New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) announced Tuesday the schedule for classes 10 and 12 board exams. The board exams will begin May 4. As per the datesheet, the exams for class 10 will conclude June 7, while those for class 12...
Bhubaneswar: No COVID-19 death has been reported in Odisha for a week now. However, the state reported Monday 79 fresh cases of COVID-19 infection. It pushed the tally of the total number of people infected in Odisha to 3,35,151, a health department official said Monday....
New Delhi: COVID-19 has so far claimed the lives of 162 doctors, 107 nurses and 44 ASHA workers in the country, Rajya Sabha was told Tuesday. The figures are based on the intimations received from the states till January 22. This was stated by Minister of...
New Delhi: The News Broadcasters Association (NBA) strongly condemned Monday the registration of FIRs against senior editors and journalists over the coverage of the farmers’ protest and the ensuing violence on Republic Day here. The NBA demanded that the FIRs be quashed. Six journalists –...
New Delhi: The COVID-19 vaccination is on at full swing in India. So far more than 35 lakh healthcare and frontline workers have been vaccinated. It should be stated here that so far 11 persons have died after being vaccinated by the COVID-19 jab. So...
Chennai: Members of the Indian and England cricket teams have returned three negative tests for COVID-19 during their six-day quarantine. This has paved the way for their first full strength net sessions three days before the opening Test. The first Test begins here Friday. The...
New Delhi: The Congress termed Monday the Union Budget as ‘directionless’. The party said that the Union Budget was a case of ‘wrong diagnosis and prescription’. Congress said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman could have been ‘brave’ by extending help to the poor, but chose to...
New Delhi: Following are the highlights of the 2021-22 Budget presented Monday by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament Fiscal position and health outlay Spending on healthcare hiked by 137 per cent to over Rs 2.23 lakh crore Rs 35,000 crore outlay for COVID vaccine...
Washington: America's top infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci said that former US President Donald Trump used to coax him to downplay the gravity of the Covid-19 situation in the country, presently the hardest-hit in the world. In an interview with The New York Times, Fauci,...
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Monday the government estimates fiscal deficit of 6.8 per cent of the gross domestic product (GDP) in the next financial year beginning April 1. However, the fiscal deficit in 2020-21 is estimated to soar up to 9.5 per...
Every few years, India calls in its envoys for a reality check. At the 11th Heads of Mission Conference recently,...
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The growing tendency of different state police forces to cross jurisdictional boundaries in order to arrest individuals for their opinions...
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In the past, it was considered rather difficult to contest assembly elections without a recognisable chief ministerial candidate’s face as...
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The Pentagon’s announcement on 2 May to significantly reduce American troop presence in Germany marks a pivotal moment in the...
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