India sees deadliest 24 hours with highest deaths, 9,851 new cases
The Coronavirus pandemic in India touched another new peak. The states witnessed the biggest jump in Covid 19 count with 9,851 new cases in last 24 hours. The fatalities from COVID-19 infection increased to 273 on Thursday — the highest number of deaths in a single day. The total number of coronavirus cases in India […]
Confidential’ legal issue has to be resolved for Vijay Mallya’s extradition, says UK
Britain said on Thursday a “confidential” legal issue was holding up the extradition of businessman Vijay Mallya to India but that it is seeking to deal with the matter as quickly as possible. Mallya, wanted in India to face charges of financial irregularities, lost his appeal against the 2018 order to extradite him in the […]
PM Modi’s first-ever virtual bilateral summit with Australian PM Scott Morrison begins
Prime Minister Modi and his Australian counterpart PM Scott Morrison will be taking part in the first-ever virtual bilateral summit, which begins at 11 am, on Thursday. The event will signify “the strengthening of ties with Australia and its upward trajectory,” the MEA stated in a release on Wednesday. The Ministry of External Affairs on […]
US to ship 100 ventilators to India next week, Trump tells PM Modi
New Delhi: The United States of America, which has announced to donate 200 ventilators to India, would be ready to ship the first tranche of 100 machines next week. President Donald Trump said this during his phone call with Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday. The decision to donate 200 ventilators was taken by the US administration last month when President […]
In Crime Branch charge-sheet in Delhi riots case, a reference to Tablighi Jamaat
Faisal Farooque, a key conspirator in the Delhi riots case, was in close contact with Abdul Aleem, described as a close associate of Tablighi Jamaat chief Maulana Mohd Saad when the February riots were taking place, the Delhi Police has said in its chargesheet filed in a Delhi court. According to people familiar with 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
