New Delhi The government has distributed more than 3.04 crore N95 masks and over 1.28 crore personal protection equipment (PPE) kits among the states, Union territories and central institutions for free since March 11, the Health Ministry said on Thursday. Also, more than 10.83 crore hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) tablets had beenRead More

Beijing India on Thursday slammed Pakistani Ambassador to China Moin-ul-Haque for his “lies and half-truths” on Jammu and Kashmir, and said terrorists “recruited, trained and armed” by Islamabad have disturbed peace and order in the Union Territory which is an integral part of India. “India’s concerted efforts to bring peace,Read More

“We as children of the universe have to come together to help each other. – it is now or never”. Ravinder Pal Singh Ravinder Pal Singh, shies away from attention, despite the fact that he’s one of the world’s most sought out experts in the field of Artificial Intelligence, InnovationRead More

New Delhi India’s COVID-19 recovery rate soared past 70 per cent on Wednesday with 16,39,599 people having recuperated from the disease so far in the country, while active cases comprise 27.64 pc of the total caseload, the Union Health Ministry said. The case fatality rate has further declined to 1.98Read More

New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Thursday launch a new platform, ‘Transparent Taxation – Honouring the Honest’, which will carry forward the journey of direct tax reforms, an official statement said here. The virtual event will be witnessed by various chambers of commerce, trade associations, chartered accountants’ associationsRead More

New Delhi India will get a piece of the action as Russia enters the last mile of producing the world’s first COVID-19 vaccine. The Phase 3 clinical trials will be held in many countries, including India, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Brazil and the Philippines. This will be followed by massRead More

New Delhi Over 10 lakh Indians have returned from abroad after the government launched the “Vande Bharat” evacuation mission on May 7 in view of the coronavirus pandemic, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Tuesday. MEA Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava tweeted, “Vande Bharat Mission crosses the 1 million mark!”Read More

Mumbai The number of COVID-19 cases in Mumbai increased by 917 to 1,25,239 on Tuesday while the death toll went up by 48 to 6,890, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said. A total of 1,154 patients were discharged in the day, taking the number of recoveries to 99,147, it said.Read More

Mumbai Remembering the power of his words and saluting his courage to never hold back, several poets, songwriters and musicians like Javed Akhtar, Gulzar, Shankar Mahadevan, and Varun Grover paid tributes to Urdu poet Rahat Indori, who passed away following a heart attack on Tuesday. The 70-year-old poet-lyricist was admittedRead More

Kolkata Veteran leader of Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), Shyamal Chakraborty, passed away at a private hospital here on Thursday. He was tested for Covid positive and got admitted to a hospital on July 29. He was suffering from respiratory problems and was put on ventilator. His condition dteriorated onRead More