Month: April 2021

No need for full lock down on May 1, TN govt tells HC

Chennai, Apr 29:  The Tamil Nadu government on Thursday told the Madras High Court there was no need to clamp a lockdown in the state on Saturday, a day ahead of counting of votes polled in the April 6 assembly elections, saying May 1 is already a holiday […]

Ex-PM Manmohan Singh discharged from AIIMS

New Delhi, Apr 29: Former prime minister Manmohan Singh was on Thursday discharged from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences here, where he was admitted after testing positive for COVID-19. Sources close to the Congress leader said he was doing fine and returned home Thursday afternoon. Singh, 88, […]

Bulletin on Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19)

JK reports3023 new positive cases,142537 recovered so far JAMMU, April 28-The Government on Wednesday informed that 3023 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19),989 from Jammu division and 2034 from Kashmir division, have been reported today, thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and […]

US Navy fires warning shots in new tense encounter with Iran

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — An American warship fired warning shots when vessels of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard came too close to a patrol in the Persian Gulf, the U.S. Navy said Wednesday. It was the first such shooting in nearly four years. The Navy released black-and-white footage […]

Satellites show world’s glaciers melting faster than ever

Glaciers are melting faster, losing 31% more snow and ice per year than they did 15 years earlier, according to three-dimensional satellite measurements of all the world’s mountain glaciers. Scientists blame human-caused climate change. Using 20 years of recently declassified satellite data, scientists calculated that the world’s 220,000 […]

India’s Maharashtra state may extend lockdown until mid-May- minister

India’s western state of Maharashtra, home to the financial capital Mumbai, may extend its lockdown by a fortnight until mid-May to try to halt a rise in coronavirus cases, the state’s health minister said on Wednesday. The state will not go through with a plan to open vaccinations […]

Quake of magnitude 6 strikes India’s Assam, damages some buildings

An earthquake of magnitude 6 struck India’s rugged northeastern state of Assam on Wednesday, causing cracks in the walls and floors of some structures, but no immediate casualties were reported. The quake hit at a depth of 34 km (21 miles) near the town of Dhekiajuli, 140 km […]

Indian shares rise on strong earnings; food delivery firm Zomato files for IPO

Indian shares hit a near three-week high on Wednesday, helped by gains in financial and automaker stocks on strong quarterly results, while shares of Zomato Ltd’s top shareholder rose after the food delivery startup filed for an IPO. By 0507 GMT, the NSE Nifty 50 index (.NSEI) gained 0.71% to […]

PM reviews Covid related operations by Indian Air Force

DELHI, APRIL 28: Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi today. He briefed the PM on the efforts being undertaken by IAF to help in the Cover-19 related situation. Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria informed the Prime Minister that the IAF has ordered 24×7 […]

Prime Minister’s telephonic Conversation with President Putin of Russian Federation

DELHI, APRIL 28: Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke on telephone today with President of the Russian Federation H.E. Vladimir Putin.   The leaders discussed the evolving Covid-19 pandemic situation. President Putin expressed solidarity with the people and government of India and conveyed that Russia would extend all possible […]

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