Congress on Monday deferred the much-awaited party president’s election after a unanimous plea that the organisation focus on Covid relief. While AICC general secretary K C Venugopal presented the poll schedule of June 23 to the CWC gathering...
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12th May 2021 | Updated at 01:04pm 12th May 2021
Govt rejects Serum plea to export Covishield to UK
Despite the international pressure and several rounds of negotiations by Serum Institute of India (SII), the government has turned down the request from SII to export 50,00,000 doses of Covishield to UK under its prior commitments. The decision...
Year after clash, China reinforces positions, rotates LAC troops
A year after Indian and Chinese soldiers first clashed on the north bank of Pangong Tso in eastern Ladakh, China is now further reinforcing its military positions and rotating troops in the "depth areas" along the Line of Actual Control in a...
Lockdown in Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala has announced complete lockdown in the state from May 8 to 16 over the rising Covid-19 cases in the state. Kerala earlier recorded single-day spike with over 35,801 fresh Covid cases and 68 more deaths on Tuesday....
No let up in Karnataka Covid cases
Karnataka’s Covid -19 tally crossed the 16,00,000 mark following 44,438 fresh infections while 239 more deaths took the toll to 16,011, the health department said. According to a health bulletin, the state’s Covid tally stood at 16,01,865 whereas...
Mamata inducts 43 ministers into her cabinet
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday inducted as many as 43 Ministers into her Cabinet, including 18 new faces. The Ministers, including nine junior ministers, were administered the oath of office by Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar...
Himanta Biswa Sarma takes oath as new Assam CM
BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma, was on Monday sworn-in as the 15th chief minister of Assam by Governor Jagadish Mukhi at the Srimanta Sankardeva Kalakshetra in Guwahati. He also vowed to take the state to greater heights of prosperity. Along...
Vibrant Gujarat roadshow held in Mumbai
Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani held a roadshow in Mumbai on November 26, for the ninth edition of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2019
Manchester airport delivers major boost to north with new Mumbai connection
Jet Airways’ five-times-a-week service from Manchester to Mumbai took for the first time this morning, at a celebration attended by Aviation Minister, Baroness Liz Sugg and hundreds of guests from across the region.
Despite the international pressure and several rounds of negotiations by Serum Institute of India (SII), the government has turned down the request from...
A year after Indian and Chinese soldiers first clashed on the north bank of Pangong Tso in eastern Ladakh, China is now further reinforcing its military...
Residents of Chausa village in Bihar’s Buxar woke up to the sight of half-burnt bodies dumped in the Ganga washing ashore near Mahadev Ghat. Villagers...
In order to protect prisoners’ right to life, the Supreme Court has directed states to examine releasing inmates, convicted or facing trial in non-serious...
Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani virtually dedicated four oxygen plants that have been donated to hospitals in Vadodara, including one each at SSG Hospital...
South Africa, India and other developing countries are expected to demand TRIPS waiver for Covid-19 drugs and medical tools in addition to vaccines. With...
More than 170 unaccompanied children are among the Australians seeking to return from India as it struggles to contain a deadly second wave of Covid-19,...
BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma, was on Monday sworn-in as the 15th chief minister of Assam by Governor Jagadish Mukhi at the Srimanta Sankardeva Kalakshetra...
New Jersey: Dr Rajendra Kapila, 81, was an infectious disease expert at New Jersey’s Rutgers University. He died in a Delhi hospital on 28 April after...
