India registered a record jump of 8,909 novel coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking the tally to 2,07,615 on Wednesday, while the toll rose to 5,815 with 217 more deaths, the Health Ministry said. The number of active cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) mounted 1,01,497 and 1,00,302 people have recovered, while one has […]
At the 2019 informal summit between India and China at Mamallapuram, on the periphery of Chennai, Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping decided to celebrate the 70th anniversary of bilateral relations in 2020 by deepening exchanges at all levels — between the legislatures, political parties, cultural and youth organisations, even the militaries of […]
Cyclone Nisarga, the tropical storm expected to make landfall on Wednesday, is currently 165km south-southwest of Alibaug, 215km south-southwest of Mumbai and 440km south-southwest of Surat in Gujarat. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said in its 7am bulletin that it is expected to make landfall very close to Alibaug, a resort town in Maharashtra’s Raigad district, between 12pm […]
In a departure from precedent, New Delhi Tuesday said US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussed the “situation on the India-China border”. The Ministry of External Affairs, in a statement, said the border situation figured in the phone conversation between the two leaders when Trump called up Modi, two days after he said he would […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday spoke with US President Donald Trump over the telephone and discussed COVID-19 pandemic, Indo-China border issues and the protests in America over a black man’s death in police custody among other topics. Trump extended an invitation to PM Modi to attend the next G-7 Summit to be held in […]
A “sizeable number” of Chinese troops have moved into eastern Ladakh and India too has taken all necessary steps to deal with the situation, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Tuesday, referring to the nearly month-long high-altitude standoff between the two armies. Singh said a meeting between senior Indian and Chinese military leaders has been scheduled for June […]
Researchers have used an optical mapping system to demonstrate how the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, which has been promoted as a potential treatment for COVID-19, creates serious disturbances in the electrical signals that govern heartbeat. According to the scientists, including those from Georgia Institute of Technology in the US, the findings shed light on how the […]
The government on Monday approved provisioning of Rs 20,000 crore as subordinate debt to provide equity support to stressed MSMEs and proposed equity infusion of Rs 50,000 crore for units through a Fund of Funds as part of the roadmap to implement the package announced for the sector. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) […]
With its biggest single-day spike in Covid-19 infections, India became the world’s seventh worst affected country, having over 1,90,500 cases and 5,394 fatalities. India’s caseload rose by 8,392 infections along with 230 deaths in the last 24 hours. The country Monday entered its “unlockdown 1” phased opening allowing most activities across the country and limiting the lockdown […]
The Chinese troops have captured more than 60 square kilometres of Indian-patrolled territory in the last month – equally divided between the northern bank of the Pangong Lake and the Galwan River sectors, Business Standard quoting government sources has reported. The report claims Chinese troops now block access to several Indian “Patrolling Points” (PPs) along the LAC, […]