New Delhi: The ICSE Class 10 board examinations have been cancelled due as the coronavirus pandemic situation in India is ‘worsening’, the board said Tuesday. The new decision comes days after the ICSE board had made the examinations optional for the students. The Council for the...
New Delhi: In a major relief for the entire Indian population, the Centre announced Monday that people above 18 years of age will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccination May 1 onwards. The decision was taken during a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi with...
New Delhi: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tested positive for COVID-19. He was admitted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here with a mild fever Monday afternoon. Manmohan Singh, 88, has been admitted to the AIIMS trauma centre. It is a dedicated COVID-19...
Bhubaneswar: The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Odisha and Ex-Officio Principal Secretary to the state government Sushil Kumar Lohani Monday morning issued a formal notification for the Pipili bypoll which has been rescheduled to be conducted May 13. Notably, rescheduling of the bypoll was necessitated following...
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair an important meeting on the COVID-19 situation at 11:30 am Monday, officials said. The meeting comes amid a massive surge in coronavirus cases across the country, with several chief ministers complaining of a shortage of essentials like...
New Delhi: With the resurgence of COVID-19 cases posing risks to economic recovery, leading brokerages have downgraded India's GDP growth projections for the current fiscal year to as low as 10 per cent on local lockdowns threatening fragile recovery. While Nomura has downgraded projections of...
New Delhi: Emphasising that there is no substitute to testing, tracking and treatment, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Saturday at a meeting to review the country's COVID preparedness that all necessary measures must be taken to ramp up the availability of beds for COVID patients....
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Saturday, urging him to make vaccines available in the open market. The CM demanded that COVID-19 vaccine be made available outside the government supply chain in open market so that those who can...
New Delhi: The Railways Friday formulated a policy for the transportation of liquid medical oxygen in cryogenic tankers after a plea by the government of Maharashtra, one of the worst affected states by the coronavirus pandemic. The policy, made public late Friday night, said the...
New Delhi: The Southwest monsoon, which brings nearly 75 per cent of rainfall to the country, is expected to be normal this year, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said Friday. However, rainfall in Odisha, Jharkhand, eastern Uttar Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya is likely to be...
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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