Category: India News

Constitution our guiding light, says PM Modi at Mar Thoma church event

New Delhi, Jun 27: Asserting that the government’s guiding light is the Constitution of India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the government does not discriminate between faith, gender, caste, creed or language and is led by the desire to empower 130 crore Indians. Addressing the 90th birthday […]

India’s records highest single-day COVID-19 spike with over 18,000 cases; death toll rises to 15,685

New Delhi, Jun 27: Six days after it recorded four lakh infections, India’s COVID-19 tally raced past five lakh on Saturday with the highest single-day surge of 18,552 cases, while the death toll climbed to 15,685, according to Union health ministry data The COVID-19 caseload zoomed to 5,08,953, […]

India’s social inequalities reflected in coronavirus care

NEW DELHI — When Pradeep Kumar’s wife was admitted to a government-run hospital in India’s capital for treatment of COVID-19, it took two days before she was able to see a doctor. “There are six other women in her room and everyone is frustrated,” he said outside New […]

India registers over 17,000 COVID-19 daily cases for first time; death toll crosses 15,000-mark

New Delhi, Jun 26:  The highest single-day surge in COVID-19 cases went past 17,000 on Friday, pushing India’s tally to?4,90,401, while the death toll climbed to 15,301 with 407 new fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry data.? Updated at 8 am, the data showed the daily COVID-19 […]

Boycott of Chinese goods may not be feasible, Indian exporters say

NEW DELHI – A boycott of goods from China may not be feasible as India is dependent on such imports, although New Delhi should try to cut its dependence on them, India’s top export promotion grouping said on Thursday. As calls have grown in India for Chinese products […]

Highest-ever daily jump in COVID-19 cases; death toll rises by 418

Mumbai, Jun 25: European aviation major Airbus on Thursday said it has appointment R mi Maillard as President of Airbus India and Managing Director of South Asia region, replacing incumbent Anand Stanley who is moving to Singapore in a different position. Maillard, who is the head of Airbus […]

India calls in army to run facilities in Delhi as cases surge

NEW DELHI – India reported 16,000 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, its highest daily increase since the outbreak began, and the government called in the army to manage new treatment centres with thousands of additional hospital beds in New Delhi. At more than 456,000 confirmed coronavirus cases so […]

All cooperative banks to come under RBI supervision

New Delhi, Jun 24 : The government on Wednesday said that all urban cooperative banks and multi-state cooperative banks will come under the supervision of the Reserve Bank of India, a development aimed at providing comfort to depositors and prevent repeat of PMC Bank like scams. The President of […]

Army chief visits forward areas in Ladakh; takes stock of ground situation

New Delhi, Jun 24 : Army Chief Gen M M Naravane on Wednesday visited various forward areas in eastern Ladakh and took stock of the Army’s combat preparedness in the region in the wake of the bitter border standoff with China, officials said. Gen Naravane, who arrived in […]

Rahul Gandhi’s poser to govt: Has China occupied Indian territory?

New Delhi, Jun 23: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday asked the government whether China has occupied Indian territory. “We are standing united against Chinese aggression. Has China occupied Indian territory?” Gandhi tweeted along with a photograph of the Pangong Tso lake clicked by his father and former prime […]

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