The Center has requested Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Delhi to increase testing, as the positivity rate in these states is still significantly higher than the national average of 8.4%. An analysis of the daily average of new cases week by week in the top five states showed that Maharashtra …
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Indra Mani Pandey said, India has been a fervent defender of human rights (Archive) Geneva: India said on Tuesday that it has revived grassroots democracy and provided a new impetus to social and economic development in Jammu and Kashmir despite persistent attempts by a neighboring country to infiltrate terrorists to …
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Written by Sofi Ahsan | New Delhi | Updated: September 16, 2020 6:58:41 am Umar Khalid is one of several young activists who have been arrested in cases related to the violence in Delhi in February. The police have invoked UAPA provisions to investigate the alleged “larger conspiracy” behind the …
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NEW DELHI: Opposition leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said on Tuesday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s absence from Parliament when a resolution on the situation between India and China was passed shows that the government fears the situation will be discussed. imminent. Today Defense Minister Rajnath Singh delivered …
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The Comptroller General of Medicines of India (DCGI) has granted permission to the Pune Serum Institute of India (SII) to resume its phase two and three clinical trials of the Oxford Covid-19 candidate vaccine in the country. DCGI VG Somani, in a letter to SII, has said that the institute’s …
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Gaurav Gogoi from Congress speaks outside Lok Sabha on Tuesday. (Twitter / ANI) Members of Congress left the Lok Sabha and held a sit-in at the Parliament House compound after they were not allowed to speak following a statement by Defense Minister Rajnath Singh on the border clash with China. …
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Written by Nirupama Subramanian, Krishn Kaushik | New Delhi | Updated: September 16, 2020 7:10:02 am Satellite images taken in May 2020 show Chinese tents on the north shore of Pangong Tso. (Planet Labs via Reuters, file) Before the Foreign Minister, S Jaishankar, and his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi reached …
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Written by Prabha Raghavan | New Delhi | Updated: September 16, 2020 7:14:21 am In this brochure photo taken on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020 and provided by the Russian Direct Investment Fund, a new vaccine is on display at the Nikolai Gamaleya National Epidemiology and Microbiology Center in Moscow, Russia. …
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The Center responded in writing on Tuesday (September 15) to Congressional Leader Manish Tiwari’s question why Prime Minister Narendra Modi imposed the national lockdown just four hours in advance. The government said that this step was taken on the recommendation of experts since there was a danger of the spread …
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Toyota Motor Corp. said Tuesday that it remains committed to the Indian market and its local unit announced an investment of more than ₹Rs 2 billion, just hours after a report quoted a senior company official as saying the company will halt its expansion plans due to high taxes on …
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