Delimitation controversy
After the central government announced even the associate executive members for the delimitation of parliamentary and assembly constituencies in North East and UT of Jammu and Kashmir, there have been lot of political rumblings in Kashmir. National Conference maintain silence over the issue for many months but they were forced to break the silence when […]
Police say militants killed in Pulwama
By: Mudasir Ahmad Khan Pulwama: Army, Crpf and J&K Police encircled Astan Mohallah in Kangan area of Pulwama after credible inputs that three militants belonging to Jaish were hiding the area. A senior police officer said that they established contacts with militants during the wee hours of this morning resulting in a gunfight. As the […]
Cyclone Nisarga to now make landfall south of Maharashtra’s Alibag between 1pm and 4pm: IMD
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday revised its forecast and said Cyclone Nisarga is now likely to make landfall between 1pm and 4pm just south of Alibag, a resort town in Maharashtra’s Raigad district. Cyclone Nisarga is now 130km south-southwest of Alibag, 175km south-southwest of Mumbai and 400km south-southwest of Surat, the weather bureau said. It had said […]
US probes digital services tax imposed by India & others, could hit back with tariffs
Washington: The Trump administration is starting investigations into digital services taxes considered by several trading partners from the European Union to India that could lead to tariffs being imposed on the countries’ exports to the U.S. The probe announced Tuesday encompasses digital taxes that have been either adopted or are under consideration in Austria, Brazil, the […]
Polio immunisation falls casualty to Covid as fear, staff shortage halt drive across India
New Delhi: With Covid-19 outbreak, the pulse polio immunisation drive across the country has come to a halt, ThePrint learnt. The polio immunisation drive is usually conducted in four to six rounds annually, starting from January. States such as Delhi, Maharashtra, West Bengal and Haryana, which completed the first round, have yet to begin the second […]
Covid cases cross 200,000; rural clusters new challenge
The number of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases in India surpassed 200,000 on Tuesday, nearly doubling over 15 days, even as a considerable reopening of national transport and business activity fuelled fears of localised outbreaks emerging in new areas beyond urban hot spots that have so far pushed the contagion. Globally, there are now 6.4 million infections of […]
Markets ignore Moody’s downgrade, Sensex rises 3,200 pts in 6 sessions
Stock markets on Tuesday ignored the rating downgrade by Moody’s and rallied 1.57 per cent even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi maintained that the country will get back its economic growth and pledged to undertake more structural reforms. With the global markets also making strong gains on the back of easing of lockdown curbs, the Sensex rose […]
6,500 Pak terrorists among foreign fighters in Afghanistan; LeT, JeM play key role: UN report
There are some 6,500 Pakistani nationals among foreign terrorists operating in Afghanistan and the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) play a key role in bringing foreign fighters into the war-torn country, according to a UN report. The report, from the UN Security Council’s analytical support and sanctions monitoring team and issued late last month, indicated […]
Cyclone Nisarga Explained: How big is the threat on west coast?
Less than two weeks after a powerful cyclone passed through West Bengal on its way to Bangladesh, India is bracing to face another cyclone, this time on its western coast. In strength and intensity, this would be much weaker than Cyclone Amphan that struck on May 20. In fact, it is not even a full-fledged cyclone right […]
73% of Covid deaths are of people with comorbidities, says Health Ministry
The Centre on Tuesday said India is far away from the peak of COVID-19 spread and its preventive measures have been “very effective”, putting it in a much better position in comparison with other countries. This comes even as the coronavirus infections neared the 2 lakh-mark on Tuesday of which 97,581 are active cases, while 5598 […]
