New Delhi, Aug 18 Satya Pal Malik was on Tuesday transferred as Governor of Meghalaya, replacing Tathagata Roy who completed his five-year tenure on the gubernatorial post. A Rashtrapati Bhavan communique said Malik, Governor of Goa, is transferred and appointed as Governor of Meghalaya. Governor of Maharashtra Bhagat Singh Koshyari has been asked to discharge […]
Manila, Aug 18 (AP) A powerful earthquake struck a central Philippine region on Tuesday, trapping a family in a collapsed house, damaging other houses, low-slung buildings and a seaport and prompting people to dash outdoors for safety. Roads and bridges were cracked in Cataingan, the coastal town nearest the epicenter, according to Rino Revalo, a Masbate […]
New Delhi, Aug 18 A spike of 55,079 cases took India’s COVID-19 tally past 27 lakh on Tuesday just a day after it crossed the 26-lakh mark, while 19.77 lakh people have so far recuperated from the disease pushing the recovery rate to 73.18 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The COVID-19 […]
Jammu: A shutdown was observed in Chenab valley on Monday and protest was staged in Banihal against a blasphemous video posted by some people in Jammu. People in Banihal town along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Ramban district staged a demonstration, forcing brief suspension of the traffic on the highway, the officials said. Normal life […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea seeking postponement of JEE (Main) April 2020 and NEET-Undergraduate examinations, which are scheduled to be conducted in September, amid spurt in number of COVID-19 cases, saying precious year of students “cannot be wasted” and life has to go on. A three-judge bench headed by Justice […]
Mumbai: The rupee gained 8 paise to 74.82 against the US dollar in opening trade on Monday tracking positive domestic equities and weak American currency. At the interbank forex market, the domestic unit opened at 74.86 against the US dollar, gained further ground and touched 74.82 against the US dollar, registering a gain of 8 […]
Mumbai: Mrket benchmarks Sensex and Nifty broke their three-session losing streak on Monday as gains in power, auto and FMCG stocks offset weakness in banking counters. After opening 185 points higher, the BSE Sensex was gripped by early volatility and swung about 386 points during the session. The 30-share index finally settled 173.44 points or […]
NEW DELHI: The number of people who have recuperated from Covid-19 in India went past 19 lakh on Monday with a record 57,584 patients recovering within a span of 24 hours, pushing the recovery rate to over 72 per cent, according to the Union health ministry data. India’s Covid-19 recoveries have reached closer to 2 […]
NEW DELHI: India’s Covid-19 tally rose to 26,47,663 on Monday with a single-day spike of 57,981 infections, while the death toll crossed the 50,000 mark with 941 fresh fatalities, according to the Union health ministry data. The recoveries surged to 19,19,842, pushing the recovery rate to 72.51 per cent, the data updated at 8 am […]
NEW DELHI: Facebook’s “inaction” against hate content “destabilises” democracy in India, the Congress alleged on Monday, sharpening its criticism of the global social media giant after a US media report claimed that it refused to apply hate speech rules to certain BJP politicians. In its reaction to the swirling controversy fuelled by the report in […]