Month: November 2020

PIB’S DAILY BULLETIN ON COVID-19

Posted On: 27 NOV 2020 5:47PM by PIB Delhi (Contains Press releases concerning Covid-19, issued in last 24 hours, inputs from PIB Field Offices and Fact checks undertaken by PIB) #Unite2FightCorona #IndiaFightsCorona 70% of India’s Active Caseload from Maharashtra, Kerala, Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, West Bengal, and […]

Dr Harsh Vardhan digitally addresses the students of Indian Institute of Mass Communication

“Health Journalism was the nucleus of our war againstPolio” Dr. Harsh Vardhan seeks the help of budding journalists in eradicating TB by 2025 DELHI, NOVEMBER 27: Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfaretoday digitally addressed the students of Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) . […]

Sensex, Nifty start on tepid note amid weak global cues

Mumbai, Nov 27:  Equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty opened on a tepid note on Friday, tracking subdued cues from global markets. The 30-share BSE index was trading 25.74 points or 0.06 per cent higher at 44,285.48. Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty slipped 17.60 points or 0.14 per cent […]

COVID-19 caseload in India climbs to 93,09,787

New Delhi, Nov 27:  India’s COVID-19 tally of cases climbed to 93.09 lakh with 43,082 new cases in a day, while 87,18,517 people have recuperated so far pushing the national recovery rate to 93.64 per cent on Friday, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The total coronavirus […]

Delhi Police allows farmers to hold protest in city

New Delhi, Nov 27:  Farmers protesting against the Centre’s new farm laws were on Friday allowed to enter the national capital and hold peaceful agitation, the Delhi Police said. The move came amid clashes between farmers and police personnel at the Singhu border. Police said farmers have been […]

Biden seeks unity as Trump stokes fading embers of campaign

WILMINGTON, Del. — On a day of grace and grievance, President-elect Joe Biden summoned Americans to join in common purpose against the coronavirus pandemic and their political divisions while the man he will replace stoked the fading embers of his campaign to “turn the election over.” Biden, in […]

Thailand approves transfer of 3 Iranians as Australian freed

BANGKOK — Thai officials said Thursday they approved the transfer back to Tehran of three Iranians who were involved in a botched 2012 bomb plot, as Iran released a 33-year-old Australian academic who was imprisoned for more than two years on spying charges. Thai officials did not go […]

Trump pardons Flynn despite guilty plea in Russia probe

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump pardoned his former national security adviser Michael Flynn on Wednesday, ending a yearslong prosecution in the Russia investigation that saw Flynn twice plead guilty to lying to the FBI and then reverse himself before the Justice Department stepped in to dismiss his case. […]

New Delhi’s poisonous air a perennial crisis of its own making

NEW DELHI – Thousands of families who live near a smouldering waste landfill in a northern corner of India’s capital have boarded up their doors and windows because they say the air outside is so toxic that they would be coughing all day. New Delhi has the worst […]

All Fixed to Mobile calls to be dialed with prefix ‘0’ from 15th January, 2021

This is to free up sufficient numbering resources for future use DELHI, NOVEMBER 26: With the consideration of TRAI Recommendation on “Ensuring Adequate Numbering Resources for Fixed Line and Mobile Services” Department of Telecommunications has taken the decision of implementing the following: All Fixed to Mobile calls will […]

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