A privately-operated bus with 34 passengers on board was hijacked by recovery agents of a finance company in Uttar Pradesh’s Agra on Wednesday morning, officials said. The incident took place in the Malpura police station area when the bus was en route to Panna in Madhya Pradesh from Gurgaon in Haryana, according to police. Additional […]
New Delhi,: With 64,531 people testing positive in a day, India’s COVID-19 tally climbed to 27,67,273 on Wednesday, while the recoveries crossed the 20-lakh mark pushing the recovery rate to 73.64 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The death toll climbed to52,889 with 1,092 people succumbing to the disease in a span […]
Mild cases of Covid-19 can trigger the immune system’s memory T cells even in the absence of detectable virus-specific antibodies, according to a study which says the response may play a significant role in preventing reinfection with the novel coronavirus. According to the research, published in the journal Cell, there is limited evidence of reinfection […]
Israel has not softened its opposition to any United States arms sales to the United Arab Emirates that could diminish its military superiority as part of the US-brokered normalisation of their ties, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Tuesday. The statement followed a report in Israel’s Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper that the Trump administration planned a “giant” […]
New Delhi- Union Home Minister Amit Shah has been admitted to AIIMS here for post COVID care after complaining of fatigue and body ache, hospital authorities said on Tuesday. According to a statement issued by AIIMS, he is comfortable and is continuing his work from hospital. “Home Minister Amit Shah has been complaining of fatigue and […]
The Union government will roll out the proposed four-year multidisciplinary undergraduate and one-year master’s degree programme in 20 Institutes of Eminence (I0Es), some of the central universities and other higher education institutions from the next academic session starting 2021. It will also launch a common entrance test, as proposed under the National Education Policy (NEP) […]
The Indian embassy in Moscow is in touch with the Russian medical research institute that has developed the world’s first Covid-19 vaccine to be cleared for use by the public, top government sources told The Indian Express. Russian regulators last week greenlighted the Sputnik V vaccine developed by the Moscow-based Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, and […]
India and Nepal on Monday agreed to speed up work on bilateral projects, including infrastructure schemes and cross-border rail links, as senior officials of the two sides held a meeting for the first time since a border row strained ties. The meeting of the India-Nepal oversight mechanism was held in Kathmandu via video conference two […]
UPSC annual calendar 2021: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)on Monday released the exam schedule for the year 2021 on its official website.Every year, UPSC releases annual calendar mentioning important dates related to various exams. Candidates can check the UPSC exam schedule online at upsc.gov.in. One of the most important exams of UPSC, the civil services […]
A petition was filed before the Supreme Court on Monday seeking initiation of criminal contempt of court proceedings against Bollywood actor Swara Bhasker for her statements criticising the top court and its judgment in the Ayodhya dispute. The plea, filed by Usha Shetty from Karnataka, was placed before the Attorney General of India, KK Venugopal, […]