Srinagar, Aug 17: Jammu and Kashmir recorded 83 fresh COVID-19 cases and one fatality on Tuesday, pushing the union territory’s infection tally to 3,23,582 and its death toll 4,399, officials said. Of the fresh cases, 38 were from Jammu division and 45 from Kashmir division, they said. The officials […]
New Delhi, Aug 17: India has administered more than 88.13 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, the highest ever vaccination achieved in a single day, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday. In a tweet, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said, “India achieves the highest […]
MUMBAI, Aug 16 – Authorities in India’s financial capital Mumbai have almost fully resumed suburban rail services for the first time in more than a year, as part of a wider easing of COVID-19 restrictions, as the pace of infections declined. Previously, only essential workers were allowed to […]
New Delhi, Aug 15: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that India takes pride in having the world’s largest COVID-19 vaccination programme and more than 54 crore people have already taken the vaccine shots. In his Independence Day address from the ramparts of the Red Fort, the […]
New Delhi, Aug 15: Outlining the roadmap for a new and assertive India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday announced a slew of development programmes, including a landmark Rs. 100 lakh crore “Gatishakti” initiative to boost infrastructure and employment opportunities In his eighth consecutive address from the ramparts […]
NEW DELHI, Aug 15 – India will launch a 100 trillion rupee ($1.35 trillion) national infrastructure plan that will help generate jobs and expand use of cleaner fuels to achieve the country’s climate goals, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday. The infrastructure programme, called “Gati Shakti”, will […]
New Delhi, Aug 14: India saw a single-day rise of 38,667 coronavirus infections, taking the total tally of cases to 3,21,56,493, while the death toll rose to 4,30,732 with 478 fresh fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated Saturday. The ministry said the country has now […]
New Delhi, Aug 14: A week after temporarily suspending his account, Twitter restored Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s handle Saturday, but not before the principal opposition party accused it of bias. Gandhi’s account was temporarily suspended last week after he tweeted pictures of the family of a nine-year-old victim of […]
NEW DELHI, Aug 13 – Rahul Gandhi, the leader of India’s main opposition party, slammed Twitter (TWTR.N) on Friday for blocking a tweet over the alleged rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl, saying the platform was playing partisan politics. The criticism of the U.S. microblogging giant by the Congress […]
Chandigarh, Aug 13: Former Chandigarh Congress chief Pardeep Chhabra on Friday joined the Aam Aadmi Party in the presence of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the national capital. Chhabra had resigned from the primary membership of the Congress on August 6 after being at loggerheads with current […]
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