Category: India News

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 […]

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 […]

PM to visit Serum Institute of India in Pune on Nov 28

Pune, Nov 26: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Saturday visit the Pune-based Serum Institute of India, which has partnered with global pharma giant AstraZeneca and the Oxford University for COVID-19 vaccine, a senior official said on Thursday. The Central Drug Standard Control Organisation has granted permission for manufacture […]

Trade unions go on strike; public services likely to be hit

New Delhi, Nov 26: Public services are likely to be affected as central trade unions began a nationwide strike on Thursday, with a union representative saying that Tamil Nadu and Kerala have been affected the most so far due to the agitation. A day-long strike has been called for […]

CBI opposes Lalu Prasad s bail in Dumka treasury case

Ranchi, Nov 24: The CBI on Tuesday submitted its written opposition to RJD chief Lalu Prasads bail plea in Jharkhand High Court in the fodder scam case related to Dumka treasury saying that he has not served a single days sentence in connection with it. Lalu Prasad’s lawyers claimed […]

Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel passes away at 71

New Delhi, Nov 25 : Senior Congress leader and the party’s top strategist Ahmed Patel died in a Gurugram hospital on Wednesday due to multi-organ failure. He was suffering from complications related to COVID-19. Patel (71), who was critical for a few days, was admitted to the Medanta […]

India’s COVID-19 caseload goes past 92 lakh; no. of active cases increases by 6,079

New Delhi, Nov 25: India’s COVID-19 caseload went past 92 lakh with 44,376 new cases reported in a day, while the number of recoveries surged to 86.42 lakh, the health ministry said on Wednesday. The number of total coronavirus cases rose to 92,22,216 in the country, while the death […]

As India readies vaccine strategy, Modi warns of possible side-effects

NEW DELHI – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned on Tuesday that any COVID-19 vaccine could lead to side-effects in some people, as even popular medicines do, and that the government would only go by science in finalising one for the country. The comments came ahead of the […]

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