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, […]
New Delhi: The implementation of a March 2018 Supreme Court verdict, highlighting the plight of construction workers, could have helped mitigate the migrant crisis that unfolded during the Covid-19 pandemic. Issued by a bench of Justices M.B. Lokur and Deepak Gupta, both now retired, the order called for the central government to implement two 20-year-old laws that seek to […]
Two officials of Pakistan High Commission in Delhi were apprehended for indulging in espionage, officials said onm Sunday. “India declares two Pakistan High Commission officials persona non grata for indulging in espionage activities,” they said. The Indian government has ordered the two Pakistan High Commission officials to leave country within 24 hours, and issued demarche […]
New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the country’s apex medical research body, is reviewing the benefits of drugs ivermectin and doxycycline as potential therapy for Covid-19. The combination of these two drugs has been hailed by doctors in Bangladesh for yielding “astounding results”. “We are closely studying the drug ivermectin and its possible […]
In a span of two weeks, the Indian coast is bracing for yet another cyclone, this time along the west. India Meteorological Department (IMD) has turned on its cyclone-watch over a low pressure system that formed on Sunday. It presently lies over the Southeast and east-central Arabian Sea, just off north-Kerala and Karnataka coast as […]
New Delhi: The move to update Nepal’s new map — which includes a stretch of land high in the mountains that India claims as its own — has gathered momentum, with the ruling Left alliance moving a constitution amendment bill today. The opposition Nepali Congress has said it would vote in favour of the amendment, […]