ease the country’s dependence on imports. Erdogan said the amount of gas discovered is 320 billion cubic meters, a sum industry analysts said was notable but not a “game-changer” that might […]
New Delhi: Gold prices declined by Rs 94 to Rs 52,990 per 10 gram in the national capital on Friday following selling pressure in international market, according to HDFC Securities. In the previous trade, the yellow metal had closed at Rs 53,084 per 10 gram. Silver prices, however, rose by Rs 782 to Rs 69,262 […]
PRAGUE: The Indian challenge came to an end at the ATP Challenger Prague Open with the defeat of all three players competing in the doubles event. Top seeded Divij Sharan and Robin Haase lost their quarterfinal 3-6 6-7(8) to Jiri Lehecka and Tomas MacHac on Thursday. N Sriram Balaji and his partner Kimmer Coppejans were […]