New Delhi: Petrol price scaled Friday to Rs 102 per litre in some parts of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. This happened after rates were raised for the fourth straight day. Petrol price was hiked by a steep 29 paise per litre and diesel by 31...
New Delhi: As the pandemic and the eventual lockdowns wreaked havoc on the economy and livelihoods, around 23 crore Indians have been pushed into poverty during the past one year, showed a report by Azim Premji University. It said that the rural poverty rate increased...
New Delhi: New coronavirus cases and deaths in India hit a record daily high with 4,12,262 new infections and 3,980 fatalities being reported, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 2,10,77,410 and the death toll to 2,30,168, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated Thursday. Registering a steady increase, the active cases...
New Delhi: The third wave of COVID is inevitable given the amount of virus circulating in India, Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government, K VijayRaghavan warned Wednesday. Addressing the Union Health Ministry press conference, he said: "Third phase is inevitable given the amount of virus...
Kolkata: TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee was Wednesday sworn-in as the chief minister of West Bengal for the third consecutive term after a massive win in the state assembly elections. Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar administered her the oath of office and secrecy at a low-key ceremony at...
New Delhi: India Wednesday recorded 3,780 deaths, maximum in a day and 3,82,315 fresh cases of Covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours, taking the total caseload in the country to 2,06,65,148, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said. It is the 14th straight...
New Delhi: The Indian Premier League (IPL) was suspended indefinitely Tuesday, after multiple COVID-19 cases were reported in its bio-bubble. In the process it ended a month-long relatively smooth run for cricket’s most glamorous and cash-rich event in the middle of a raging pandemic. As...
New Delhi: The Indian Premier League's (IPL) 2021 season has been postponed, said the Indian cricket board (BCCI) Tuesday. The decision was made after more Covid-19 positive cases emerged in the IPL bio-bubble following those Monday. "The Indian Premier League Governing Council (IPL GC) and...
New Delhi: The Health Ministry Monday said that 100 per cent advance of Rs 1732.50 crore was released to the Serum Institute of India on April 28 for 11 crore doses of Covishield vaccine during May, June and July. The amount, which after TDS was...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha formally launched the third phase of COVID-19 vaccination for people in the 18-44 age group here Monday, with beneficiaries being administered the first dose of Covaxin, a health department official said. The drive is underway at all government hospitals in the state capital....
The demonstration by scores of policemen and officers outside the Delhi Police headquarters on 2 November to protest against some...
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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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