Category: India News

COVID vaccine is need of country, everyone has right to safe life: Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi, Apr 12: Batting for coronavirus vaccine for all, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday said it is the need of the country as everyone has the right to a safe life. He said this as part of “SpeakUpForVaccinesForAll” campaign launched by the party on social media, demanding […]

Mehbooba’s daughter tests positive for COVID-19

Srinagar, Apr 12: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti’s younger daughter Iltija tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday, her mother said here. “Want to confirm media reports that my younger daughter Iltija tested positive for COVID today,” the former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister wrote on Twitter. She said Iltija has […]

Sixth round of sero survey gets underway in Delhi

New Delhi, Apr 12:  Amid an alarming rise in COVID-19 cases in Delhi, the sixth round of the serological survey, which seeks to find the prevalence of antibodies against coronavirus in people, got underway in the national capital on Monday. Sources said around 28,000 samples, about 100 from […]

COVID-19: Record rise in daily cases in India, active cases surpass 12-lakh mark

New Delhi, Apr 12: India hit a new coronavirus infection record with 1,68,912?new cases, the highest single-day rise so far, taking the total tally of cases to?1,35,27,717, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday The national COVID-19 recovery rate has fallen below 90 per cent The […]

India’s new COVID-19 cases hit record again amid vaccination push

New COVID-19 cases in India surged to a record of 152,879 on Sunday as the country battled a second wave of infections by pushing for faster vaccinations, with some states considering tougher restrictions to slow the spread of the virus. India leads the world in the daily average […]

Maharashtra crosses 1-crore vaccination mark

Mumbai Apr 11:  Maharashtra has administered COVID-19 vaccine doses to over one crore people so far, a senior health official said on Sunday. The vaccination drive began on January 16 this year across the country and is currently underway for front-line and health care workers, and people aged […]

EC trying to suppress facts by barring entry of politicians in Cooch Behar: Mamata

Siliguri, Apr 11:  Describing the incident of firing in Cooch Behar as a “genocide”, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said the Election Commission has restricted the entry of politicians in the district for 72 hours as it seeks to “suppress facts”. The TMC supremo, while […]

India protests U.S. Navy’s transit through its exclusive economic zone

India protested to the United States for a navy vessel conducting a transit through its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) without consent, the foreign ministry said on Friday, in a rare row between the friendly navies of the two countries. The USS John Paul Jones “asserted navigational rights and […]

First-time voter shot dead; 15.85 pc polling till 9 am in phase 4 of Bengal assembly elections

Cooch Behar (WB), Apr 10:  A first-time voter was allegedly shot dead on Saturday in Cooch Behar district of West Bengal, where 15.85 per cent polling was recorded till 9 am in the fourth phase of assembly elections amid sporadic incidents of violence, officials said. Voting is underway […]

Book documents social reformers from Dalit community

New Delhi, Apr 10: A new book gives readers a peek into the life and times of foremost Dalit thinkers — from past and present — who tirelessly battled divisive forces all their lives and today act as a source of inspiration, not only to the subaltern community, but […]

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