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PM stresses on vaccination, localised measures to contain Covid without affecting livelihood

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday interacted with chief ministers over the COVID-19 situation in the country and stressed on local containment...

India reports 2.47 lakh fresh Covid cases in last 24 hours

New Delhi: India logged 2,47,417 new coronavirus infections, the highest in 236 days, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,63,17,927 which includes...

Arbitration can be set aside only if award is against public policy of India: SC

NEW DELHI: An arbitration award can be set aside only if the award is against the public policy of India, the Supreme Court has...

High temperature, drying can reduce infectivity of viruses, including coronavirus: Experts

NEW DELHI: High temperature and drying can eliminate viruses, including the coronavirus, as their life is short in adverse atmospheres and survives longer if...

India’s forest, tree cover rose by 2,261 sq km in last 2 years: ISFR report

NEW DELHI: India's forest and tree cover has risen by 2,261 square kilometers in the last two years with Andhra Pradesh growing the maximum...

With 1,94,720 new infections, active COVID-19 cases in India highest in 211 days

NEW DELHI: India added 1,94,720 new coronavirus infections, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,60,70,510, which includes 4,868 cases of the Omicron...

Gadkari tests positive for COVID-19, under home quarantine currently

NEW DELHI: Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has tested positive for COVID-19 and is in home quarantine. In a tweet, he said he...

COVID vaccination pace in children shows youth’s sense of responsibility, says PM Modi

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday, lauded the "sense of responsibility" of the country's youth and said it manifested in the pace...

1,700 Delhi police personnel tested COVID-19 positive from January 1 to January 12: Data

NEW DELHI: A whopping 1,700 Delhi Police personnel have tested positive for the novel coronavirus infection since January 1, officials said on Wednesday, adding...

India reports 1.68 lakh new Covid infections, active cases highest in 208 days

NEW DELHI: India logged 1,68,063 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,58,75,790 which includes 4,461 cases of the Omicron...

Omicron’s explosive spread potential makes threat level very high globally: INSACOG

NEW DELHI: Omicron's explosive spread potential makes the threat level very high globally, especially in regions with low population immunity, INSACOG has said and...

PM Modi to virtually inaugurate 25th National Youth Festival

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually inaugurate the two-day 25th National Youth Festival to be hosted by Puducherry on Wednesday. The festival will...

Talks on with like-minded parties to fight BJP in Goa: Sharad Pawar

Mumbai: Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday said talks are on with “like-minded parties” to jointly oust BJP from power in Goa...

COVID-19: India records 1,79,723 new cases, 146 deaths

NEW DELHI: India saw a single-day rise of 1,79,723 coronavirus infections taking the total tally to 3,57,07,727, including 4,033 cases of the Omicron variant...

PM security breach: SC stays ongoing inquiries, proposes to set up panel headed by ex-SC judge

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the ongoing inquiries by two separate panels of the Centre and the Punjab government into the...

Elections right time to defeat hatred: Rahul Gandhi

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday said the upcoming assembly elections are a right time to defeat hatred. Assembly elections in five states...

User-friendly durable Braille maps for Visually challenged students

New Delhi: Visually challenged students from all over the country will have the access soon to Braille Maps designed and developed using Digital Embossing...

PM Modi to inaugurate National Youth Festival on Wednesday

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 25th National Youth Festival in Puducherry on January 12, the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda...

Surge in COVID-19 cases prompt Centre, state governments to postpone events, opt virtual mode

NEW DELHI: Amid a sharp spike in COVID-19 cases fuelled by Omicron variant, several government programmes have either been postponed or moved to virtual...

SC lawyers claim receiving threatening calls to stop probe in PM’s security lapses in Punjab

NEW DELHI: Several Supreme Court lawyers on Monday wrote to the apex court alleging that they have received calls threatening judges over the case...

Breach in PM’s security: SC to take up matter Today

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a plea on the recent breach in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's security in...

1,59,632 new COVID cases in India, highest in 224 days

NEW DELHI: India logged 552 new cases of Omicron, taking the total tally of such infections to 3,623 across 27 states and UTs so...

4 judges, 5 per cent of Supreme Court staff test positive for Covid

New Delhi: Four Supreme Court judges and almost five per cent of its staff have tested positive for Covid-19, official sources said on Sunday,...

41 per cent people support ban on political rallies during assembly polls: Survey

New Delhi: A day after the Election Commission of India announced poll schedule for five states, a survey claimed that 41 per cent of...

Pregnant women, divyang employees exempted from attending office: Union Minister Jitendra Singh

New Delhi: Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Sunday said that pregnant women and ‘divyang’ (differently-abled) employees of central government departments have been exempted from...

‘Your silence emboldens voices of hate’: IIMs students, faculty write to PM Modi

Letter with over 180 signatories flags hate speech and attacks on minorities New Delhi: A group of students and faculty members from Indian Institutes of...

‘Tek Fog’ app one of several ‘factories’ of hate BJP has set up, says Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday accused the BJP of having set up several “factories” of hate and said the ‘Tek Fog’...

India reports 1,41,986 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours, daily tally up by 21 per cent

NEW DELHI: India saw a single-day rise of 1,41,986 new coronavirus cases, raising the tally to 3,53,68,372, which included 3,071 cases of Omicron variant...

MHA restores foreign funding licence of Missionaries of Charity

NEW DELHI: The Union Home Ministry has restored the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) registration of the Missionaries of Charity, days after revoking it...

Congress ready to take support of any party willing to defeat BJP: P Chidambaram

PANAJI: The Congress is ready to accept the support of any party that is keen to defeat the BJP in the upcoming Goa assembly...

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