Summary Omicron cases rise to 236 over last 24 hours Govt tells states not to let guard down Delhi deploys cops to enforce social distancing, masks NEW DELHI, Dec 23 – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet with state chiefs on Thursday on containing a possible surge […]
NEW DELHI, Dec 15 – India on Wednesday approved a 13-billion-rupee ($170 million) plan to promote domestic RuPay debit cards and low-value digital transactions to boost their use in marginalised populations, in a move that could challenge the clout of rivals like Visa (V.N) and Mastercard (MA.N). Under the plan, the […]
NEW DELHI, Dec 22 – India’s capital New Delhi on Wednesday banned Christmas and other celebrations ahead of New Year to contain a possible surge in the Omicron coronavirus variant, as the city reported the country’s highest number of cases along with Maharashtra state. Over the past 24 […]
New Delhi, Dec 21: The word lynching was practically unheard of before 2014 when the BJP came to power, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Twitter on Tuesday and went on to taunt the prime minister with a “Thank you Modiji”. Asked about the lynching jibe at a […]
BENGALURU, Dec 20 – Indian shares slumped on Monday to a near four-month low as rising Omicron cases and renewed lockdowns threatened to derail global economic recovery, while Future Group stocks jumped after the country’s antitrust agency suspended a deal with Amazon.com. The NSE Nifty 50 index (.NSEI) closed 2.2% […]
Mumbai, Dec 10: Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede and his wife have approached a Mumbai court seeking direction to restrain social media giants from publishing or displaying any “malicious and defamatory” content against the couple on their platforms. In a suit filed before a civil […]
NEW DELHI, Dec 15 – The only survivor of last week’s helicopter crash that killed Indian defence chief General Bipin Rawat and 12 aboard succumbed to his injuries on Wednesday, the air force said. Group Captain Varun Singh was among the 14 people travelling in the Indian Air […]
GENEVA, Dec 14 – A World Trade Organization panel ruled in favour of Brazil, Australia and Guatemala on Tuesday in their trade disputes with India over sugar subsidies and asked New Delhi to conform with global rules. In the cases brought before the WTO in 2019, the rival […]
NEW DELHI, Dec 13 – India reported its lowest tally of active COVID-19 cases in 18 months on Monday, but a sharp drop in the use of protective face masks is causing concern after a rise in the number of infections with the Omicron variant. Many people have […]
Dec 12 – India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s personal Twitter handle was “very briefly compromised,” the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said in a tweet early on Sunday. The matter was escalated to Twitter and the Prime Minister’s personal twitter handle @narendramodi was immediately secured, PMO India’s tweet said, adding any […]
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