Thu, 18 Nov 2021 12:28:08
With 11,919 fresh cases, India's COVID-19 tally has climbed to 3,44,78,517, while the number of active cases has gone up to 1,28,762, the Union health ministry said on Thursday. The death toll due to the viral disease has shot up to 4,64,623 with 470 more fatalities, according to the ministry's data updated at 8 am.
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Wed, 17 Nov 2021 18:02:06
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Wednesday moved a breach of privilege motion against the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the West Bengal Assembly.
The motion was moved by party MLA Tapas Roy for filing the charge sheet in the Narada scam without getting the sanction of the Assembly speaker.
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Wed, 17 Nov 2021 17:57:59
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday said he has sought a report on the damage caused to the agriculture and horticulture crops due to continuous downpour in several parts of the state for the past fortnight.
"The unexpected downpour is continuing and there are signals that it will extend for another four to five days due to depression in the Bay of Bengal.
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Wed, 17 Nov 2021 17:55:29
Lokayukta P. Vishwanatha Shetty on Tuesday asked the Udupi district administration to identify people who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 and arrange for their complete vaccination.
Chairing a review meeting at Udupi, Justice Shetty said there were reports of some teachers in private educational institutions and fisherworkers not being vaccinated. Every effort should be made to vaccin
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Wed, 17 Nov 2021 17:44:24
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will launch the party's 100 days action plan for the "Adhi Abadi", an outreach programme for women voters in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday.
Priyanka Gandhi arrived in Chitrakoot's Ram Ghat today to launch the programme.
The Congress general secretary is betting high by announcing that 40 per cent tickets will be given to women in the Uttar Prade
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Wed, 17 Nov 2021 17:40:07
India is among 60 countries on track to achieve the global target of a 30 per cent reduction in tobacco use by 2025, according to the fourth World Health Organization's global tobacco trends report.
As per the report, the number of tobacco users have decreased globally to 1.30 billion in 2020 from 1.32 billion in 2015. This is expected to continue to drop to 1.27 billion by 2025.
The report furt
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Wed, 17 Nov 2021 17:37:00
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday held a conversation with his Saudi Arabian counterpart Faisal bin Farhan and discussed the resumption of travel and developments in Afghanistan.
"Good to talk to Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia @FaisalbinFarhan. Discussed resumption of travel and developments on Afghanistan," he said in a tweet.
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Wed, 17 Nov 2021 17:28:40
India's KL Rahul dropped a spot to sixth but Virat Kohli retained his eighth place in the latest ICC men's T20I rankings issued on Wednesday.
Rahul, who scored three consecutive half-centuries in India's last three matches at the recently-concluded T20 World Cup, has 727 points.
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Wed, 17 Nov 2021 17:11:14
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday moved a petition before the Bombay High Court seeking quashing of the defamation case filed against him by a BJP supporter for the former's "commander-in-thief" remark targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The complainant Mahesh Shrishrimal had stated that this remark was made by Rahul Gandhi while attacking the prime minister in 2018 over the Rafale
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