New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched a unified e-GramSwaraj portal and mobile app, and Swamitva Scheme to mark the national Panchayati Raj Day before he addressed gram panchayats through video-conferencing. He also addressed sarpanches from various parts of the country and evinced interest in the implementation ofRead More

Mumbai/Ahmedabad Parts of India have recorded dramatic falls in mortality rates after a nationwide lockdown was imposed to fight the new coronavirus, suggesting there has not been an undetected surge in virus-related deaths. All over the world, mortality rates are being scrutinised to determine the true impact of the coronavirus,Read More

New Delhi An association of 41 companies and firms from Punjab has moved the Supreme Court against a March 29 order of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) asking private establishments to pay full wages to workers during the COVID-19 lockdown. Ludhiana Hand Tools Association also challenged the validity ofRead More

Sitapur A 13-year-old girl was allegedly raped by two youths in Uttar Pradesh’s Sitapur district on Wednesday and four others recorded the act, police said. All the six youths have been arrested, they said. The incident took place around 2.00 pm under Misrikh police station area in the district, theRead More

Washington The nationwide lockdown in India which started about a month ago has impacted nearly 40 million internal migrants, the World Bank has said. “The lockdown in India has impacted the livelihoods of a large proportion of the country’s nearly 40 million internal migrants. Around 50,000–60,000 moved from urban centresRead More

New Delhi The countrywide COVID-19 death toll rose to 652 and the number of cases to 20,471 on Wednesday, an increase of 49 fatalities and 1,486 cases since Tuesday evening, according to the Union Health Ministry. The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 15,859, while 3,959 people have beenRead More

New Delhi Philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has commended Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership and his government’s “proactive measures” such as lockdown and expansion of focused testing in combating the COVID-19 pandemic in India. According to officials, Gates, in a letter to Modi, said he was glad that theRead More

New Delhi The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 519 and the number of cases climbed to 16,116 in the country on Sunday, registering an increase of 31 deaths and 1,324 cases since Saturday evening, according to the Union Health Ministry. The number of active COVID-19 cases stood atRead More

New Delhi Rather than playing catch-up, India must be ahead of the curve in the post-COVID world, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday and exhorted people to use their innovative zeal to chart a new business and work culture redefined by its “adaptability, efficiency, inclusivity, opportunity and universalism”. CallingRead More

Chandigarh “I have said nothing wrong, I always speak the truth,” said Commonwealth gold medallist wrestler Babita Phogat in a clip, referring to her statement that ‘Jamaati’ is a bigger threat to India than coronavirus on Friday. Now, Phogat has tweeted a video defending her point of view. Along withRead More