NEW DELHI: With 11,271 people testing positive for new Covid-19 on Saturday, India’s total tally of its cases rose to 3,44,37,307, while the active cases came down to 1,35,918, the lowest in 522 days (17 months), according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The death toll increased to 4,63,530 with 285 fatalities […]
NEW DELHI: Army Chief General MM Naravane on Sunday left for Israel on a five-day visit to further strengthen India’s defence and security cooperation with the Jewish state. The visit by the Army chief comes weeks after external affairs minister S Jaishankar and defence secretary Ajay Kumar travelled to Israel to explore ways to boost […]
NEW DELHI: Researchers from India and Japan are working on smartphone-based mapping of road health in both countries to reduce the accidents caused due to damaged roads. The joint project by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee and the University of Tokyo is aimed at developing an affordable and deployable solution for automating the […]
IMPHAL: Colonel Viplav Tripati, the Commanding Officer of Khuga Battalion of Assam Rifles, his wife and son, besides four personnel of the paramilitary force were killed in an ambush in Manipur on Saturday morning, in fresh eruption of militant violence in the border state, officials said. Tripathi’s convoy was targeted at Sehkan village in Churachandpur […]
NEW DELHI: Strongly condemning the attack on an Assam Rifles convoy in Manipur that claimed seven lives, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that their sacrifice will never be forgotten. Five soldiers including the Commanding Officer of 46 Assam Rifles, and his two family members were killed in the attack on their convoy at […]
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday hit out at the Modi government over the terror attack on a convoy of Assam Rifles in Manipur, alleging the incident “once again proves” that it is incapable of protecting the nation. He also sent his condolence to the families of those who lost their lives in […]
NEW DELHI: A total of 11,850 fresh COVID-19 cases were reported in a span of 24 hours, taking the country’s infection tally to 3,44,26,036, while the active cases declined to 1,36,308, the lowest in 274 days, according to the health ministry data updated on Saturday. The coronavirus death toll climbed to 4,63,245, with 555 daily […]
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India N V Ramana on Saturday said he is not a sophisticated speaker and learnt English in Class 8. The comment was in response to Solicitor General Tushar Mehta’s clarification that he was not even remotely suggesting that only farmers are responsible for air pollution in the Delhi-NCR region. “Unfortunately […]
NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday announced various emergency measures, including the closure of schools for a week, ban on construction activities and work from home for government employees, to deal with the pollution crisis faced by the city. The Chief Minister, after an emergency meeting, told reporters that his government will […]
New Delhi: Supreme Court judge Justice Surya Kant on Saturday said he is a farmer and Chief Justice NV Ramana hails from a farmer family and they know that poor and marginalised farmers in northern states cannot afford to buy machinery for stubble management. “You are saying two lakh machines are available, but the poor […]