India added 13,405 new coronavirus infections in a single day, taking the virus tally to 4,28,51,929, while the active cases dipped below two lakh after 49 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The death toll climbed to 5,12,344 with 235 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.The daily […]
The BSE benchmark Sensex tanked over 1,000 points and the NSE Nifty cracked below the key 17,000-level in opening deals on Tuesday, mirroring a rout in the global equity markets. The Sensex was trading 1,015 points or 1.76 per cent lower at 56,668.60, and the Nifty quoted 285.4 points or 1.66 per cent lower at […]
Many areas in the city faced disruption in power supply as employees of the Electricity Department went on a three-day strike in protest against the privatisation of the department. Residents of Modern Housing Complex, Category IV, Manimajra, said that electricity went off just after midnight in their area and it was yet to be restored.Similarly, […]
Polling for Punjab Assembly Elections on Sunday ended peacefully with 71.95 % of the total 2.14 crores voters in the state turned out to exercise their franchise. He said of total 15469618 persons who have casted votes, there were 8133930 Males and 7335406 Females, while 282 were Transgenders/Others. Giving the final details here on Monday, […]
Indian vaccine maker Biological E. Ltd said on Monday its Covid-19 vaccine received an emergency use approval in the country for use in children aged 12 to 18. The company’s shot, called Corbevax, is the third vaccine approved for use in children aged 12 and above in India, joining Zydus Cadila’s DNA shot ZyCoV-D and […]
Authorities in Karnataka’s Shivamogga have deployed additional police forces, prohibited gatherings of over four people, and shut educational institutions amid tensions after the murder late on Sunday of a 23-year-old worker of the Bajrang Dal, the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP)’s youth wing. Police said Harsha’s assailants chased him in a car before attacking him. He […]
Lalu Yadav was sentenced today to five years in jail and fined Rs 60 lakh in a fifth case linked to the fodder scam.The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader was convicted in the case last week. The case involves the illegal withdrawal of Rs 139.5 crore from the Doranda treasury, as part of the fodder […]
Shivpal Yadav, the estranged uncle of Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav and brother veteran Mulayam Singh Yadav, was on Monday named as one of the star campaigners for the party for the ongoing Assembly election in Uttar Pradesh. In what seemed to be a hint towards bettering of ties between Akhilesh and his uncle, the […]
India’s head coach Rahul Dravid is not “hurt” by Wriddhiman Saha revealing the “difficult” conversation that the two had about his future as he firmly believes that the veteran keeper-batter “deserved the honesty and clarity” which was provided to him. Saha, whose India career has come to a halt, recently told the media that Dravid […]
Young Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa stunned world no 1 Magnus Carlsen in the eighth round of the Airthings Masters, an online rapid chess tournament. Praggnanandhaa won with black pieces in 39 moves in a Tarrasch variation game early on Monday to halt Carlsen’s run of three straight wins.The Indian GM lies in joint 12th spot […]