New Delhi, July 3 India’s COVID-19 cases soared by over 20,000 in a day for the first time taking the country’s total tally to 6,25,544 on Friday, while the death toll climbed to 18,213 with 379 new fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The country recorded 20,903 coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday reached Ladakh to assess the situation on the China border where a standoff position is continuing for the past nearly two months, in a surprise move to send a message of solidarity with the soldiers and people in Ladakh. It is the Prime Minister’s first visit to Ladakh since […]
Bollywood choreographer Saroj Khan passed away in Mumbai on Friday following a cardiac arrest. She was 71. Saroj’s daughter Sukaina Khan confirmed the news to indianexpress.com. Saroj Khan was born as Nirmala Nagpal. She joined the Indian film industry as a child artiste, playing the younger Shyama in Nazarana. She eventually became a background dancer in […]
a well-established fact that respiratory droplets are responsible for the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 pathogen which causes Covid-19. These droplets eject when people cough, sneeze or talk. The mathematical model designed by the researchers focusses on the aerodynamics of the droplets to understand how it infects a healthy person. They compared the droplet cloud ejected by […]
Eight Uttar Pradesh cops, including a deputy superintendent and three sub-inspectors, were killed after a group of assailants opened fire on a police team which was trying to arrest a criminal in Kanpur late on Thursday night, police said on Friday. Four policemen, who suffered bullet injuries, are undergoing treatment at a hospital in the […]
Amid the ongoing border tensions with China, the Ministry of Defence Thursday approved procurement of a number of frontline fighter jets, missile systems and other platforms at a cost of Rs 38,900 crore, to bolster the combat capability of the Armed Forces. According to news agency PTI, government officials said 21 MiG-29 fighter jets are being bought […]
New Delhi: Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ said on Thursday that a panel will review the situation for conducting medical and engineering entrance exams NEET and JEE amid concerns over spike in COVID-19 cases. Parents and students have raised concerns about conducting the exams in July. “Looking at the prevailing circumstances and requests received […]
IndiGo said on Thursday it will give a 25 percent discount on the airfare to doctors and nurses till the end of 2020 as they are at the forefront of the battle against the coronavirus pandemic. “The nurses and doctors will be required to provide valid hospital IDs at the time of check-in as a […]
The police have charged 12 with the brutal murder of 20-year-old waiter Dilbar Negi on February 26 in the Delhi riots. Negi’s body was found mutilated and charred in Anil Sweets in Shiv Vihar, the shop where he worked. Besides murder, the accused have also been charged with criminal conspiracy, rioting, and promoting enmity between […]
Pangong Tso (lake), the flashpoint between India and China in eastern Ladakh, has reached this pass due to cumulative failure of not comprehending its strategic importance and communication gaps. Today the situation is far worse than the days when things would defuse with Indian and Chinese troops conducting aggressive drills and then backing off. The […]