Gopeshwar (U’khand), Feb 21: Two more bodies were recovered from the flood ravaged Tapovan-Vishnugad hydel project site, taking the death toll in the calamity in Uttarakhand to 67 even as search operations continued there for the 15th day on Sunday. Three bodies had been recovered from the desilting […]
A Delhi court granted a police request on Friday to extend the detention of climate activist Disha Ravi who they accuse of sedition for her alleged role in the creation of an online “toolkit” intended to help farmers protesting reforms. The 22-year-old Ravi, who is part of an […]
Chennai, Feb 20: The arrest of Congress MP S Jothimani in Karur on Saturday evoked strong protest from the Congress and DMK, which condemned the “repressive action” and “heavy handedness” of the police in forcibly removing the leader agitating against removal of Mahatma Gandhi’s statue. While DMK MP Kanimozhi, […]
New Delhi, Feb 20: Kerala, Maharashtra, Punjab, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh have recorded an “upsurge” in daily new cases of COVID-19, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday In a statement, the ministry said in the last seven days, Chhattisgarh has also seen a rise in daily active new […]
Air pollution caused an estimated 54,000 premature deaths in the Indian capital New Delhi last year, a higher toll than in any other big global metropolis, according to a study released on Thursday. The study by Greenpeace Southeast Asia Analysis and Swiss firm IQAir measured air quality by […]
India reported on Friday its biggest jump in new coronavirus infections in three weeks, with 13,193 cases, while thousands of marshals fanned out to enforce mask wearing across the financial capital of Mumbai, which is battling a recent spurt. The tally of confirmed infections is 10.96 million, the […]
Chandigarh, Feb 19 : Seventeen wagons of a goods train derailed near Ateli in Narnaul in Haryana on Friday, but no one was injured in the incident, officials said. The incident took place around three kilometers from Ateli, said Parmanand, the Station House Officer of Government Railway Police […]
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday urged neighbouring countries to consider sharing data on the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines and explore special visas for medics to move around the region during health emergencies. As the dominant power in and around South Asia, and with the capacity to […]
India’s federal financial crime-fighting agency will examine findings in a Reuters report, which revealed that Amazon.com Inc has for years given preferential treatment to a small group of sellers on its India platform and used them to circumvent the country’s foreign investment rules, a senior agency source told […]
Chennai, Feb 18: Chris Morris on Friday became the most expensive buy in the IPL auction history with Rajasthan Royals shelling out Rs 16.25 crore for the South Africa all-rounder even as uncapped players such as Karnataka’s K Gowtham also hogged the limelight with hefty deals here. Spin […]
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