Spelling some relief after four days, Maharashtra new coronavirus cases dropped below the 5K mark to 4,878 on Tuesday, but the death toll jumped to its third highest in a fortnight, while the number of patients in Pune division crossed the 25K mark, health officials said....
The current phase of floods in Assam, triggered by heavy rains, remained grim on Tuesday claiming three more lives taking the death toll to 27 while affecting over 14.94 lakh people in 23 of the state's 33 districts, officials said....
TikTok India said on June 30 that it had been invited to meet with government stakeholders for a chance to clarify after it was blocked a day earlier along with 58 apps with Chinese links. The popular short video service also said it “continued to comply with data privacy and security requirements under Indian law†and had not shared any infor...
In his address to the nation on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the extension of PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana till November end, helping over 80 crore people to avail 5 kg free food grains. The PM said this extension will cost over Rs 90,000 crore....
In a big relief to train passengers, the Indian Railways has resumed bookings of Tatkal tickets for all 230 special trains from June 29, a service that was stopped in the wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic....
In the fight against Covid-19, researchers have developed a strategy to use data from existing cellular wireless networks to identify areas that are at the greater risk of disease....
Amid the face-off between the Congress and the BJP in Uttar Pradesh, the nearly dormant Congress is giving a tough fight to the ruling party on the streets of Lucknow. On Tuesday, state Congress President Ajay Kumar Lallu and Congress legislature party leader Aradhana Misra staged protests against the arrest of Congress minority cell chief...
PM Narendra Modi on Thursday made two big announcements during his address to the nation -- extension of the current free ration scheme for 80 crore Indians for another five months till the festive season gets over in November, besides announcing the ‘One India, One ration Card' scheme. ...
A senior Iranian judge has said that Interpol Red Notices have been issued for the prosecution of dozens of military and political officials of the US, including President Donald Trump, "who were involved in the assassination" of Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani, it was reported....
China on Tuesday reached out to India, expressing anxiety about the ban imposed by the Indian government on popular Chinese mobile applications like TikTok and WeChat, among others....
