With 25,920 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, India’s tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,27,80,235, while the active cases dipped below three lakh after 43 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. The death toll climbed to 5,10,905 with 492 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 […]
An earthquake of magnitude 3.8 on the Richter Scale occurred near Jaipur on Friday morning, according to the National Center for Seismology. The central government’s nodal agency for monitoring earthquakes said that the epicentre of the seismic event was 92km northwest of Jaipur and at the depth of 5km. The earthquake occurred at 8.01am. “Earthquake […]
Police arrested two of the leaders of hundreds of truckers, who clogged the streets of Canada’s capital, standing their ground and defiantly blasted their horns as police threatened to break up the nearly three-week protest against the country’s Covid restrictions. Busloads of police arrived near Ottawa’s Parliament Hill, and workers put up extra fences around […]
About 25,000 birds falling in a kilometre radius of an affected poultry farm in Thane will be culled in the next few days in the wake of a bird flu scare. The move came days after about 100 chickens died suddenly at the farm in Vehloli village of Shahapur tehsil in Thane district, officials said. […]
India’s popular e-commerce website IndiaMart.com and four other markets, including New Delhi’s famous Palika Bazaar, have figured in the latest annual list of the world’s notorious markets released by the US Trade Representative. The 2021 Notorious Markets List released on Thursday identified 42 online and 35 physical markets around the world that are reported to […]
Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla on Thursday urged Serbian tennis superstar Novak Djokovic to get vaccinated against Covid-19. The 20-time Grand Slam winner has remained unvaccinated against coronavirus and has maintained that he is willing to miss out on future tennis trophies than be forced to take the jab. Posting a video of […]
The Election Commission of India today issued extensive guidelines to the District Election Officers to ensure prohibitions during the period of 48 hours (6 pm on Fabrury 18, 2022) ending with hours fixed for conclusion of poll in Punjab to be held on Fabrury 20, 2022. Voting will take place in the State of Punjab […]
Calls regarding unattended bags and bomb threats at two different places in east Delhi created panic on Thursday. The first case was reported from Shahdara area, police said.“An unidentified bag was found in Shahdara district. Delhi Police and Fire Department received a bomb threat call at 2.15 p.m. We found a bag from the spot […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hit out at the Congress, accusing it of betraying farmers and said it was the BJP government which made record purchase of grains. Addressing a rally here ahead of the February 20 Punjab assembly polls, Modi urged voters to bring the BJP-led alliance to power in the state for […]
Singer-composer Bappi Lahiri, who enthralled Hindi cinema lovers with his disco-infused tunes in the ’80s and ’90s, was cremated here in the presence of family, friends and industry colleagues on Thursday. Lahiri, 69, died following multiple health issues on Tuesday night at the CritiCare Hospital in Juhu.Police had barricaded the lane of the singer’s Juhu […]