Category: India News

Coronavirus cases in India climb to 4,40,215, nearly 11,000 recoveries in single day

New Delhi, June 23:  With 14,933 people testing positive for coronavirus in a single day, India’s COVID-19 tally climbed to 4,40,215 on Tuesday while the death toll rose to 14,011 with 312 new fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The number of recoveries also surged with […]

PM must be mindful of implications of his words: Manmohan Singh on Ladakh face-off

New Delhi, Jun 22:  In his first remarks on the Ladakh face-off, former prime minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said PM Narendra Modi must be mindful of the implications of his words and cannot allow China to use them as a vindication of its position. Noting that disinformation […]

India’s COVID-19 tally 4,25,282 with 14,821 fresh cases, death toll rises to 13,699

New Delhi, June 22: India on Monday added 14,821 new COVID-19 cases pushing the infection tally to 4,25,282, while the death toll rose to 13,699 with 445 new fatalities, according to Union Health Ministry data The country crossed the four lakh-mark on Sunday eight days after recording three lakh […]

India gives Hetero Labs approval to make Gilead’s COVID-19 drug

India’s drug regulator has given Hetero Labs the green light to manufacture and market its generic version of Gilead Science’s experimental COVID-19 treatment remdesivir, the Indian pharmaceutical company said on Sunday. The drug, which will be marketed under the brand name Covifor, will likely be priced at 5,000 […]

Punjab SC commission member suspended

Chandigarh, Jun 21:  Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has approved the suspension of Poonam Kangra as a non-official member of the state commission for Scheduled Castes following the registration of an abetment to suicide case against her. Following the CM’s clearance, the state government has placed Kangra’s membership […]

India’s COVID-19 tally crosses 4 lakh with highest single-day spike of 15,413 cases

New Delhi, Jun 21: A record single-day spike of 15,413 new COVID-19 cases took India’s infection tally past the 4 lakh-mark on Sunday, while the death toll rose to 13,254 with 306 new fatalities, according to Union Health Ministry data India has been registering record single-day spike for the […]

PM has surrendered Indian territory to Chinese aggression: Rahul

New Delhi, Jun 20: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his remark that neither is anyone inside India’s territory nor has any of its posts been captured, alleging that the PM has “surrendered” Indian territory to Chinese aggression. In a statement on the […]

Determined to deliver, geared up for any contingency: IAF chief

Hyderabad, June 20: The Air Force is determined to deliver and is well prepared and suitably deployed to respond to any contingency, IAF chief, Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria said here on Saturday. Addressing a Combined Graduation Parade (CGP) at Air Force Academy (AFA) Dundigal here he said the […]

India’s pursuit of global investors hits turbulence

LONDON – India’s ambition to attract more foreign money into its financial markets is being buffeted again, having only just started to make progress after years of talk but very little action. Deadly clashes between Indian and Chinese troops on the Himalayan border, a surge in coronavirus cases […]

AAP not invited for all-party meeting called by PM Modi: party leaders

New Delhi, Jun 19:  The AAP has not been invited to an all-party meeting called by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the border conflict with China, two senior party leaders claimed on Friday. AAP leader Sanjay Singh said the party has a government in Delhi and in Punjab, […]

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