After Meeting Prashant Kishor, Sharad Pawar To Host Opposition Leaders Today
NCP chief Sharad Pawar will be hosting a meeting of leaders from several parties and ’eminent personalities’ to discuss the current scenario in the country today, NCP spokesperson and minister in the Maharashtra government Nawab Malik said in a tweet. This comes hours after Pawar met political strategist Prashant Kishor for the second time this […]
Farmers Up The Ante, To Observe ‘Undeclared Emergency’ On June 26
Farmer groups are planning to observe the anniversary of the Emergency imposed in 1975 as an “undeclared emergency” on June 26 by submitting a memorandum at the Raj Bhavans in all the states seeking repeal of the new farm laws and making MSP mandatory. A large number of farmer groups have been raising the issues […]
India Records 62,480 New Covid Cases; Active Cases Below 8 Lakh After 73 Days
India has recorded 62480 new Covid-19 cases and 1587 deaths in the last 24 hours. On Thursday the country had recorded 62,331 cases and 1,182 deaths. The latest data shows a narrow improvement in terms of the number of fresh cases. Also, the active cases have stood below 8 lakh after a gap of 73 […]
Maharashtra Health Dept Warns Of Third Covid Wave Triggered By ‘Delta Plus’ Variant
The Maharashtra health department has warned of a third Covid-19 wave in the state triggered by the highly virulent “Delta plus” variant of the novel coronavirus. A presentation made at a meeting attended by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday portrayed possible scenarios in case a fresh wave of the infection hits Maharashtra. “The number […]
9,000 People Including CM Of Myanmar’s Chin State Take Refuge In Mizoram
Amid constant inflow of people from coup-riddled Myanmar into India, chief minister of Myanmar’s Chin state, Salai Lian Luai has taken refuge in Mizoram, police officials said on Tuesday. Luai belongs to jailed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s party, the National League for Democracy (NLD). Chin, a state in Western Myanmar, shares its Western […]
India logs 70K Covid cases, lowest since March 31, 3,921 deaths
India recorded a single-day rise of 70,421 new Covid-19 cases, the lowest in 74 days, taking the country’s infection tally to 2,95,10,410, while the count of active cases fell below 10 lakh after over two months, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The Covid-19 death toll in the country climbed to […]
Filmmaker Aisha Sulthana Says She Will Continue Fighting For Lakshadweep
Amid facing sedition charges for her comments on the spread of Covid-19 in Lakshadweep, filmmaker Aisha Sulthana, on Friday said that she will continue fighting for the islands and her voice will only grow louder from now on. Her remarks come just days after she was booked by the Lakshadweep Police for her comments on […]
India Reports 91,702 new Covid-19 cases, 3,403 Deaths
India reported 91,702 new Covid-19 cases and 3,403 new deaths in the last 24 hours. Tamil Nadu reported 16,813 positive cases, followed by Kerala (14,424) Maharashtra (12,207) and Karnataka (11,042). The country has so far vaccinated a total number of 2,46,085,649 people. 32,74,672 people were vaccinated on Thursday. The test positivity rate (positive cases per […]
Record 6,148 Covid deaths in India in 24 hours, 94,052 new cases
With Bihar revising its figures and putting the total number of fatalities caused by Covid-19 at 9,429, India reported its highest single-day spike of 6,148 deaths, pushing the toll to 3,59,676, while 94,052 new cases took the tally to 2,91,83,121, according to the Union health ministry’s data updated on Thursday. The active cases have reduced […]
Farmer Leaders Rakesh Tikait And Yudhvir Singh To Meet Mamata Banerjee To Elicit Support For Stir
In order to gather support for the ongoing farmers’ stir against the new agriculture laws and for a Minimum Support Price for farm produce, farmer leaders Rakesh Tikait and Yudhvir Singh of the Bharatiya Kisan Union will be meeting West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Yudhvir Singh, general secretary of the BKU, told PTI, “We […]
