New Delhi : While hybrid immunity is behind India’s low COVID-19 numbers, a large section of China’s population may not have this protection provided by a combination of vaccination and prior infection, leading to spurt in cases there, experts say. The experts also questioned the efficacy of the vaccines available to the people in China. […]
Patna: RJD president Lalu Prasad’s daughter Rohini Acharya, who donated a kidney to her father, has earned the praise of Union minister Giriraj Singh, one of the most strident opponents of the former Bihar chief minister. Singh, who represents the Begusarai Lok Sabha seat of the state, expressed his sentiments on Twitter, sharing a picture […]
New Delhi: Union Minister of Ayush Sarbananda Sonowal Tuesday announced that three National Ayush Institutes – All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), Goa, National Institute of Unani Medicine (NIUM), Ghaziabad and National Institute of Homoeopathy (NIH), Delhi will be dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on 11th December 2022. These satellite […]
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his visiting German counterpart Annalena Baerbock on Monday held wide-ranging talks focusing on ways to ramp up bilateral cooperation, especially in areas of energy, trade and climate change. Baerbock arrived here this morning on a two-day visit, four days after India formally took over the presidency of […]
New Delhi: The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that it has filed a fresh plea seeking reference to a larger bench a matter involving a Constitutional issue related to the control of services in the national capital. The Delhi government, represented by senior advocate A M Singhvi, opposed the Centre’s plea before a […]
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday sought the response of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to a PIL seeking implementation of a Uniform Banking Code for foreign exchange transactions to check black money generation and benami transactions. A bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad issued notice to […]
Jhalawar (Rajasthan): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi began the Rajasthan leg of his Bharat Jodo Yatra from Jhalawar district on Monday morning, with Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his former deputy Sachin Pilot in attendance. The 89th day of the yatra started from Kali Talai in Jhalrapatan, a rural area on the Rajasthan-Madhya Pradesh border. Gandhi […]
NEW DELHI: The Centre’s air quality panel on Sunday directed authorities in the Delhi-NCR to ban non-essential construction work in the region under stage III of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP). Demolition work will also be banned under stage III. The move was prompted by the Delhi’s receding air quality as the 24-hour average […]
Thiruvananthapuram: The factional feud within the Congress in Kerala erupted again as Shashi Tharoor has begun the next leg of his tour in central Kerala, attending a series of events and meeting the Catholic Bishops. Troubles resurface in Kerala Congress as Tharoor kicks off second round of tour© Provided by The Statesman Troubles resurface in […]
NEW DEHLI: A major tragedy was averted on Saturday after coaches of a New Delhi bound train reportedly detached from the train’s engine mid journey. The incident reportedly took place in between Karwandia and Sasaram railway stations on the Deen Dayal Upadhyay-Gaya division of East Central Railway or ECR, reports Hindustan Times quoting railway officials. […]