Category: India News

Fresh snowfall in Gulmarg, Pahalgam in Kashmir

Srinagar, Jan 20: The minimum temperature dropped slightly in most parts of Kashmir where the tourist resorts of Gulmarg and Pahalgam received fresh snowfall, officials said on Thursday. The minimum temperature in Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, settled at a low of 2.2 degrees Celsius […]

Rahul slams PM over abduction of teenager from Arunachal Pradesh

New Delhi,? Jan 20: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the reported abduction of a teenager from Arunachal Pradesh by China, and said his silence shows he does not care Gandhi said he is with the family of the missing boy Miram […]

India to oppose international arbitration awards to Devas after court ruling – finmin

NEW DELHI, Jan 18 – India’s government will oppose international award granted to the Bengaluru-based Devas Multimedia Ltd, after the country’s Supreme Court upheld the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal’s (NCLAT) order to wind up the company. The government will oppose the international award to Devas after the […]

Three sailors killed in explosion on Indian naval ship

MUMBAI, Jan 18 – Three Indian Navy personnel were killed in an explosion on a ship at a naval dockyard in Mumbai on Tuesday, the navy said. It gave no reason for the blast but said a board of inquiry would investigate. “The ship’s crew responded immediately and […]

Al-Qaida’s links with Pak-based terror groups like LeT, JeM continue to strengthen: India at UN

By Yoshita Singh New York, Jan 19: Al-Qaida’s linkages with UNSC proscribed Pakistan-based terror groups like LeT and JeM has continued to strengthen, India’s envoy to the UN has said, underlining that the recent developments in Afghanistan have only served to re-energise the terrorist group. India’s Permanent Representative […]

Sensex rises 120 pts in early trade; Nifty near 18,300

Mumbai, Jan 17: Equity benchmark Sensex climbed over 120 points in opening trade on Monday, tracking gains in index-heavyweights ICICI Bank, HDFC twins and Infosys amid mixed cues from the Asian markets. Starting on a positive note, the BSE gauge was trading 122.58 points or 0.20 per cent […]

No person can be forced to get vaccinated against their wishes: Centre to SC

New Delhi, Jan 17: COVID-19 inoculation guidelines issued by the Union Health Ministry do not envisage forcible vaccination without obtaining the consent of an individual, the Centre has told the Supreme Court. The Health Ministry in an affidavit filed before the top court submitted that India’s vaccination programme […]

India daily COVID-19 case count touches 8-month peak, 314 deaths

MUMBAI, Jan 16 – India reported 271,202 new cases of the novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours, its highest daily count in eight months, taking its total tally to 37.12 million, the federal health ministry said on Sunday. Deaths from COVID-19 rose by 314 to 486,066, the […]

Hundreds of thousands of Indians gather for holy dip, defying COVID-19 surge

PRAYAGRAJ, India, Jan 14 – Hundreds of thousands of Hindu worshippers gathered on the banks of India’s Ganges river on Friday for a holy bathe despite a 30-fold rise in coronavirus cases in the past month. Hindus believe a bathe in the holy river on the Jan. 14 […]

India’s Bharat Biotech says Covaxin booster shot neutralises Omicron

NEW DELHI, Jan 12 – India’s Bharat Biotech said on Wednesday a booster shot of its Covaxin COVID-19 vaccine administered six months after the last of two doses neutralises both the Omicron and Delta variants of the coronavirus. The study was conducted at the Emory Vaccine Center in […]

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