New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 caseload raced past 62 lakh on Wednesday with 80,472 infections being reported in a day, while the number of recoveries surged to 51,87,825 pushing the recovery rate to 83.33 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The total number of coronavirus cases mounted to 62,25,763, while the death […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday refused to postpone UPSC civil services preliminary exam, to be held on October 4, because of COVID-19 pandemic and floods in several parts of the country. A bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar, B R Gavai and Krishna Murari asked the Centre to consider granting one more chance to those […]
Nearly 30 years after the Babri Masjid was demolishd, a special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Lucknow pronounced its judgement on the case on Wednesday. The CBI court in its judgement has acquitted all the 32 accused and has cited lack of evidence. The court in its judgement said that the demolition was not a result […]
Pushing its old claim line in Ladakh and hardening its position on the situation there, Beijing Tuesday said it does not recognise the Union Territory of Ladakh and is opposed to the construction of Indian infrastructure there. New Delhi reacted sharply, saying it has “never accepted the so-called unilaterally defined 1959 Line of Actual Control”, and […]
Second sero survey conducted by the ICMR showed that a considerable population is still vulnerable and susceptible to coronavirus infection, the Union Health Minister said on Tuesday. According to the report, one in 15 individuals aged more than 10 years were estimated to be exposed to Covid-19 by August 2020, said ICMR DG Balram Bhargava. Meanwhile, daily coronavirus […]
Referring to the prolonged border row with China in eastern Ladakh, Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria Tuesday said that the present security scenario along our northern frontiers is at an uneasy “no war no peace” status. “The present security scenario along our northern frontiers is at an uneasy no war no […]
Amnesty International Tuesday halted its India operations and let go of its staff members, alleging “witch-hunt” by the Centre. In a statement, the human rights organisation claimed its bank accounts have been completely frozen, bringing its ongoing work to a grinding halt. “The continuing crackdown on Amnesty International India over the last two years and […]
The 500 km-range Brahmos cruise missile, 800 km-range Nirbhay cruise missiles along with Akash surface-to-air missile (SAM) with a capability to target aerial threats 40 km away are at the core of India’s stand-off weapon deterrence to People’s Liberation Army (PLA) missile deployment in Xinjiang and Tibet regions. While the PLA’s western theatre command has deployed stand-off […]
Newly-appointed BJP national secretary Anupam Hazra has said that he would hug Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee if he is infected with the coronavirus to make her feel the pain of the families of COVID-19 patients. A police complaint was filed by the Trinamool Congress in Siliguri for the comments Hazra made at a party programme […]
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday said that his government will approach the Supreme Court over the issue of new farm laws. He also slammed the BJP-led central government, accusing it of snatching away the rights of states. Amarinder Singh, Rawat and others held a sit-in protest against the new farms laws. Addressing the […]