23:44
The vacation bench of the Supreme Court of India has listed the CBI's plea challenging a Calcutta High Court order in the Narada case. Earlier this month, the high court had placed the accused in the Narada scam in house arrest.
23:16
The devastating second COVID-19 wave sweeping through India over the past few months is China's viral war against the country, senior BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya today said. This is the moment we all must stand with the nation, he asserted.This viral war is being waged to undercut the...
22:45
The Tamil Nadu government on Monday requested the Centre to take immediate action either to stop or ban the release of 'The Family Man 2' webseries on Amazon Prime, saying it depicted the Eelam Tamils in a highly objectionable manner.Claiming there were condemnable, inappropriate and...
22:20
Maharashtra Relief and Rehabilitation Minister Vijay Wadettiwarsaid the government was contemplating easing COVID-19-induced lockdown-like curbs in districts outside the red zone after June 1. He said 15 districts (out of total 36) are in the red zone (high...
22:07
A Dalit man was attacked in Viramgam taluka in Gujarat's Ahmedabad allegedly by 11 people for sporting a long mustache, and three people have been arrested so far in the incident, police said on Monday. Suresh Vaghela (22), who belongs to a Scheduled Caste...
21:46
Keeping in view the impending very severe cyclonic storm Yaas, the Odisha government on Monday decided to suspend the COVID-19 testing, vaccination and door-to-door survey work in the three cyclone prone districts.The three districts are-Balasore, Bhadrak and Mayurbhanj. They fall in the...
21:19
Having been forced to withdraw his statement questioning the efficacy of allopathy medicines, yoga guru Ramdev on Monday asked the Indian Medical Association if allopathy offered permanent relief for ailments such as hypertension and diabetes. In an 'open letter' posted on his Twitter...
20:51
A high-powered committee chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi met on Monday to select the new director of the Central Bureau of Investigation. Besides Modi, the other two members of the panel -- Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and Chief Justice of India N V...
20:30
Mumbai's COVID-19 tally reached 6,98,867 after 1,057 people were detected with the infection, and the death toll increased by 48 to touch 14,671, an official said. He said 1,312 people were discharged from hospitals. The time taken...
20:26
Delhi Police on Monday raided social media giant Twitter's India offices in New Delhi, Lado Sarai and Gurugram.
20:00
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday said that even though vaccination is the key to controlling the pandemic the government does not seem to care as he claimed reduction in daily inoculation in the country.He shared a graph showing the decline in the number of vaccine doses administered during...
19:49
Legendary Indian sprinter Milkha Singh, who has tested positive for COVID-19, was on Monday hospitalised, with his son and ace golfer Jeev Milkha Singh saying that the move was a precautionary measure. The 91-year-old Milkha had been in home isolation at his Chandigarh residence after he...
19:29
The Kolkata Port will suspend all shipping movements from May 25 in the wake of cyclone Yaas, a senior official said on Monday.Kolkata Port Trust chairman Vinit Kumar said the decision was taken as a precautionary measure.Entering of ships will be halted from Tuesday morning, while cargo handling...
19:11
The Indian Coast Guard on Monday said all the 265 boats, which were reported to be in the Bay of Bengal by fisheries authorities, have returned to harbour in view of cyclone Yaas.The cyclone is very likely to cross the north Odisha and West Bengal coasts between Paradip and Sagar Island around...
18:50
Image only for representation.
After cases of black and white fungus, both post-COVID complications, have been reported from several states, a first such case of yellow fungus was detected in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad district on Monday, informed Dr. BP Tyagi, an ENT (Ear-Nose-Throat) specialist.Dr. Tyagi said that the patient...
18:35
Continuing his tirade against a section of the party leadership, senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Tathagata Roy on Monday said those Trinamool Congress turncoats who were welcomed into the saffron party by neglecting old-timers have shown their 'true colours' and will return to their old...
18:12
The Odisha government rushed a large contingent of rescue and relief teams to Balasore district bordering West Bengal on Monday where the very severe cyclonic storm Yaas in likely to make landfall. Considering the input given by the weather office, the state government is preparing...
17:40
Representational image
Three researchers from the Wuhan Institute of Virology sought hospital care in November 2019, weeks before Beijing disclosed the COVID-19 pandemic, a US media report said, citing a previously undisclosed American intelligence document that could add weight to growing calls for a full scale probe...
17:30
A drive in vaccination centre in Mumbai
Pharmaceutical major Pfizer's statement on the supply of its Covid vaccine to India: Pfizer will supply Covid vaccine only to central governments and supra-national organisations for deployment in national immunization programs. Allocation of doses and implementation plan within a country...
17:10
A steady decline in daily new Covid-19 cases has been observed since the last 17 days in India, the Union health ministry said on Monday. It said there has been 2.6 times increase in the number of Covid tests done in the past 15 weeks in the country along with a steady dip in the weekly...
17:06
India vaccinates with Covishield and Covaxin against Covid
Indian firm Panacea Biotec begins production of Sputnik V vaccines. It will annually manufacture 100 million doses of Sputnik V. The first batch of the COVID-19 vaccine produced at Panacea Biotec's facilities at Baddi in Himachal Pradesh will be shipped to the Russia's Gamaleya Center...
16:31
People wait to get vaccinated
As part of preparations for the third wave of the Covid-19, the Delhi government has started arranging for oxygen cylinders.The Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on his visit to the oxygen plant at Delhi's Mayapuri area said that as many as 6,000 new oxygen cylinders have been imported from...
16:14
Equity benchmark Sensex advanced 111 points on Monday, tracking gains in HDFC twins, SBI and L&T amid mixed cues from global markets. The 30-share BSE index climbed 111.42 points or 0.22 per cent to finish at 50,651.90. The broader NSE Nifty rose 22.40 points or 0.15 per cent to...
16:12
A dengue mosquito
Expressing concern over mosquito infestation in the national capital, the Delhi High Court Monday said if the situation is not controlled immediately, the rise in vector-borne diseases could lead to more problems and complexities amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. A bench of Justices...
15:53
A medical team that was in Malikhedi village of Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, to create awareness about Covid-19 vaccination was attacked. One person has been injured after being hit on the head.Police say that some villagers verbally abused them and hit the husband of the Asst Secretary on the head. A...
15:30
21st May marked the 30th death anniversary of India's former prime minister, Rajiv Gandhi. This column details how Rajiv Gandhi worked three peace deals during his tenure. Do read
15:25
India has administered more than one crore vaccine doses in the 18-44 age group, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday. The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country exceeded 19.60 crore, the ministry said. A total of 19,60,51,962 vaccine doses have been...
15:23
There is a crippling shortage of vaccines in the country
A day after COVID vaccine manufacturer Moderna allegedly refused to send vaccines directly to the Punjab government, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday informed that Pfizer and Moderna have refused to sell vaccines directly to the Delhi government too and claimed they will only deal with...
15:23
There is a crippling shortage of vaccines in the country
A day after COVID vaccine manufacturer Moderna allegedly refused to send vaccines directly to the Punjab government, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday informed that Pfizer and Moderna have refused to sell vaccines directly to the Delhi government too and claimed they will only deal with...
14:04
A Black Fungus patient's family checks the reports
The Maharashtra government told the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court on Monday that fungal ailment mucormycosis was now covered under the Mahatma Jotiba Phule Jan Aarogya Yojana and the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana. Citizens will receive free treatment for mucormycosis at...
13:39
The ad that appeared in newspapers across India today
An obscure US-based firm with just 19 employees, USD 15 million in revenue and hosting just a one-page website wants to invest USD 500 billion in equity into India's National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP). Landomus Realty Ventures released statements via advertisements and on its website,...
13:02
Former international powerlifting champion Gaurav Sharma has been providing food packets and water to the needy amid the Covid-19 pandemic.He said he decided to serve the people in Delhi after the lockdown was imposed and he was able to see the plight of the daily-wage labourers in the national...
12:59
The Supreme Court on Monday said the process of registration of migrant workers is very slow and it must be expedited so that benefit of schemes can be extended to them amid the COVID-19 pandemic. While stressing on the need to register migrant workers, the apex court said the benefit...
12:56
A patient with Black Fungus being treated in Jabalpur
Over 30 patients suffering from mucormycosis are under treatment at a government hospital here, a doctor said. Most of the people are Covid survivors, said Rajkumar Jain, who is treating the affected in the MBS Hospital with his team, adding that he did not notice any non-Covid black fungus...
12:40
The Delhi High Court asks the Drug Controller General of India to conduct an investigation into the distribution of medicines by MP Gautam Gambhir. The court says Gambhir has actually done a disservice, unintentionally maybe. Shouldn't he have realised that medicines were in shortage, asks...
12:11
The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has committed 99 teams across Odisha, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the view of Cyclone Yaas, NDRF Director General SN Pradhan said on Monday.#CycloneYaas Update24/5/21 @NDRFHQ commits 99 tms Across...
11:48
60 teams of Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force on ready
The deep depression over the Bay of Bengal intensified into Cyclone Yaas in the early hours of Monday and it is likely to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm in the next 24 hours, the India Meteorological Department said. The cyclone is very likely to cross north Odisha-West Bengal coasts...
11:37
America's top expert on infectious diseases, Dr Anthony Fauci said he is not convinced the novel coronavirus developed naturally and has called for an open investigation into the origins of Covid-19 virus.When Dr Fauci was asked at an event whether he was still confident that the...
11:09
The CBI moves the Supreme Court against the Calcutta HC order allowing the house arrest of 4 leaders, including 3 from TMC, in the Narada case. The fourth is a former party leader.The central agency wants today's High Court hearing - a five-member bench is scheduled to hear the...
11:01
A Covid patient gets oxygen support in Ajmer
Drug majors Roche India and Cipla on Monday announced launch of Roche's Antibody Cocktail in India priced at Rs 59,750 per dose for the treatment of mild to moderate COVID-19 in patients who are at high risk. The first batch of the Antibody Cocktail (Casirivimab and Imdevimab) is now...
10:39
The Modi government's promise of a $5 trillion economy has since been derailed due to the pandemic, but India's healthcare sector continues to get no attention. The picture alongside is the Primary Health Centre in Madhubani's Sakri in Bihar. This hospital only exists on paper....
10:29
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday informed that the deep depression over the East-central Bay of Bengal has intensified into a cyclonic storm and it would further intensify into a severe cyclonic storm during the next 24 hours.In a tweet, IMD informed, Deep Depression over...
10:14
Equity benchmark Sensex rallied over 300 points in opening trade on Monday, tracking gains in index majors HDFC twins, SBI and ICICI Bank amid mixed cues from global markets. The 30-share BSE index was trading 310.72 points or 0.61 per cent higher at 50,851.20, and the broader NSE Nifty...
10:13
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar arrived in New York on Sunday on his first visit to the United States after India entered the UN Security Council as a non-permanent member in January this year and is expected to meet UN chief Antonio Guterres and Secretary of State Antony...
09:55
India achieved a grim milestone becoming the third country in the world after the United States of America and Brazil to record more than three lakh deaths due to COVID-19.New COVID-19 cases reported in the country fell further in the last 24 hours with 2,22,315 more people testing positive,...
09:01
Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat on Sunday said the Army is ready to extend help to the people of India in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic, which has claimed nearly 3 lakh lives in the country. He was speaking via videoconferencing at a seminar organised by a social organisation...
09:00
All the 274 personnel who were on board barge P305 that sank and tugboat Varaprada that went adrift during Cyclone Tauktae fury have been accounted for with the recovery of 16 bodies along Maharashtra and Gujarat coasts, the navy said on Monday. A total of 274 crew were reported...
08:48
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporationn has said it will implement 'walk-in' vaccination for citizens at its centres from Monday to Wednesday. A statement issued by it said citizens aged 60 years and above will get the first and the second dose of Covishield...
08:09
Yoga guru Ramdev on Sunday withdrew his recent statements on allopathic medicine which had triggered strong protests from the medical fraternity. Responding to a letter from Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, Ramdev said he wants to put the matter to rest. Hon'ble Minister, I have...
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