Delhi Sees Highest Rainfall In 12 Years, Traffic Movement Affected; More Downpour Likely
Delhi received the highest rainfall in 12 years submerging low-lying areas in knee-deep water and affecting traffic movement in parts of the national capital city. The India Meteorological Department said more rainfall is likely during the day. Officials at the IMD said the Safdarjung Observatory, considered the official marker for the city, gauged 112.1 mm rainfall in the […]
‘Insult to martyrs’, Rahul Gandhi slams govt’s Jallianwala Bagh memorial revamp
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday termed the government’s revamp of the Jallianwala Bagh memorial as an “insult to martyrs”, saying only a person who did not know the meaning of martyrdom could inflict such an insult. The former Congress chief’s attack came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday dedicated to the nation the […]
Navjot Sidhu Faces Protest By Shopkeepers In His Assembly Constituency
Amid a power tussle in Punjab Congress, state unit president Navjot Singh Sidhu faced protest by some shopkeepers in his Amritsar (East) constituency on Monday when he had gone there to inaugurate a development project. The protesting shopkeepers alleged that the Congress councillor of the area, who is considered close to Mr Sidhu, has been […]
Heart-wrenching to see survival of children at stake due to Covid, says SC
Covid-19 has devastated many lives and it is heart wrenching that the survival of children who lost either or both parents during the pandemic is at stake, the Supreme Court said but expressed satisfaction over schemes announced by the Centre and states to provide succour to them. The apex court said that satisfactory progress has […]
Delhi Schools To Reopen In Hybrid Mode From Sep 1
Medical experts on Friday welcomed the Delhi government’s decision to reopen schools, colleges and coaching institutes in the national capital but advised parents to tread with caution by teaching Covid protocols to children. Following a marked improvement in the COVID-19 situation here, the Delhi government on Friday announced that schools for classes 9 to 12, […]
COVID-19: India adds 44,658 new cases
New Delhi:With 44,658 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases has increased to 3,26,03,188, while the active cases rose to 3,44,899, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. The death toll climbed to 4,36,861 with 496 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated […]
Sidhu’s Advisor Quits After Outrage Over Kashmir Comment
Days after his comments on Kashmir created uproar, Malvinder Singh Mali on Friday quit as adviser to Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu. “I humbly submit that I withdraw my consent given for tendering suggestions to Navjot Singh Sidhu,” Mali announced on social media. He added:“Neither accepted any post, nor resigned from any post”. Mali […]
India Donates Medical Oxygen Plant To Nepal, The DRDO Built Plant Can Serve 200 At A Time
India on Thursday donated a medical oxygen plant to Nepal in a bid to help the Himalayan nation amid these trying times engendered by the deadly Covid-19 pandemic. The 960 Litres Per Minute (LPM) DEBEL Medical medical oxygen plant developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation was handed over to the Minister of State for Health Umesh […]
Delta Third Wave unlikely In India with sero-positivity at 86 per cent, say experts
“I am predicting that, as of now, a Third Wave caused by the highly transmissible Delta variant is most unlikely,” says leading virologist Dr T. Jacob John, former head of ICMR’s Centre for Advanced Research in Virology. John’s firm belief that a Third Wave caused by the Delta variant is unlikely to happen is backed […]
Centre approves Rs 290 per quintal as FRP of sugarcane
The Centre on Wednesday approved Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) of sugarcane for the sugar season 2021-22 at Rs 290/quintal, calling it the “highest ever”. The approved FRP will be applicable for the sugar season 2021-22, starting October 1, and is being seen in light of the upcoming Assembly election in the key growing state, Uttar […]
