BENGALURU, July 12 – Opening India’s tourist destinations and allowing pilgrimage travel could act as COVID-19 “super spreaders” of a third wave of infections, the country’s top doctor’s body warned on Monday. After a catastrophic second wave, driven largely by the more infectious and dangerous Delta variant, ravaged […]
New Delhi, Jul 12: Actor-activist Deep Sidhu, who is accused of being the key conspirator of the violence that ensued at the Red Fort on Republic Day, appeared before a Delhi court on Monday. Sidhu and several other accused appeared before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Gajender Singh Nagar through […]
New Delhi, Jul 12: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with the chief ministers of eight north-eastern states on Tuesday to discuss the Covid-19 situation amid concerns over the coronavirus numbers in the region. Official sources said Modi will interact with the chief ministers of Assam, Nagaland, Tripura, […]
Dharamshala (HP), Jul 12: Flash flood triggered by heavy rains swept away buildings and cars at tourist spots as bad weather also led to the closure of the airport here. The district administration also instructed tourists to postpone their visit to Dharamsala in view of the heavy rains. A […]
NEW DELHI, July 10 – Indian farmers have planted 49.9 million hectares (123 million acres) with summer crops, down 10.43% from a year earlier, according to the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, as monsoon rains taper off after a strong start last month. Farmers typically start planting […]
NEW DELHI, July 10 – India’s most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, has proposed legislation that aims to discourage couples from having more than two children, becoming the second state ruled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party to make such a proposal. If Uttar Pradesh were a country, its […]
Lucknow, Jul 10: According to a draft of the proposed population control bill, anyone violating two-child policy in Uttar Pradesh will be debarred from contesting local bodies elections, from applying for or getting promotion in government jobs, and receiving any kind of government subsidy. The Uttar Pradesh State […]
NEW DELHI July 9 – India’s devastating second coronavirus wave, which has raged since March and killed thousands of people, is not over yet, a senior government official said on Friday, warning citizens to avoid crowding at tourist places. “The war is not over yet,” Vinod Kumar Paul, […]
MUMBAI, July 8 – India’s central bank wants to anchor inflation expectations as it focuses on reviving economic growth, governor Shaktikanta Das told a local newspaper in an interview, and urged the government to look at lowering fuel taxes to ease price pressures. “We are acutely conscious and […]
New Delhi, Jul 7: After Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and his deputy resigned on Wednesday, the Congress said it is a candid submission of the government’s “monumental failure” in managing the COVID-19 pandemic. Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying if things […]
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