Category: India News

India adds 43,645 COVID-19 cases, 640 deaths

New Delhi, Jul 28:  India recorded 43,654 fresh COVID-19 cases on Wednesday that took its tally to 3,14,84,605 while 640 more fatalities pushed the death toll to 4,22,022, according to Union health ministry data. The number of active cases stood at 3,99,436, an increase of 1,336 in a […]

Sensex rises over 150 pts in early trade; Nifty tops 15,850

Mumbai, Jul 27: Equity benchmark Sensex surged over 150 points in early trade on Tuesday, tracking gains in index majors HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank and Tata Steel amid a positive trend in global markets. The 30-share BSE index was trading 155.51 points or 0.29 per cent higher at 53,007.78 […]

SC notice of Centre, Delhi govt on plea for rehabilitation, vaccination of beggars amid pandemic

New Delhi, Jul 27: The Supreme Court sought the responses of the Centre and the Delhi government on Tuesday on a plea seeking rehabilitation and vaccination of beggars and vagabonds in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The apex court, which made it clear that it would not take […]

India records less than 30,000 fresh COVID-19 cases in over three months

New Delhi, Jul 27:  India recorded less than 30,000 fresh COVID-19 cases after 132 days while its active caseload fell below 4,00,000 after 124 days on Tuesday, according to Union health ministry data As many as 29,689 new coronavirus infections took the country’s tally of COVID-19 cases to […]

Pandemic leaves Indians mired in massive medical debts

NEW DELHI — As coronavirus cases ravaged India this spring, Anil Sharma visited his 24-year-old son Saurav at a private hospital in northwest New Delhi every day for more than two months. In May, as India’s new COVID-19 cases broke global records to reach 400,000 a day, Saurav […]

India to miss end-July vaccination target as Bharat Biotech lags

Summary Govt wants to inoculate all adults by year’s end Bharat Biotech has struggled to ramp up output NEW DELHI, July 26 (Reuters) – India will miss a target to administer over a half billion COVID-19 vaccine doses by the end of the month as Bharat Biotech – […]

Ignoring China’s actions can cause huge problems later: Rahul Gandhi to govt

New Delhi, Jul 26: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday alleged that the government is clueless on how to handle China, and said ignoring its actions now will cause problems later. He cited a media report which claimed that in Demchok in Eastern Ladakh, China’s tents are still on […]

Maha: Woman advocate files rape case against 2 lawyers

Mumbai, Jul 26:  Mumbai Police has registered an FIR on charges of rape and molestation against seven persons, including two lawyers and five others, on the complaint of a 35-year-old woman advocate who alleged that she was sexually assaulted by the main accused under the pretext of giving […]

Yediyurappa announces resignation as Karnataka Chief Minister

Bengaluru, Jul 26:  B S Yediyurappa on Monday announced his resignation as the Chief Minister of Karnataka, as his government completes two years in office. The 78-year old, BJP veteran said he will submit his resignation to the Governor post lunch. “Don’t take me otherwise, with your permission… […]

Badminton-Momota shines on long-awaited Games debut

TOKYO, July 25 – In his long overdue Olympic debut, men’s singles number one Kento Momota of Japan easily beat the United States’ Timothy Lam 21-12 21-9 on Sunday, even making the occasional trick shot behind his back during their warm-up. Though Lam had his moments – once […]

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