Category: India News

My phone is being tapped, will order CID probe: Mamata

Galsi (WB), Apr 17 : A day after a purported audio tape -in which she is heard proposing a rally with the bodies of Cooch Behar firing victims- surfaced, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday alleged that her phone is being tapped and said she will order […]

COVID-19: India records highest single-day deaths at 1,341; 2,34,692 fresh cases

New Delhi, Apr 17: A record single-day rise of?2,34,692 cases and 1,341 fatalities have pushed India’s COVID-19 tally to 1,45,26,609 and the death toll due to the viral disease to 1,75,649, the health ministry said on Saturday The number of active coronavirus cases in the country has surpassed the […]

PIB’S BULLETIN ON COVID-19

Posted On: 16 APR 2021, Delhi #Unite2FightCorona #IndiaFightsCorona India’s Cumulative Vaccination Coverage exceeds 11.72 Crores with over 27 Lakh doses given in the last 24 hours · More than 26 Crore tests conducted across the country · 9% of new cases are being reported from 10 States · […]

Afghanistan needs double peace: EAM S Jaishankar

New Delhi, Apr 16: US President Joe Biden’s announcement to withdraw American forces from Afghanistan is a big step that is going to take the war-ravaged country in a certain direction and it is important for the stakeholders to work together to ensure that the path it takes is […]

All exams in colleges deferred due to pandemic

Puducherry, Apr 16:The Pondicherry Central University announced on Friday that all the practical and theory examinations due from April 19 in colleges affiliated to the university have been postponed until further orders. The examinations have been put off because of the pandemic situation in the Union Territory, Controller […]

Virus variants inciting India’s second surge, epidemiologists say

The second surge of COVID-19 cases in India has swamped hospitals much faster than the first because mutations in the virus mean each patient is infecting many more people than before, epidemiologists and doctors say. India’s daily infections skyrocketed more than 20-fold to more than 200,000 on Thursday […]

Indian farmers vow to carry on months-long protest despite concerns over coronavirus

Thousands of Indian farmers, protesting over three new agricultural laws that they say threaten their livelihoods, have vowed to continue with their around-the-clock sit-ins despite a sharp rise in coronavirus cases in the country. Farmers from Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh states in the north and the desert […]

Indian hospitals battle ‘chaotic’ surge as daily virus infections cross 200,000

Many Indian hospitals were scrambling for beds and oxygen as COVID-19 infections surged to a new daily record on Thursday, with a second wave of infections centred on the rich western state of Maharashtra. Experts blamed everything from official complacency to aggressive variants. The government blamed a widespread […]

Financial markets to remain shut for Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar Jayanti

Mumbai, Apr 14:  Domestic financial markets, including stock exchanges and the forex market, will remain closed on Wednesday on account of Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar Jayanti. PTI http://www.ptinews.com/news/12338622_Financial-markets-to-remain-shut-for-Dr–Baba-Saheb-Ambedkar-Jayanti.html

Man hacks six of family to death in AP village

Visakhapatnam, Apr 15: A person allegedly hacked six members of a family, including an infant, to death and later surrendered to the police at a village in Visakhapatnam district early on Thursday. City Commissioner of Police Manish Kumar Sinha visited Juttada village under Pendurthi mandal to take stock of […]

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