New Delhi The fifth phase of the month-long Vande Bharat Mission will commence on August 1, as the government has planned special flights to connect new destinations including Qatar, Oman, Bahrain and Philippines to bring back stranded Indians back to the country. Announcing the date of commencement of the fifthRead More

New Delhi At 864 cases and less than 21 deaths per million population, India has one of the world’s lowest Covid-19 infection and death rate, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Friday said underlining that the recovery rate among coronavirus-infected patients in the country is 63.45 per cent and theRead More

New Delhi India and China on Friday agreed another meeting of the senior commanders may be held soon so as to work out further steps to ensure expeditiously complete disengagement and de-escalation and restoration of peace and tranquillity in the border areas. The decision was arrived at the 17th meetingRead More

New Delhi India on Thursday asserted that the maintenance of peace and tranquillity along the Line of Control (LAC) is the basis of its bilateral relationship with China, and said it expected the Chinese side to be sincere in completing the disengagement of troops in eastern Ladakh. At an onlineRead More

New Delhi As many as 29,557 COVID-19 patients have recuperated in the past 24 hours, the highest recorded in a day so far, taking the recovery rate to 63.18 per cent, the Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday. According to data updated at 8 am, total recoveries have surged toRead More

New Delhi There was a well hatched conspiracy in the murder of a local youth during the northeast Delhi riots as in order to take revenge from the Muslims, the accused, who failed to perceive the “bottomless stupidity” of the propaganda, created a WhatsApp group as “saviours” of their community,Read More

New Delhi India recorded 37,148 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, pushing its tally to 11,55,191 while the total number of recoveries increased to 7,24,577, according to the Union Health Ministry data on Tuesday. The death toll due to the disease rose to 28,084 with 587 fatalities reported inRead More

New Delhi The Consumer Protection Act, 2019, empowering consumers and seeking to revamp the process of administration and settlement of consumer disputes with strict penalties, including jail term for adulteration and misleading advertisements by firms and punishment for manufacture or sale of products containing adulterant or spurious goods, came intoRead More

New Delhi India saw a record single-day jump of 40,425 Covid cases, pushing its tally past the 11-lakh mark on Monday, while the total number of recoveries crossed 7 lakh, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The death toll due to the disease rose to 27,497 with 681 fatalitiesRead More

New Delhi India’s pharmaceutical industry will be able to produce Covid-19 vaccines not just for the country but also for the entire world, according to Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates. A lot of “very important things have been done” in India and its pharma industry is doing work “toRead More