Category: India News

COVID-19: Variants of Concern found in 174 districts

New Delhi, Jul 7:  Variants of Concern of SARS-CoV2 have been found in 174 districts in 35 states and union territories in the country with the highest numbers in Maharashtra, Delhi, Punjab, Telangana, West Bengal and Gujarat, the Union health ministry said on Wednesday. The Variants of Concern […]

Death of a 84-year-old Indian priest in custody stirs outcry

NEW DELHI, July 6 – A top U.N. human rights official has deplored the death in custody of an 84-year-old Indian Christian priest who campaigned for the rights of tribal people and was denied bail after being detained under an anti-terrorism law. Father Stan Swamy was arrested last […]

Govt has created ‘mess’: Tharoor on new IT portal

New Delhi, Jul 6: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday attacked the Centre over the glitches in the new Income Tax portal, alleging that even after spending Rs 4,200 crore on it, the government had “failed” to make it user-friendly and created a “mess” instead. Tharoor, who is […]

Police use teargas, water cannons on schoolteachers

Chandigarh, Jul 6:  Police on Tuesday lobbed teargas shells and used water cannons to disperse schoolteachers as they tried to force their way through barricades put up on the Chandigarh-Mohali border in a bid to reach Punjab CM Amarinder Singh’s official residence here. Demanding that their services be […]

After tough pandemic, Patel thrilled to be India’s first female swimmer at Games

AHMEDABAD, July 5 – Maana Patel said she was thrilled to become the first Indian female swimmer ever to qualify for the Olympics, having faced pool closures and a harsh lockdown as she prepared for the Tokyo Games during the COVID-19 pandemic. Patel, 21, will compete in Tokyo […]

India reports 39,796 new COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours

July 5 – India reported 39,796 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, health ministry data showed on Friday, with active cases at 482,071.Reporting by Ankur Banerjee in Bengaluru Editing by Shri Navaratnam Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. https://www.reuters.com/world/india/india-reports-39796-new-covid-19-cases-last-24-hours-2021-07-05/

Shocking that people still booked under scrapped section 66A of IT Act, says SC

New Delhi, July 5: The Supreme Court Monday said it is amazing and shocking that people are still being booked under Section 66A of the Information Technology Act that was scrapped by the apex court verdict in 2015. Under the scrapped section a person posting offensive messages could be […]

Stan Swamy: A life dedicated to Adivasis

Ranchi, July 5: I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race The Biblical words seem to sum up the life of Stanislaus Lourduswamy, 84, the Jesuit priest from Jharkhand who was popularly known as Stan Swamy died on Monday in Mumbai hours before his appeal for […]

Stan Swamy dies in custody awaiting medical bail, Bombay HC expresses shock

Mumbai, Jul 5 : Jesuit priest Stan Swamy, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, died on Monday while waiting for an interim bail on medical grounds. Dr Ian D’souza, director of the Mumbai-based Holy Family Hospital, the private facility where Swamy was undergoing treatment, and the tribal […]

COVID-19 UPDATE

DELHI, JULY 4: 35.12 Cr. Vaccine Doses administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive India reports 43,071 new cases in last 24 hours India’s Active Caseload declines to 4,85,350 Active cases constitute 1.59% of total cases 2,96,58,078 Total Recoveries across the country so far 52,299 patients recovered during […]

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