Category: India News

Secularism as principle and practice in India is in ‘danger’: Tharoor

By Asim Kamal New Delhi, Nov 1:  Secularism as principle and practice in India is in “danger” and the ruling dispensation may even try to remove the word from the Constitution, senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has said, but asserted that “forces of hatred” cannot alter the country’s […]

MP bypolls: Scindia mistakenly seeks votes for Congress

Bhopal, Nov 1: In a slip of the tongue, BJP Rajya Sabha member Jyotiraditya Scindia asked people to vote for his former party Congress during a campaign for the November 3 by-elections in Madhya Pradesh. A video, in which Scindia is seen seeking votes for the Congress during a […]

Modi talks of Pak’s Pulwama confession, attacks “double yuvraj” in Bihar rallies

Chapra/Samastipur, Nov 1:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday excoriated the opposition over the Pulwama attack after Pakistan’s admission of complicity in it, saying it has “taken masks off” the faces of those in India who never cared for the “sons of Bihar” who lost their lives in […]

Nafed floats bids for supply of 15,000 tonnes of imported red onions by Nov 20

By LAXMI DEVI New Delhi, Oct 31: Cooperative Nafed on Saturday invited bids from importers for supply of 15,000 tonnes of red onions by November 20 in order to boost the domestic availability and check price rise. The cooperative has asked bidders to supply 40 to 60 mm size […]

Cong will return to power in MP after assembly bypolls: Nath

Bhopal, Oct 31: Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath, whose 15-month-old Congress government collapsed in March this year and led to the BJP’s return to the helm, has expressed confidence that voters will remove the saffron party from power in the upcoming assembly bypolls as things have “worsened” […]

India’s COVID-19 caseload goes past 81 lakh with 48,648 fresh infections

New Delhi, Oct 31:  With 48,648 fresh COVID-19 infections, India’s caseload rose to 81,37,119 on Saturday, while the number of recoveries crossed the 74-lakh mark, pushing the recovery rate to 91.34 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The country’s COVID-19 death toll climbed to 1,21,641 […]

India’s high use of antigen tests risks underestimating COVID-19 spread, says diagnostician

NEW DELHI – Fast but less accurate “rapid antigen tests” now account for 60% of all coronavirus tests in India, the head of a top diagnostic firm estimated on Wednesday, warning that such a high use could misrepresent the actual spread of the infection. Antigen devices return results […]

Delhi’ air quality borders ‘severe’ category

New Delhi, Oct 29:  The national capital’s overall air quality inched closer to the ‘severe’ category on Thursday morning as pollution levels rose sharply after a marginal reduction, primarily due to calm winds and spike in farm fires. The city recorded an air quality index (AQI) of 392 […]

COVID-19 caseload in India breaches 80-lakh mark with 49,881 new cases

New Delhi, Oct 29:  India’s COVID-19 caseload surpassed the 80-lakh mark on Thursday, 18 days after it had gone past 70 lakh, with 49,881 new cases while the recoveries surged to 73.15 lakh pushing the national recovery rate to 90.99 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry […]

China bought nearly 30% of Indian steel exports in April-Sept – data

NEW DELHI – China was the top foreign buyer of Indian steel between April and September, government data showed on Wednesday, marking a rare rise in bilateral economic activity at a time of political tensions that have triggered some trade curbs. China bought 1.9 million tonnes, cornering 29% […]

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