Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to attend the 22nd Summit of the Council of Heads of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Member States (SCO-CoHS) on Thursday. In Samarkand, PM will also hold bilateral meeetings with the President of Uzbekistan & some other leaders attending the Summit. Taking to a microblogging site, Arindam Bagchi, Spokesperson of […]
Several parts of Mumbai witnessed waterlogging after the city received heavy rainfall on Tuesday. The heavy rains threw life out of gear in Mumbai’s Sion area. Meanwhile, the India Meteorological Department has issued a ‘yellow’ alert for Mumbai, and its adjoining Pune, Thane, Palghar and Raigad for Wednesday and Thursday. Meanwhile, Raigad, Ratnagiri and Satara […]
The parliamentary standing committee on health and family welfare has recommended that cancer be classified as a notifiable disease. The 139th report on “Cancer Care Plan and Management: Prevention, Diagnosis, Research & Affordability of Cancer Treatment” was submitted to the Rajya Sabha Chairman on Monday. “The Committee notes that Cancer is still not classified as […]
A strong Congress is an important pillar of Opposition unity and its allies should understand that the party will not allow itself to be weakened, senior leader Jairam Ramesh said on Monday. Addressing a press conference at the AICC headquarters here, he said the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ has infused new energy in party organisation and […]
Congress leaders, who were airing concerns over the forthcoming party elections, have formally written to Central Election Authority Chairman Madhusudan Mistry seeking transparency in the polls and making public the electoral rolls, sources said. Anandpur Sahib MP Manish Tewari, Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor, and three others, including two MPs from Assam, have written the letter, […]
India banned the export of broken rice with immediate effect. The export policy has been revised from “free” to “prohibited”. Some exports will, though, be allowed till September 15, including for where loading of broken rice on the ship has commenced before this ban order, where the shipping bill is filed and vessels have already […]
From 9 September, Friday, the Delhi Metro will provide bus service for those visiting India Gate/Central Vista. 6 buses will be operated on the route which will be available for visitors from 5 PM & the last pick-up will be at 9 PM. The electric buses deployed will pick up visitors from Bhairon Road & will drop them […]
India reported 5379 fresh Covid cases in the last 24 hours, stated the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Wednesday. With this, India’s active caseload now stands at 50,594 with active cases now constituting 0.11% of the country’s total positive cases. As per the data shared by the ministry, India’s recovery rate stands […]
The Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) has submitted its initial probe report on the Levana Suites hotel fire, recommending action against 22 engineers and zonal officers for allegedly conniving with the builder and turning a blind eye to illegal construction activity. The building now faces demolition since it was illegally constructed. The fire on Monday left […]
India reported 5910 fresh Covid cases in the last 24 hours, stated the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Monday. With this, India’s active caseload now stands at 53,974 with active cases now constituting 0.12% of the country’s total positive cases. As per the data shared by the ministry, India’s recovery rate stands […]