7 candidates reach vaccine Phase III trial stage
In Phase III, the drug is given to many people to study its effectiveness and safety. New Delhi: In...
Ahead of polls, TMC mulls changing 50% of its sitting MLAs
New Delhi: In a bid to arrest anti-incumbency and complaints of widespread corruption, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) is mulling over...
GST collection falls, Centre, states face revenue deficit
The drop in GST collection has been due to the Covid-19 pandemic hitting economic activities. The depression in economic...
Unnatural deaths in prisons rose in last two years
This is as per data recently published by the National Crime Records Bureau. New Delhi: The number of unnatural...
Delhi Congress to file review plea against jhuggi eviction
‘Both the AAP and the BJP are to be blamed for this. Why didn’t they request the court to consider...
After a lull, automobile sector growth picks up
New Delhi: The Indian automobile industry which was one of the hardest hit due to the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown,...
India becoming a global force in renewable energy
The country stands fifth globally in terms of installed renewable energy capacity. NEW DELHI: India is slowly inching towards...
Job, salary cuts hit formal sector employees hard
‘19 million people from the formal sector have lost jobs between April-August 2020’. New Delhi: As jobs in the...
Some Bengal Villages issue fatwa on TV, music
The minority dominated villages have set up kangaroo courts. New Delhi: At least three minority dominated villages in the...
End of loan moratorium looms, adds to Covid woes
As per CMIE, over 18.9 million people have lost their jobs in the last six months. New Delhi: The...
AAP to contest Uttarakhand polls based on Delhi model
New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which earlier this week announced to contest all the seats from the hill...
‘BJP must have CM face in Bengal if it wants to win’
‘A chief ministerial face is also needed to put brakes on the infighting among BJP leaders’. New Delhi: If...
Crime rate in Delhi dropped during lockdown
An alert Delhi Police and fear of the pandemic led to drop in crimes. New Delhi: Delhi has witnessed...
Six months on, doctors handling Covid cases are wiser, confident
The use of a combination of drugs, steroids and therapies instilled confidence in doctors. New Delhi: Even as India...
‘Digital India’s internet speed among the slowest’
This is as per a recent report published by world data speed monitoring platform Ookla. At a time when...
Delhi’s tangled overhead wires endanger lives
Many lives have been lost due to electrocution and fire. New Delhi: The tangled and loose hanging high-tension electrical...
India increasingly using Advanced Digital Production technologies: UN report
New Delhi: India is the only “lower middle-income” country which has made it to the second group of leading economies...
Government widens scope of Air India’s sale
The Centre is allowing 100% Foreign Direct Investment by NRIs in Air India. New Delhi: The scope for the...
Amit Shah helps arrest Covid surge in Delhi
New Delhi: After around 40 days of Union Home Minister Amit Shah taking direct charge of the Covid-19 situation in...
‘We will have more of a Covid plateau than a peak’
India will have sustained transmission in different areas at different points in time, says leading epidemiologist Giridhar R. Babu. ...
Delhi Metro faces Rs 1,200 crore loss, ready for operations
New Delhi: The Delhi Metro, which has remained shut for the last four months, has drawn up an elaborate plan...
Ahead of Assembly polls, three Mamata Cabinet ministers unhappy
Ministers are upset with the way the Covid crisis and aftermath of cyclone Amphan have been handled. New Delhi:...
In seven years, 30 key Congress leaders deserted party
New Delhi: More than two dozen senior Congress leaders have deserted the Congress in the last seven years and have...
Global brands employ Uyghur Muslims as ‘forced labour’
New Delhi: The Chinese government is forcing thousands of its Uyghur Muslim citizens to work as “forced labour” in hundreds...
