New Delhi: The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi on Wednesday has given its approval for creation of National Recruitment Agency (NRA), paving the way for a transformational reform in the recruitment...
New Delhi: A group of 772 lawyers have written a letter to Chief Justice S.A. Bobde to raise concerns on an emerging trend to browbeat and intimidate the judiciary. “India has witnessed a series of...
New Delhi: The Education Ministry will soon launch a National Intellectual Property Literacy initiative and is in talks with some other ministries in this regard, a top official said on Wednesday. “When we looked at...
New Delhi: A year after additional security personnel were deployed in Jammu and Kashmir, the Central government on Wednesday withdrew around 12,000 troopers of various paramilitary forces, indicating a significant improvement in the law and...
Hyderabad: Pharma major Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd on Wednesday announced the launch of Avigan (Favipiravir) 200 mg tablets for treatment of Covid-19 in India. The launch is part of the global licensing agreement with Fujifilm...
Washington: The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 22.3 million, while the deaths have increased to over 786,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Thursday morning, the total number of cases...
Washington: California Senator Kamala Harris has formally accepted her nomination as the Democratic Party’s Vice Presidential candidate, becoming the first woman of South Asian descent to be nominated to a major US party’s presidential ticket....
Mumbai: NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Thursday said the Maharashtra government will fully cooperate with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for probe in the case of actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death. Pawar said he...
Bhubaneswar: Amid a spurt in COVID-19 cases, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has identified several OYO hotel rooms for paid isolation of asymptomatic patients. The decision in this regard was taken by the civic body...
Mumbai: Domestic equity benchmark Sensex tumbled over 300 points in early trade on Thursday tracking selloff in global markets after US Fed’s gloomy economic outlook spooked investors. The BSE Sensex was trading 344.53 points or...
New Delhi: Google has removed thousands of apps for engaging in deceptive behaviour, distributing misleading information such as altering media clips or sending fake text messages in the run-up to November presidential election in the...
New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 caseload went past 28 lakh with a record single-day spike of 69,652 infections, while the recoveries increased to 20,96,664 on Thursday pushing the recovery rate to 73.91 per cent, according to...
Srinagar: A militant who was killed in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district along with a top Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) commander was identified as a Pakistani ultra, police on Thursday said. They said the...
New Delhi: Soon after Google services especially Gmail and Drive suffered a major outage across the world including in India on Thursday morning, the tech giant issued a short statement confirming the disruption. “We are...
New Delhi: As winter draws near, terrorists based in Pakistan are making desperate attempts to cross the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir to enter Indian territory, intelligence agencies have alerted security establishments in...
Agra: An Agra doctor who went missing has been found dead and her alleged killer has confessed to his crime, police said. Vivek Tiwari is the doctor who was arrested from Uttar Pradesh’s Jalaun in...
New Delhi: Former President Pranab Mukherjee, whose health condition deteriorated after he developed a lung infection, is showing signs of slight improvement, the Army Research and Referral Hospital said on Thursday. He has been hospitalised...
Chennai: The government’s decision to ban import of communication satellites throws up huge opportunity for private players, said K. Sivan, Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Secretary, Department of Space. Speaking at the...
New Delhi: At least 27 per cent students do not have access to smartphones or laptops to attend online classes, while 28 per cent students and parents believe intermittent or lack of electricity is one...
Mumbai: During promotional activity of their 2018 film Kedarnath, Sushant Singh Rajput and Sara Ali Khan were in love with each other, claims Samuel Haokip, a friend of the late actor. Samuel took to his...