Chandigarh, May 5 Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday announced phased opening of shops after a few of his cabinet colleagues raised the issue of resentment among shopkeepers over selective closure of shops amid the COVID-19 outbreak. Chairing a virtual cabinet meeting, Singh ruled out a complete lockdown whileRead More

Melbourne, May 5 A 73-year-old Australian, who is stranded in India since March last year, has filed a lawsuit before a Sydney court against the federal government for banning flights from India and threatening to prosecute those attempting to enter the country with the possibility of a jail term andRead More

New Delhi, May 5 The UK strain of coronavirus is currently dominating parts of north India while the double mutant variant is found mostly in Maharashtra, Karnataka and Gujarat, Director of the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Sujeet Singh said on Wednesday. He, however, added that the B1.1.7 lineageRead More

New Delhi, May 5 The Reserve Bank of India has included patients for health treatment in a special liquidity window of Rs 50,000 crore announced on Wednesday for Covid-related sectors. Besides patients, the other six eligible sectors are the government hospitals, pharmacies, manufacturers of vaccines and medical oxygen and privateRead More

A group that advocates for the rights of migrants is pushing for changes to a recently announced short-term immigration program, calling it unfair, exploitative and exclusionary. Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino announced last month a new immigration pathway that will allow up to 90,000 essential workers and international graduates already inRead More

Chandigarh, May 4 Punjab Government amended its COVID restrictions on Tuesday to allow some non-essential establishments such as shops that sell liquor, groceries and hardware to stay open on weekdays. The shops can remain open until 5 pm on all days except for weekends. All other shops however must remainRead More

Chandigarh, May 4 The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday asked Chandigarh, along with the states of Punjab and Haryana, to consider home delivery of oxygen cylinders, while granting Sub Divisional Magistrates in the city the liberty to seek police help for proceeding against the hoarders. “Needless to observeRead More

Mexico City, April 4 Advertisement Powered By The Tribune x eReleGo An elevated section of the Mexico City metro collapsed and sent a subway car plunging toward a busy boulevard late Monday, killing at least 23 people and injuring about 70, city officials said. Rescuers searched a car left danglingRead More

New Delhi, May 4 Advertisement Powered By The Tribune x eReleGo The need for RT-PCR test in healthy individuals undertaking inter-state domestic travel may be completely removed to reduce the load on laboratories, recommended an ICMR advisory for COVID-19 testing during the second wave of the pandemic. The advisory statedRead More

New Delhi, May 4 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday met External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar in London to discuss addressing the Covid challenge and deepening the US-India comprehensive global strategic partnership. Blinken and Jaishankar reviewed recent efforts in the fight against Covid including US assistance to India,Read More