Category: India News

COVID-19: New cases fall below 10,000 for fourth time in February

New Delhi, Feb 16: The daily new infections fell below 10,000 for the fourth time this month taking India’s tally of COVID-19 cases to 1,09,25,710, while fresh fatalities remained below 100 for the tenth time this month, according to Union health ministry data updated on Tuesday A total of […]

India may approve Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine within next few weeks – RIA

India could approve Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 within the next few weeks, the RIA news agency cited India’s ambassador to Moscow as saying on Monday. Small human trials of the Russian vaccine have been ongoing in India, conducted by India’s Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (REDY.NS) and supported by […]

EXCLUSIVE India shortlists four banks for potential privatisation – sources

India’s government has shortlisted four mid-sized state-run banks for privatisation, under a new push to sell state assets and shore up government revenues, three government sources said. Privatisation of the banking sector, which is dominated by state-run behemoths with hundreds of thousands of employees, is politically risky because […]

India’s arrest of activist tied to Greta Thunberg’s movement sparks outrage

Indian politicians and activists on Monday condemned the arrest of a 22-year-old climate campaigner accused of helping edit and distribute an online document that Sweden’s Greta Thunberg had promoted in support of farmers protesting in the country. Thunberg had shared a “toolkit” on Twitter which listed ways to […]

PM hands over a Chadar for Ajmer Sharif Dargah

DELHI, FEBRUARY 15: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has handed over a Chadar that would be offered at the Ajmer Sharif Dargah on the 809th Urs of Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti. “Handed over a Chadar that would be offered at the Ajmer Sharif Dargah on the 809th Urs of […]

CM Kejriwal to address ‘kisan mahapanchayat’ at Meerut on Feb 28

New Delhi, Feb 15:  AAP national convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will address a ‘kisan mahapanchayat’ at Meerut on February 28 in support of farmers protesting the Centre’s new agri laws, the party said on Monday. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has strongly come out in […]

Toolkit case: Activists, environmentalists demand release of Disha Ravi

New Delhi, Feb 15:  Social activists and environmentalists called for immediate release of climate activist Disha Ravi who was arrested in the ‘toolkit’ document case, asking the government to stop targeting India’s youth. Ravi (22) was arrested on Saturday from Bengaluru for allegedly sharing with Greta Thunberg the […]

Himalayan rescuers recover more bodies as flash flood death toll rises to 50

LUCKNOW, India – Rescuers pulled out nine more bodies from the site of a flash flood in a Himalayan region of northern India on Sunday, a week after the disaster struck, bringing the death toll to 50 with more than 150 people still missing, officials said. The flash […]

Over 2,300 people died of drug overdose from 2017-19; highest fatalities in 30-45 year age group

By Uzmi Athar New Delhi, Feb 14:  Over 2,300 people died due to drug overdose from 2017-19 in India with the highest number of such fatalities recorded in the age group of 30-45 years, according to the data by the National Crime Records Bureau. A total of 745 […]

Omar Abdullah claims he, his family put under house arrest

Srinagar, Feb 14: National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah on Sunday claimed he and his family, including his father and Member of Parliament Farooq Abdullah, have been put under house arrest by authorities. This is the naya/new J&K after Aug 2019. We get locked up in our homes with […]

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