Chandigarh, October 20 (IANS): In a first in the country, the legislative Assembly in Punjab led by Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday unanimously passed three legislations and formally rejected the
New Delhi, October 20 (IANS): Airtels privacy policy statement has been updated after a controversy over sexual orientation being part of the personal information that can be accessed.
The privacy policy of
AMARAVATI, OCTOBER 20 (IANS): There seems to be no respite from rain as deep depression over Andhra Pradesh has already caused flooding in several places in the state, with the Met department predicting heavy t
NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 20 (IANS): Concerned about the education of poor children, Delhi Police constable Than Singh has set up a school in a temple behind the Red Fort. He starts his classes at 5 in the evening aft
NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 20 (IANS): The Jindal School of Banking & Finance of O.P. Jindal Global University has launched a unique, industry-relevant undergraduate programme B.A. (Hons.) Finance and Entrepreneursh
New Delhi, October 19 (IANS): In a bid to safeguard the LGBTQ+ community and ensure that the basic human rights of this community are not compromised due to the COVID-19 crisis, the National Human Rights C
Srinagar, October 19 (IANS): The summoning of National Conference (NC) president, Dr. Farooq Abdullah for questioning by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday has created quite a flutter in the politi
BENGALURU, October 19 (Reuters): Intensive care units (ICUs) at hospitals treating COVID-19 patients should do away with air-conditioning to limit the risk of infecting doctors, a study from a top Indian r
NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 19 (IANS): Automobile major Mahindra & Mahindra has reported that bookings for 'All-New Thar' SUV has now crossed 15,000 bookings, since its launch on October 2, 2020.
"To
MUMBAI, October 19 (Reuters): At least half of India's 1.3 billion people are likely to have been infected with the new coronavirus by next February, helping slow the spread of the disease, a memb
NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 19 (IANS): Leading digital financial services platform Paytm on Monday said it will partner with various card issuers to introduce co-branded credit cards and is aiming to issue 20 lakh cards
New Delhi, October 19 (IANS): With a spike of 55,722 coronavirus cases and 579 deaths in 24 hours, India's tally on Monday crossed the 75-lakh mark with a total of 75,50,273 cases.
Out of these, 7,72,055
Hyderabad, October 18 (IANS): Torrential rains and flash floods in Hyderabad have affected over 37,000 families, a top civic official said on Sunday.
The heavy rains and floods on October 13-14 and again on
New Delhi, October 18 (IANS): Union Environment, Forests and Climate Change Minister Prakash Javadekar on Sunday announced that 60-70 pollution-causing power plants would be identified and closed in the next tw
Lucknow, October 18 (IANS): Even as preparations for by-elections for seven Assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh are on, political analysts have pointed out that these elections before the Assembly electoral battle
NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 18 (IANS): Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Sunday admitted that India is in the community transmission stage.
However, it is limited only to certain districts and states. The statem
NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 18 (IANS): Gold imports by India declined 57.12 per cent in the first half of the current financial year (2020-21) to $6.77 billion as demand has been largely hit by the pandemic.
During A
MUMBAI, October 17 (Reuters): India’s coronavirus infections rose by another 62,212 cases over the previous day and a local media report said on Saturday that the government had begun identifying abo
New Delhi, October 15 (IANS): The Union Health Ministry on Thursday said the country's doubling time of Covid-19 cases has sharply increased to 70.4 days from 25.5 days in mid-August, which is nearly thrice
BENGALURU/KOLKATA, October 15 (Reuters): Already on track to overtake the United States with the world's most novel coronavirus infections, India is bracing for a surge of cases in coming weeks as