The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Saturday issued a notification permitting taxis and cab aggregators to ply in orange zones, with one driver and two passengers. It also said inter-district movement of individuals and vehicles, only for permitted activities, and with maximum two passengers besides the driver in four wheeler vehicles, would be allowed. These […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday held meetings with key ministers, including Home Minister Amit Shah and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, and officials of economic ministries to decide upon a second stimulus package for sectors adversely affected by the nationwide lockdown to curb spread of coronavirus, PTI reported. The prime minister would also have follow up meetings with […]
The Special Cell of Delhi Police has registered a case of sedition against Chairman of Delhi Minority Commission Zafarul Islam Khan for a controversial social media post, an officer said on Saturday. The FIR was registered against Khan on April 30 under section 124 A (sedition) and 153 A (promoting enmity between different groups on […]
A reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test is the only way to identify an infected COVID-19 person. Since it takes 24 to 36 hours to achieve results, the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) recently introduced Chinese-made rapid tests kits which can produce results in 10 to 15 minutes. However, this exercise didn’t prove successful […]
Asserting that incidents and comments against Muslims were bound to attract negative reactions abroad, senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday said it is more important to change the domestic reality than do damage control, while referring to India’s criticism in the Arab states over alleged “Islamophobia”. What matters is not what the government says but how […]
The number of reported coronavirus cases in India rose 12 percent over the past two days to 33,610, data from the ministry of health and family welfare (MoHFW) published last evening showed. This is a slightly faster rate of increase compared to the previous 48 hours, when the reported case count rose 11 percent to […]
Pune-based Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DIAT) has developed a microwave steriliser ‘Atulya’ that can disintegrate the novel coronavirus, the Defence Ministry said on Thursday. “The virus gets disintegrated by differential heating (of Atulya) in the range of 56 degrees to 60 degrees Celsius,” the ministry said in a release. The DIAT is a deemed […]
A day after the Ministry of Home Affairs issued guidelines on inter-state movement of migrant workers, several state governments have renewed their demand for special non-stop trains to transport those who are keen to leave for their respective states. Till now, four states including Bihar, Rajasthan, Telangana and Kerala have demanded special non-stop trains to […]
In an interaction on Thursday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan discussed the many aspects of the coronavirus crisis that plagues the world and has gripped the country. Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi said people’s minds are full of questions around the ongoing coronavirus crisis and what is going to happen with the economy. […]
The number of Covid-19 cases increased by 1,718 in the last 24 hours, pushing the overall tally up to 33,050, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The number of deaths went up to 1,074 after 66 more people died of the disease in the last 24 hours, the health ministry’s dashboard showed at 8 […]