New Delhi, September 2 (PTI): Around 80 per cent teaching and non-teaching staff employed in schools across the country have received at least the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, Education Ministry officials sa
New Delhi, September 2 (PTI): About 300 cases of delta plus variant of COVID-19 have been found in India, the government said, noting that vaccine has been found to be effective against the strain.
Respondin
New Delhi, September 2 (PTI): The government on Thursday extended till September 30 visas of all foreign nationals stuck in India due to COVID-19 pandemic, an official spokesperson said here.
The spokesperso
New Delhi, September 2 (PTI): More than half of India's adult population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 16 per cent have got both, the Union government said on Thursday as the cumula
New Delhi, April 22 (PTI): The number of daily coronavirus cases in India hit a record high with over 3.14 lakh new infections being reported, pushing the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 1,59,30,965, according
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) India has overtaken the US to become the country with second-highest daily Covid-19 cases in the world. Brazil leads the chart with 91,097 cases recorded in the last 24 hours.
India
New Delhi, February 25 (PTI): The government's new regulations for social media platforms and over-the-top (OTT) players Thursday evoked divergent responses from experts with one section welcoming them, som
NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 17 (IANS): A Delhi Court on Wednesday said that it is "shameful" that the incidents of crime and violence against women are happening in a country in which the Mahabharata and Rama
Chennai, February 16 (IANS): Debutant left-arm spinner Axar Patel's five-wicket haul in England's second innings -- coupled with Ravichandran Ashwin's all-round performance -- made India's
Jammu, February 8 (IANS): The Border Security Force (BSF) on Monday shot down one Pakistani intruder in Samba sector of Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district along the International Border.
In a statement,
NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 6 (IANS): In order to provide inclusive and quality education to all as envisaged in the National Education Policy, the Union Ministry of Education has decided to rename the 383 residential
New Delhi/Washington, February 3 (IANS): In a clear attempt to polarise India, US Vice President Kamala Harris' niece Meena Harris and some international celebrities with hardly any expertise on Indian affa
New Delhi, February 1 (IANS): The stock markets have saluted the Union Budget with a massive gain of 2,300 points as the fears of a Covid cess or increase in capital gains tax did not materialise while withhold
New Delhi, February 1 (IANS): Emphasising on better connectivity in urban areas, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said the Centre would work towards raising the share of public transport in u
New Delhi, February 1 (IANS): Lauding the Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, various political leaders on Monday emphasized that the announcements are for the benefit of the farmers.
New Delhi, February 1 (IANS): The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) on Monday termed the Union Budget 2021 as a "progressive and comprehensive document".
"The Union Budget is a progres
New Delhi, February 1 (IANS): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday slammed the Centre for not providing cash transfers to the poor in the Union Budget, and said the Modi government was planning to give the co
New Delhi, February 1 (IANS): In a bid to attract investments into the country's infrastructure sector, the government will notify Infrastructure Debt Funds eligible to raise funds by issuing tax efficient
New Delhi, February 1 (IANS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for her marathon 110-minute Budget speech and also inquired about her health soon after she
New Delhi, February 1 (IANS): The Congress on Monday criticised the Modi-led NDA government for giving a sizeable chunk of the infra-Budget to the election-bound states of Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Ker