NEW DELHI: With 12,514 people testing positive for coronavirus in a day, India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 3,42,85,814, while the active cases declined to 1,58,817, the lowest in 248 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll climbed to 4,58,437 with 251 fresh fatalities, according to […]
NEW DELHI: Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Monday said 78 per cent of India’s eligible population has been administered the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine while 38 per cent have received both the shots. Describing it as an extraordinary feat, he said India is rapidly progressing on the path to defeating the virus. According […]
GHAZIABAD: Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Monday said the Centre has time till November 26 to repeal the contentious farm laws, after which farmer protests around Delhi would be intensified. November 26 would mark one year of the ongoing farmers’ protests at Delhi’s border points of Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur. The protests […]
NEW DELHI: Facebook whistleblowers may be called to India later this month to depose before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information and Technology, with the required permission being sought from the Lok Sabha speaker, senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, who is the chairman of the panel, said on Monday. Frances Haugen, a former Facebook data […]
New Delhi: With 12,830 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 3,42,73,300, while the active cases declined to 1,59,272, the lowest in 247 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The death toll climbed to 4,58,186 with 446 fresh fatalities, according […]
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a review meeting on November 3 with district magistrates of over 40 districts having low COVID-19 vaccination coverage, the PMO said on Sunday. The meeting, which will be held via video conferencing, will include districts with less than 50 per cent coverage of the first dose and […]
KEVADIA: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel gave a message to the world that nobody can destroy the unity and integrity of India, Union minister Amit Shah said on Sunday, on the occasion of Patel’s birth anniversary. Kevadia, where a 182 metre-tall statue of Sardar Patel is located, is not just any place today, it has become a […]
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Sunday paid tributes to India’s first home minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his birth anniversary, with former party chief Rahul Gandhi saying that at a time when all the pillars of democracy are being “weakened”, it is important to remember his contribution. Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also paid […]
As the country gets ready to celebrate Diwali, only 2 per cent of Indians think that masking compliance around them is effective, while only 3 per cent feel that people in their localities and districts are following social distancing norms, according to a survey. The survey conducted by LocalCircles, a digital community-based platform, received more […]
New Delhi: Criminal law should not be set into motion without adequate investigation of facts on mere suspicion, the Supreme Court has said while quashing a criminal case against the director of a company. A bench of Justices RS Reddy and Sanjiv Khanna said vicarious liability is attracted when the offence is committed with the […]