New Delhi:India’s COVID-19 caseload went past 28 lakh with a record single-day spike of 69,652 infections, while the recoveries increased to 20,96,664 on Thursday pushing the recovery rate to 73.91 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The total cases of coronavirus infections mounted to 28,36,925, while the death toll climbed to 53,866 with […]
Washington: Senator Kamala Harris has accepted the Democratic Party’s nomination to be the vice president of the United States, scripting history by becoming the first Indian-American and also the first Black woman to be on a major political party’s national ticket. Harris, 55, was nominated as the vice-presidential candidate on Wednesday at the virtual Democratic […]
Washington: President Donald Trump said Wednesday the US is considering selling advanced American F-35 warplanes to the United Arab Emirates over the objections of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Trump told reporters at a White House news conference that the Emiratis had expressed interest in buying quite a few of the stealth fighter jets. He […]
New Delhi: The Government of India on Wednesday ordered “immediate” withdrawal of about 10,000 paramilitary personnel from Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. This is the biggest de-induction of these forces after additional troops were rushed to J&K ahead of the abrogation of Article 370 in August last year. They said the decision was taken after […]
Srinagar: The Army on Wednesday issued an advertisement in local newspapers asking people to share “credible” inputs for its probe into the killing of three alleged militants in an encounter last month, following allegations by families in the Rajouri area of Jammu region that as many of their kin were missing from the same place. […]
Srinagar: A plea has been submitted in the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) seeking action against the personnel involved in disappearance and alleged fake encounter of three youth in Shopian district of southern Kashmir. The Centre of Indian Trade Unions(CITU) has filed a petition in the rights body seeking directions for a thorough investigation/inquiry into […]
NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said the National Recruitment Agency (NRA), approved by the Union Cabinet, will provide equal opportunities to all sections of the society and will ensure transparency in the appointment process. In a series of tweets, Shah also said it was a landmark day for India’s youth and […]
NEW DELHI: With 64,531 people testing positive in a day, India’s Covid-19 tally climbed to 27,67,273 on Wednesday, while the recoveries crossed the 20-lakh mark pushing the recovery rate to 73.64 per cent, according to the Union health ministry data. The death toll climbed to 52,889 with 1,092 people succumbing to the disease in a […]
NEW DELHI: The health condition of former President Pranab Mukherjee has declined as he has developed a lung infection, the Army’s Research and Referral Hospital said on Wednesday. The 84-year-old former president, who was admitted to the hospital in Delhi Cantonment on August 10, continues to be on ventilatory support, doctors attending to him said. […]
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday alleged that around two crore people lost their jobs in the last four months amid the coronavirus pandemic and asserted that the “truth about unemployment” cannot be hidden from the country. Citing a media report, he said in a tweet in Hindi, “In the last 4 months, […]