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PTI Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday reviewed India's preparations for vaccinating its vast population against COVID-19 once a vaccine is available and asserted that vaccination must be affordable and universal. Modi chaired a high-level meeting to review planning and preparations for vaccination against the novel coronavirus.
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The State meteorological department has predicted that heavy rain would continue till July 2 With four rivers flowing above danger level, the threat of flood looms large in parts of north Bihar. The State meteorological department, meanwhile, has predicted that heavy rain would continue till July 2.. Rivers Kosi, Bagmati,
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Court stays 2 FIRs filed against him for alleged communal coverage of Palghar lynching case and an incident of migrants gathering outside Bandra station. The Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted interim relief from arrest to journalist Arnab Goswami and stayed both the FIRs against him for alleged communal coverage
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PTI New Delhi: The recovery rate of COVID-19 patients in the country is fast approaching 60 per cent, with the Union Health Ministry attributing it to collective and focussed efforts of the Centre and states for containment and management of the pandemic. As on date, there are 1,19,696
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PTI New Delhi: A group of monkeys had an intense fight in Rashtrapati Bhavan premises, seriously injuring one of them who had to be rescued, an NGO said on Tuesday. A high-pitched cry of the primates drew the attention of maintenance staff, who rushed to the terrace and repelled the
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PTI Mumbai: Superstar Aamir Khan on Tuesday said that some members in his staff have tested positive for coronavirus. The 55-year-old actor said he and the other members of his family have tested negative for COVID-19 but he is awaiting the reports for his mother's test. "This
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The number of missing women has more than doubled over the past 50 years — from 61 million in 1970 to a cumulative 142.6 million in 2020. PTI India accounts for 45.8 million of the world’s 142.6 million “missing females” over the past 50 years, a report
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PTI New Delhi, Jun 30 (PTI) The historic Jama Masjid, which had closed earlier this month due to a surge in COVID-19 cases in the city, will reopen for congregational prayers (namaz) from July 4, Shahi Imam of the mosque Syed Ahmed Bukhari said on Tuesday. The mosque was closed
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PTI Ranchi: Athlete Geeta Kumari was forced to sell vegetables in the streets of Jharkhands Ramgarh district to make ends meet. Chief Minister Hemant Soren's intervention helped Kumari to get Rs 50,000 from the Ramgarh district administration and also a monthly stipend of Rs 3,000 to
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PTI Bengaluru: Senior Police Officer P S Harsha assumed charge as Commissioner for the Department of Information and Public Relations here on Monday. Harsha was earlier the Mangaluru Commissioner of Police. He had served as the Commissioner of Information and Public Relations earlier too. He took charge from outgoing Commissioner
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While the diesel rates have been hiked for the 22nd time since June 7, petrol price has been raised on 21 occasions. PTI Diesel price on Monday scaled a new high after prices were hiked for the 22nd time in just over three weeks, taking the cumulative increase to ₹11.
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PTI Hyderabad: In a case of extreme brutality, a monkey was hanged to death from a tree by three people in a bidto scare other simians in Khammam district of Telangana, about 275 KM from here, forest department officials said on Monday. "The perpetrators, who admitted their guilt, are
