NEW DELHI — India on Wednesday recorded 132,788 lakh new coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases in the past 24 hours, a marked increase from Tuesday’s single-day spike, showed data shared by the Union health ministry at 8am on Wednesday. With this, the country’s cumulative infection tally has crossed 28.3 million, mounting to 28,307,832. As many as […]
NEW DELHI — The Indian Union of Muslim League (IUML) on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court to stay an order issued by the Home Ministry on May 28, empowering the collectors of certain districts to grant the Indian citizenship to to the non-Muslim migrants from the neighbouring countries despite the pendency of its 2019 writ […]
NEW DELHI — The Congress on Tuesday expressed deep concern over India’s stand on the recent conflict between Israel and Palestinians in Gaza and said the widespread impression is that India has “moved away from its traditional policy” in the region. In a statement, the opposition party said India’s foreign policy has historically been bipartisan […]
SRINAGAR — Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday while chairing a meeting with officials said that in view of the uncertain conditions due to COVID and the feedback obtained from various stakeholders, it was decided that Class XII Board Exams would not be held this year. It was also decided that CBSE will take steps […]
NEW DELHI — India on Tuesday recorded less than 3,000 new Covid-19 deaths in the last 24 hours, the lowest single-day rise in 34 days. The daily case count also continued the downward trend to 1.27 lakh new cases in a day. With 2,795 Covid-19 deaths in the last 24 hours, India’s death toll now […]
GENEVA — The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday announced news labels, using Greek alphabets, for various variants of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), also giving names to the two variants that have been found in India thus far. “Labelled using Greek alphabets, WHO announces new labels for Covid variants of concern (VOC) and interest (VOI),” […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Monday rapped the Centre on the Covid-19 vaccine procurement policy and need for mandatory registration on the CoWIN app for people to get vaccinated without keeping in mind the real ‘digital India’ situation, observing that the policy makers must have an ear to the ground. A special bench […]
NEW DELHI — Actress-environmentalist Juhi Chawla Monday approached the Delhi High Court against the setting up of 5G wireless networks in the country, raising issues related to the radiation impact on citizens, animals, flora and fauna. Justice C Hari Shankar, before whom the matter came up for hearing, transferred the suit to another bench for […]
NEW DELHI – India recorded a single-day rise of 1,65,553 new COVID-19 cases, the lowest in 46 days, taking the country’s infection tally to 2,78,94,800, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The daily positivity declined to 8.02 per cent, remaining below the 10 per cent-mark for five consecutive days, while the weekly […]
NEW DELHI – India on Saturday recorded 1,73,790 fresh Covid-19 cases, taking the cumulative tally past 27.7 million, as the country recorded less than 200,000 cases for the third time in this month, according to the Union health ministry. The fresh infections of the viral contagion recorded on Saturday are the lowest India has seen […]