Gold gains Rs 105; silver jumps by Rs 1,073

New Delhi: Gold rose by Rs 105 to Rs 44,509 per 10 gram in the national capital on Thursday, according to HDFC Securities. In the previous trade, the precious metal had closed at Rs 44,404 per 10 gram. “Spot gold prices for 24 carats in Delhi were up by Rs 105 reflecting overnight rally in […]

Lakhs of poor remain in jail despite getting bail, changes in law needed: BJP MP

New Delhi:  BJP MP Sushil Kumar Singh said in Lok Sabha on Thursday that lakhs of poor people remain behind bars on bailable offences or even after getting bail from courts because they own no assets or have no one to ensure surety for them, and demanded changes in law to help them. Raising the […]

Rajya Sabha adjourned again amid uproar over Insurance bill

New Delhi: Rajya Sabha proceedings were adjourned briefly on Thursday amid Opposition uproar over the Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2021. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman moved a bill in the Upper House to consider for further amendment of the Insurance Act 1938. Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge said the insurance amendment bill 2021 will put people in […]

Vehicle scrapping policy will be ‘win-win’ policy; to help reduce pollution: Gadkari

New Delhi:  The vehicle scrapping policy will be a “win-win” policy that will eventually help in improving fuel efficiency and reduce pollution, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday. Making a statement regarding vehicle scrapping policy in the Lok Sabha, the Road Transport, Highways and MSMEs Minister said the policy will also lead to an […]

China offers its COVID-19 vaccines to diplomats, foreign journalists

China offers its COVID-19 vaccines to diplomats, foreign journalists

Beijing: China has opened its mass domestic COVID-19 inoculation drive for the first time to Beijing-based diplomats and foreign journalists by offering a vaccine developed by a Chinese pharmaceutical company. A notice issued to the foreign journalists here on Wednesday said they can get the Inactivated SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine, developed by Sinopharm’s China National Biotec Group. […]

SC to hear plea for release of detained Rohingya refugees on Mar 25

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday said it would hear on March 25 a fresh plea seeking immediate release of detained Rohingya refugees in Jammu and restrain the Centre from implementing any order deporting them to Mayanmar. A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde, which initially observed that there was no urgency, […]

ACB conducts raid in pollution control board office in Rajbagh

  Srinagar: Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday carried out a raid in Sheikh-Ul-Alam Complex in Rajbagh area of Srinagar. Sources told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the ACB conducted raid in Jammu and Kashmir Pollution Control Board office located at Sheikh-Ul-Alam Complex in Rajbagh Raids were going on when this report was being […]

Russia recalls its ambassador to the US for consultations

Moscow:  Russia is recalling its ambassador to the United States for consultations, the foreign ministry has said without citing a specific reason. The move on Wednesday to bring Anatoly Antonov to Moscow comes amid rising tensions with President Joe Biden’s administration, which has imposed sanctions over the poisoning of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is […]

Blinken urges China to convince North Korea to denuclearise

Seoul:  America’s top diplomat on Thursday pressed China to use its tremendous influence to convince North Korea to abandon its nuclear programme, calling it a source of instability and danger. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke at the end of security talks in Seoul, hours after North Korea said it will ignore a US offer […]

India adds 35,871 fresh COVID-19 cases, biggest single-day jump in 102 days

New Delhi:  India on Thursday recorded 35,871 new COVID-19 cases, the highest single-day rise in over 100 days, which took the infection tally to 1,14,74,605, according to Union health ministry data. Registering an increase for the eighth consecutive day, the active caseload reached 2,52,364, which accounts for 2.20 per cent of the total infections. The […]