Asthana was sent on a forced leave after the CBI registered a case of corruption against him. His plea to quash the FIR was rejected by the Delhi high court.
India won a first-ever archery World Cup medal in the compound women section when Trisha Deb, Gagandeep Kaur and Lily Chanu P beat their Italian opponents in the bronze medal play-off in Shanghai on Saturday.
The Omicron variant carries 'concerning' mutations that may make it more transmissible and allow it to evade immunity, scientists said on Monday, stressing that the one certainty in the uncertainty of the many things unknown is this -- COVID is not a short-term crisis and vaccines are still a critical tool.
'We were lucky, in many ways, that we got the disease late.'
'We really need to look seriously to see if there are any local variants.'
Punjab thrashed Manipur 3-0 to start their campaign in the quarter-final league of the 67th Santosh Trophy National Football Tournament on a winning note in Kollam on Saturday.
At least nine school students were killed and 20 injured when their bus collided with a truck in Hanumangarh district in Jaipur, Rajashthan on Tuesday morning.
With the unanticipated floods across Tamil Nadu catching the unprepared administration unawares, Stalin finds that some of the early positives that had rubbed on his initiatives have been lost, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
The comments come as the country's COVID-19 caseload surpassed the one crore mark, though the number of daily cases and daily fatalities have been continuously coming down.
Openers Robin Uthappa and KB Pawan scored half-centuries as Karnataka gave a strong reply to Baroda by reaching 148 for two in reply to hosts' 406 all out on the second day of their Ranji Trophy Group B match in Vadodara.
Defending champions Haryana trounced Bengal 8-0 to register their second consecutive victory in the 2nd Hockey India Senior Men's National Championship in Bangalore on Monday.
Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, Bharatiya Janata Party ministers Ashwini Vaishnaw and Prahlad Singh Patel, as also former election commissioner Ashok Lavasa and poll strategist Prashant Kishor were among those whose phone numbers were listed as potential targets for hacking through an Israeli spyware sold only to the government agencies, an international media consortium reported on Monday.
The bench said the Union Cabinet Secretary will be the convenor of the task force and may nominate an officer not below the rank of Additional Secretary to depute for him, when necessary.
'Serial testing is much more valuable than a single test which reflects just a point in time.'
The NTAGI has also stated that those having laboratory test proven SARS-CoV-2 illness should defer COVID-19 vaccination for six months after recovery, the sources said.
'I have learnt from Guru Nanakji that we all must live in harmony and brotherhood and have concern for others.'
Pistol shooters Vijay Kumar and Gurpreet Singh opened the gold medal trail for India by winning the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol (pairs) event on the fourth day of competitions in the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi on Thursday.
TCYonline.com presents the answer keys to the CBSE Maths exam in the Delhi region.
'You can still acquire the COVID-19 virus even if you are vaccinated.' 'But if you develop the disease, (after being vaccinated) the likelihood is that it will be mild.' 'It just makes sense to continue to take precautions, because you may be around a lot of unvaccinated people.'
"About 30 minutes before landing, we were asked to fasten our seat belts after we heard a sudden bang, resembling a Diwali bomb kind of sound, but not a pataka (fire-cracker)," Shelly Kakar who along with her husband, was seated four rows ahead of the alleged terrorist Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, said.
'He came back from the US only to work for his country.' 'He has invested his fortunes to build this company and is married to his work.' 'Rarely does one see such commitment.'
'Chances of getting the disease are not reduced, either after one dose or both doses of the vaccine.' 'And the probability of getting the infection -- you need to differentiate infection from disease -- by getting vaccinated is almost unaltered, be it single dose or two doses.' 'But your chances of developing moderate to severe disease, after getting infected, gets reduced with every dose you receive.'
Whether the third wave will ravage us depends on the pace of vaccinations, careful and calibrated opening up of establishments, and a strategy to contain the spread in specific states or pockets.
Only half India's population has received the first shot of Covishield and Covaxin and the government's immediate task is to first vaccinate its adult population before placing its focus on children.
Spot exchanges to trade in commodities are set to be launched across the country in a few months' time. The man in the limelight most of the time these days is Anjani Sinha, managing director and chief executive officer of National Spot Exchange.
Uday Kaul (144) and skipper Pankaj Dharmani (94) forged a 181-runs fourth wicket stand to help hosts Punjab take crucial 38-run lead against Andhra Pradesh at stumps on the third day of their Ranji Trophy match.
The agency acted swiftly on a reference from the government in Bihar, the home state of 34-year-old Rajput, where his family had lodged an FIR against Chakraborty.
Chasing 136 for victory, Hyderabad made heavy weather of the target in the Ranji Trophy match.
Pacer V R V Singh claimed five wickets for 25 runs as Orissa were dismissed for 76 in their second innings in the Ranji Trophy match against Punjab. Needing 175 for victory, Punjab were 117 for 2 in their second innings at draw of stumps on the penultimate day.
North were 51 for no loss at close on day 1 in the Duleep Trophy final.
Opener Hemal Watekar struck a brilliant 137 as Andhra Pradesh recovered from a disastrous start to score 294 for six at close in their Ranji Trophy match against Punjab on Saturday.
The small lightweight aircraft was taken back to the army centre, they added.The reasons for the force-landing were being looked into.\n
Punjab beat Hyderabad by an innings and 151 runs in Mohali
Punjab bowled out Haryana for 232 in the first innings of the Ranji trophy match.
Four persons have been arrested and action taken against seven policemen.
The Indian government and private firms have stepped up efforts to develop a vaccine to halt the spread of COVID-19 which has claimed over 3,700 lives with more than 1,25,000 cases in the country.
Yuvraj Singh's 138 enabled the hosts take a 75-run lead over Delhi on the penultimate day of the 'Elite' Ranji Trophy match.
The trial began at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle as the first participant received the investigational vaccine.
The trio attacked two university students soon after calling one of them, a Sikh, 'Osama'
After being bowled out for 251, Mumbai had Delhi reeling at 42 for 2 on day 1 in the Ranji Trophy semi-final.
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