In a statement, the Health Ministry said that the proportion of active cases in total positive cases has further decreased to 5.48% in the country. The accumulated national figure is 93.05%. The total number of recovered cases stands at 81,63,572, and the gap between recovered cases and active cases, which …
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MUMBAI: Mumbai air quality index one day after Diwali on Sunday was 148, according to data provided by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), which was much lower than Delhi, which recorded an AQI of 435 that was in the severe category. The reason that could be partly attributed to …
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NEW DELHI: Diwali, the festival of lights, is celebrated not only throughout India, but all over the world with the same pomp and grandeur. Following in the footsteps of the festival’s tradition and culture, foreign embassies in the national capital received compatriots on Saturday for the Diwali holiday. Although there …
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MUMBAI: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said on Saturday that places of religious worship across the state, which were closed since the Covid-19 shutdown in March, will reopen starting Monday. Thackeray said this in a statement. Greeting people on the occasion of Diwali, he said: “We cannot forget that the …
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NEW DELHI: In a great relief to the Telangana Fireworkers Dealers Association, the Supreme Court on Friday allowed the sale and use of firecrackers in the state in accordance with the National Green Court (NGT) order. NGT has allowed the outbreak of green cookies in cities where air quality is …
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NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Niramala Sitharaman announced on Thursday an Emergency Credit Line 2.0 Guarantee (ECGLS) scheme for 26 stressed sectors, including energy, construction, real estate, iron and steel manufacturing. Identified by the KV Kamath committee, the entities of these 26 sectors, as well as the health sector, have outstanding …
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WASHINGTON: Many world leaders congratulated and talked to him, recognized him and called him president-elect. Trump’s Republicans are losing court cases alleging voter fraud in series. The few bugs they have discovered are not enough to nullify the results, giving the Biden-Harris ballot a clear victory at the national level, …
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The Delhi High Court on Thursday expressed concern over the rise in COVID-19 cases in the national capital and questioned that the AAP government “does everything it can to unlock” things. “The high court said the Delhi government cannot be allowed to gamble with the lives of citizens and that …
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Metal companies are regaining some of their lost shine after the pandemic. Second-quarter margins for Aditya Birla’s flagship Hindalco Ltd showed a good jump from the prior-year quarter thanks to lower costs and a better product mix. But the sale of Aleris’ aluminum foil operations in Lewisport at a lower-than-expected …
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PATNA / NEW DELHI: An NDA fired by Narendra Modi was on his way to achieving a small victory in Bihar, beating an energetic challenge from Tejashwi Yadav in a contest that marked the coming-of-age party of the young RJD leader as JD’s decline U) of the holder Nitish Kumar. …
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