New Delhi: Breaking all records, India registered its biggest-ever single day spike with 200,739 fresh cases. With this, India’s Covid tally has shot up to 14,074,564 cases, according to MoHFW. India is the 2nd worst-hit nation in terms of total Covid-19 cases. India also witnessed 1,037 fatalities due to covid-19 in a single day. The […]
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CBSE cancels Class 10 exams, postpones Class 12 papers
New Delhi: In the wake of the massive second Covid-19 wave across the country, the Ministry of Education has decided to postpone the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class 12 board exams and cancel Class 10 exams that were scheduled from next month. The decision was taken Wednesday after a high-level meeting with Prime […]
Amnesty International slams India in its HR report
LONDON: Amnesty International has released a report slamming India for its “punitive” lockdown in response to the Covid-19 outbreak, as well as its handling of the anti-CAA protests, farmers’ protests, Delhi riots and alleged clampdown on civil liberties in Kashmir, reports Naomi Canton. The report ,“The State of the World’s Human Rights 2020/2021”, examines the […]
Missing CRPF jawan alive, will not harm him: Maoists in Chhattisgarh ‘send message’
New Delhi: A personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) who has been missing since Saturday’s ambush in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur, has been taken hostage by the Maoists who carried out the attack, ThePrint has learnt. The constable hailing from Jammu and identified as Rakeshwar Singh Manhas is alive but with the Maoist cadres, sources in the […]
FIR against Rajasthan state textbook board over content against Islam
Jaipur: Rajasthan police filed an FIR against the Rajasthan State Textbook Board late on Wednesday night following uproar over a category XII political science textbook of the state authorities that quotes consultants claiming “Islamic terrorism as a strand of Islam”, stories Shoeb Khan. This and different feedback had been printed within the e book revealed […]
Priyanka Chaturvedi Says Move to ‘Regulate’ Online News Against Freedom of Expression
New Delhi: Priyanka Chaturvedi, Rajya Sabha MP and Shiv Sena leader, said the government of the day cannot discriminate amongst online news platforms depending on their loyalty to the ruling dispensation, as it goes against the principle of freedom of expression. In a letter dated March 12, she had written to the Rajya Sabha secretary […]
NEET 2021 dates to be finalised this week, exam will be held offline
New Delhi: Putting an end to speculation over the dates and mode of the National Entrance cum Eligibility Test (NEET) 2021, the National Testing Agency (NTA) has clarified that the dates will be finalised this week and the exam will take place offline. The NEET exam, for admission into medical colleges, was delayed twice last […]
Gujarat court acquits 122 Muslims arrested under draconian UAPA during Narendra Modi government 20 years ago
5 remaining innocent died during trial Ahmedabad: A court in Gujarat’s Surat district on Saturday acquitted 127 Muslims, who were arrested in 2001 under the draconian Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act by the Narendra Modi government. Five of them died during the trial that lasted for 20 years. These Muslims were accused of participating in a […]
Govt announces new guidelines to curb misuse of social media platforms
New Delhi: The government on Thursday announced new rules to curb misuse of social media platforms, as it mandated firms to appoint grievance officer, disclose the first originator of the mischievous information and remove, within 24 hours, content depicting nudity or morphed pictures of women. Concerns have been raised about rampant abuse of social media […]
136 people missing after glacier burst in Uttarakhand to be declared dead, say officials
Uttarakhand: 136 people missing since a glacier burst in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district earlier this month unleashed an avalanche and flash floods will be declared dead, officials have said. The glacier burst in the upper Himalayas that caused the avalanche and deluge in the Dhauliganga-Alakananda river system washed away a hydroelectric station and five bridges, besides […]