Category: India

Derogatory remark against Sufi saint: SC refuses to quash FIRs against TV news anchor

New Delhi, Dec 7: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to quash FIRs lodged in different states against TV news anchor Amish Devgan for his alleged defamatory remark against Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti during a show on June 15. The top court, however, said Devgan will get protection […]

COVID-19: Active caseload falls below 4 lakh in country

New Delhi, Dec 7: India’s coronavirus infections rose to 96.77 lakh, while the active caseload fell below 4 lakh and the recoveries surged to 91.39 lakh, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The total coronavirus cases mounted to 96,77,203 with 32,981 new infections being reported […]

Pfizer seeks emergency approval for COVID-19 vaccine in India, media say

NEW DELHI – Pfizer Inc has applied for emergency use authorisation of its coronavirus vaccine in India, media said on Sunday, the first to do so in a country with the world’s second-highest number of infections. The U.S. company, whose vaccine was recently approved by the British government, […]

Pakistan Army shells villages, border posts in JK’s Poonch, Kathua

Jammu, Dec 6: Pakistani troops opened fire and shelled mortars at forward posts and villages along the Line of Control (LoC) and International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch and Kathua districts, officials said on Sunday. There was no report of any damage on the Indian side, they […]

Explainer: India’s multi-billion dollar food programme is at the heart of farmers’ protests

NEW DELHI – Thousands of Indian farmers angered by farm laws that they say threaten their livelihoods have intensified their protests by blocking highways and camping out on the outskirts of the capital Delhi. The government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and leaders of protesting farmers’ unions have […]

Pakistani Rangers open fire on forward posts, villages in J&K’s Kathua district

Jammu, Dec 5: Pakistani Rangers opened fire on forward posts and villages along the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, officials said on Saturday. Firing from across the border started around 9.50 pm on Friday in the Hiranagar sector’s Pansar Border Outpost area, drawing a strong and […]

China buys first Indian rice in decades amid scarce supply

MUMBAI – China has begun importing Indian rice for the first time in at least three decades due to tightening supplies from Thailand, Myanmar and Vietnam and an offer of sharply discounted prices, Indian industry officials said. India is the world’s biggest rice exporter and China the biggest […]

Analysis: Battle of the billionaires: Bezos, Ambani gun for India retail supremacy

MUMBAI/NEW DELHI – Jeff Bezos and Mukesh Ambani, two of the world’s richest men, face a turning point in a battle for preeminence in India’s booming, nearly trillion-dollar retail market. The outcome of a legal dispute which has embroiled the billionaires’ Amazon.com and Reliance Industries Ltd empires – […]

Unilever to introduce mouthwash formulation in India, claims to reduce 99.9 pc corona after rinsing

New Delhi, Nov 21: Global FMCG major Unilever on Saturday said it will bring to India its mouthwash formulation, which, it claims, will reduce 99.9 per cent of coronavirus after 30 seconds of rinsing. “Unilever has confirmed that preliminary lab test results show that mouthwash formulation containing CPC Technology […]

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