New Delhi, June 9 The number of Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 24 crore, the Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday. The ministry said that in the 18-44 age group, 19,24,924 beneficiaries received the first dose of vaccine and 86,450 got the second dose on Wednesday.Read More

New Delhi, June 9 The Centre on Wednesday increased the Minimum Support Price of all mandated Kharif crops for marketing season 2021-22. The price of common grade paddy has been increased from Rs 1,868 a quintal to Rs 1,940 a quintal, a rise of Rs 72 a quintal. For gradeRead More

New Delhi, June 8 Stepping up the attack, the BJP on Tuesday accused Punjab’s Congress government of indulging in “corruption and profiteering” by selling kits meant for the treatment of Covid-19 at higher prices than procurement rates, and questioned Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi over their “silence onRead More

Chandigarh, June 7 As the number of cases and deaths have come down, the casualty rate seems to have emerged as a new problem for the state. The case fatality rate (CFR) in the last seven days remained at 4.2 per cent. Apart from that the overall CFR of theRead More

Toronto, June 8 A driver plowed a pickup truck into a family of five, killing four of them and seriously injuring the other in a deliberate attack that targeted the victims because they were Muslims, Canadian police said Monday. Authorities said a young man was arrested in the parking lotRead More

Ottawa, June 8 Calls to cancel the 2021 Canada Day holiday is gaining momentum after the discovery of the remains of 215 indigenous children at the site of a former residential school in British Colombia province. The hashtag #CancelCanadaDay is also gaining increased support on social media platforms, reports XinhuaRead More

Paris, June 8 French President Emmanuel Macron was slapped in the face on Tuesday by a man in a crowd of onlookers while on a walkabout in southern France, video of the incident showed. Macron’s security entourage quickly intervened to pull the man to the ground and move Macron awayRead More

New Delhi, June 8 The Witness Protection Committee of Delhi’s Rohini court has ordered round-the-clock police protection to all victims and witnesses in Chhatrasal Stadium murder case in which Olympic medallist wrestler Sushil Kumar is an accused. The committee, chaired by Rohini court Principal District and Sessions Judge Swarna KantaRead More

New Delhi, June 8 As part of the revised Covid 19 vaccine policy, the Government late on Tuesday issued an order capping the prices for administration of three approved Covid vaccines in private hospitals across India. The maximum price that can be charged per dose by private vaccine centres isRead More

Gwalior, June 8 The government is ready to talk with the agitating farmers on “options other than the farm Bills”, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said on Tuesday. Farmers have been agitating on Delhi borders against the three new farm laws since November last year. “The Central government hasRead More