Category: India News

India ask states to ‘carefully calibrate’ lockdown easing

NEW DELHI, June 19 – India’s central government on Saturday urged states to be careful in reopening from COVID-19 lockdowns to prevent a resurgence of infections in the hard-hit country. Indian states are easing restrictions as a second wave of coronavirus infections appears to abate. The country is […]

Low intensity earthquake in Delhi

New Delhi, June 20:  A low intensity earthquake of magnitude 2.1 struck Delhi around noon on Sunday, according to the National Center for Seismology. The epicentre of the quake was Punjabi Bagh area, at a depth of 7 kilometers, it said. PTI http://www.ptinews.com/news/12510237_Low-intensity-earthquake-in-Delhi.html

India should brace for third COVID-19 wave by Oct, say health experts

BENGALURU, June 18 – A third wave of coronavirus infections is likely to hit India by October, and although it will be better controlled than the latest outbreak the pandemic will remain a public health threat for at least another year, according to a Reuters poll of medical […]

Milkha Singh to be cremated on Saturday evening

Chandigarh, Jun 19 : Milkha Singh, one of independent India’s biggest sporting icons, who died of COVID-19 complications, will be cremated here on Saturday evening. “The cremation will take place at 5 pm today (Saturday),” a spokesperson for the family, said. The 91-year-old Milkha Singh died on Friday night […]

Support from all sides needed to nurture economic recovery hit by 2nd wave of COVID: RBI Guv

Mumbai, Jun 18:  Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das has pitched for policy support from all sides — fiscal, monetary and sectoral — to nurture recovery of the economy hit by the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. The dent on economic activity due to the second wave of […]

CBSE will adopt 30:30:40 formula for evaluation of marks of class 12 students: Centre to SC

New Delhi, June 17: The Centre on Thursday told the Supreme Court that the CBSE will be adopting a 30:30:40 formula for evaluation of marks of class 12 students based on results of class 10, 11 and 12 respectively. A bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari […]

PM should acknowledge his mistakes, seek expert help to rebuild India: Rahul

New Delhi, Jun 17: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said rebuilding India will begin once Prime Minister Narendra Modi acknowledges his mistakes and seeks help from experts as living in denial will not solve anything. He said this while citing a report quoting World Bank’s data on poverty […]

EXCLUSIVE India puts on hold proposal to cut import duty on edible oils – sources

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI, June 17 – India has put on hold a proposal to reduce import duties on edible oils as cooking oil prices started to fall in the world market after hitting record highs, two government and one industry officials told Reuters. The world’s biggest vegetable oil importer […]

Sonia taken Covid jabs, govt should inoculate all instead of creating non-issues: Cong

New Delhi, Jun 17 : Sonia Gandhi has taken both doses of the Covishield vaccine, the Congress said on Thursday following questions from the BJP and asked the government to follow the raj dharma’ of vaccinating all Indians instead of creating non-issues. The Congress president’s daughter Priyanka Gandhi […]

Opposition questions India gov’t on doubling vaccine dosing gap

NEW DELHI, June 16: – India’s main opposition party, Congress, on Wednesday questioned the decision by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to double the gap between the doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, asking whether it was prompted by a vaccine shortage. On Tuesday, Reuters reported that the […]

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