New Delhi: The Centre deputed Friday multi-disciplinary teams to Kerala, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Manipur. This was done in view of the high number of Covid-19 cases being reported by these states. The multi-disciplinary teams will be supporting the states like Odisha in...
New Delhi: Zydus Cadila Thursday said it has applied for emergency use authorisation (EUA) with the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) for its Covid-19 vaccine ZyCoV-D. The company said it has conducted the largest clinical trial for its Covid-19 vaccine in India so far...
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court Thursday upheld the acquittal of film producer and Tips Industries co-founder Ramesh Taurani in the case of murder of music baron Gulshan Kumar in 1997, and also confirmed the conviction and life sentence imposed on accused Abdul Rauf Merchant. A...
Bhubaneswar: As Covid-19 cases continue to remain high in some districts of Odisha, the government Wednesday extended the partial lockdown in the state for 15 more days till 5.00am July 16. Giving this information, Chief Secretary SC Mahapatra said that while extending partial lockdown an...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday said the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) is statutorily mandated to provide minimum standards of relief, which should include ex-gratia for those who have succumbed to Covid. A bench headed Justice Ashok Bhushan said by not providing ex-gratia amount,...
Bhubaneswar: Coming down heavily on the highhandedness of the Centre which tried to intrude into the state’s power on regulation of non-major ports, the state government Tuesday urged the Centre to make necessary modifications in the draft Indian Ports Bill, 2021. State Transport and Commerce...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court termed Tuesday as ‘unpardonable’ the Centre’s ‘apathy and lackadaisical attitude’ towards creating National Database for Unorganised Workers (NDUW). The apex court ordered its commencement by July 31 so that all migrant workers are registered this year. This has to be...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday said all state governments must implement one-nation, one ration card scheme by July 31. A bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan passed a slew of directions to the Centre and state governments for the benefit of the migrant workers. The...
New Delhi: To help revival of the economy battered by Covid-19, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced Monday a slew of measures, including Rs 1.1 lakh crore credit guarantee scheme for improving health infrastructure, and enhancing the limit under the ECLGS by 50 per cent to...
Dhaka: A powerful explosion that destroyed an old three-storey building in a crowded area here in Bangladesh's capital and killed at least seven people and injured around 400 others may have been caused by a faulty gas line or gas cylinders, authorities said Monday. Police...
More than three years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, there is no let-up in the spiral of killings, displacement,...
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The BJP appears to be clueless as to how to handle the people’s fury and the Opposition’s mega rally at...
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By Aakar Patel My thesis is that the Indian state under Hindutva is incompletely communal. I have written about this...
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By Dilip Cherian The litany of extensions continues. The latest is Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh, whose tenure the Modi...
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