Category: India News

India launches biggest vaccination drive yet against a surging coronavirus

India began vaccinating tens of thousands of people above the age of 45 on Thursday in its biggest push yet against a surging coronavirus that has hit the highest daily count since early October, officials said. The world’s second most populous country aims to immunise 400 million people […]

Farmers protest against Dushyant Chautala in Hisar

Hisar, Apr 1: Farmers on Thursday held a protest against Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala outside the Hisar airport and demanded the withdrawal of the Centre’s new agricultural laws. Dushyant arrived at the airport to attend a meeting and other programmes. After farmers, who have been protesting […]

PM calls up Maha CM, inquires about his wife’s health

Mumbai, Apr 1:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi called up Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and inquired about the health of his wife Rashmi Thackeray, who is undergoing treatment for COVID-19 in a city hospital. A news report published in Shiv Sena mouthpiece ‘Saamana’ on Thursday revealed this. Modi […]

India’s daily coronavirus cases rise at slower pace than day earlier

India reported 53,480 new cases of the coronavirus, health ministry data showed on Wednesday, the second day that cases have risen less than the day before. Deaths were at their highest since mid-December, according to a Reuters tally, with 354 people dying of the coronavirus in the last […]

EXCLUSIVE A billion for every chip-maker who ‘makes in India,’ sources say

India is offering more than $1 billion in cash to each semiconductor company that sets up manufacturing units in the country as it seeks to build on its smartphone assembly industry and strengthen its electronics supply chain, two officials said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Make in India’ drive […]

Chennithala expresses surprise over EC findings on DSE

Haripad(Ker), Mar 31:  Senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala on Wednesday expressed surprise over the Election Commission’s finding that there are only 38,586 Demographically Similar Entries (DSEs) in the electoral rolls in Kerala. His reaction comes a day after the poll body informed the Kerala High Court that its […]

SC-appointed panel on farm laws submits report

New Delhi, Mar 31: The Supreme Court-appointed committee to study the three new controversial agricultural laws has submitted its report to the apex court on March 19 in a sealed cover, one of its members said on Wednesday. Farmers have been protesting seeking repeal of the three contentious farm […]

‘I am not like Modi who lies to India 24/7’: Rahul

Chaygaon/Barkhetri (Assam), Mar 31:  Upping the ante against the BJP, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday asserted that he is not like Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who “lies to India 24/7”. Gandhi, while addressing an election rally in Chaygaon constituency in Assam’s Kamrup district, urged people to listen […]

India tells states to get a grip before COVID-19 overwhelms hospitals

India’s health secretary bluntly told the 28 federal states on Tuesday to get a grip on lax coronavirus prevention measures “right now” to prevent healthcare systems being overwhelmed by a surge in infections. India’s current caseload of 12.1 million ranks third behind only the United States and Brazil, […]

FRENCH NAVAL SHIPS IN KOCHI

DELHI, MARCH 30: French Naval Ships Tonnerre (Amphibious Assault Ship) and Surcouf (Frigate Class Ship) are on a two day good will visit to Kochi. The ships arrived at Cochin Port Trust on 30 Mar 21 and were received by Senior Naval Authorities in the background of fanfare […]

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