Indian scientist too flagged Wuhan lab leak way back

New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) Amid the clamour for an in-depth investigation into the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic, Indian scientists from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi were reportedly the first to have flagged the lab-leak theory.

West Bengal Governor Dhankar faces Mahua Moitra's fire for 'nepotism'

Kolkata, (IANS) Relations between West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar and the state's ruling Trinamool Congress could not get any worse.

On Sunday, the party raised serious allegations of nepotism against the Governor himself.

Trinamool…

CVC tightens rules for employing retired govt officials, days after Alapan saga

Kolkata (IANS) The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has directed the secretaries of all the Central government ministries and departments, chief executives and chief vigilance officers of all public sector undertakings to get vigilance clearance…

Southwest monsoon advances into many coastal states

New Delhi (IANS) Southwest monsoon, which hit Kerala two days ago, has further advanced into more parts of the central Arabian Sea and many coastal states in the country, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Saturday.

On Saturday,…

Railways delivered over 25K MT of LMO to 15 states so far

New Delhi (IANS) The Railway Ministry said on Saturday that it has transported more than 25,000 MT of Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) to several states in over 1,500 tankers.

A ministry official said that the Oxygen Express trains have crossed…

Assam gets sixth national park, another to come up

Guwahati (IANS) Diverse wildlife rich Raimona in western Assam's Kokrajhar district has been notified as the state's sixth national park on the occasion of the World Environment Day on Saturday.

Attending the World Environment Day programme…

'Twitter' Dorsey on wrong side of Indian hurricane, 'Koo' Aprameya says he is ready

New York (IANS) India on Saturday slammed a notice to billionaire Jack Dorsey's Twitter, giving the microblogging platform one last chance to "immediately" comply with her new information technology rules which came into effect from May 26, 2021.

US sending Covid vaccines to India, Harris tells Modi

New York (IANS) US Vice President Kamala Harris has told Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the US will be sending Covid-19 vaccines to India, following which Modi thanked her for the support from the US government and the Indian diaspora, in what…

Defence Ministry clears Navy's mega deal for submarine procurement

New Delhi (IANS) The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) on Friday cleared the issuing of a Request For Proposal (RFP) for the Indian Navy's mega deal to procure six submarines under Project-75I through a strategic partnership route worth over Rs…

Choksi slips away from India's clutch again

New Delhi (IANS) After a Dominican High Court adjourned the hearing in fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi's case, the eight member team of CBI, ED and MEA are now en route to India, without the diamond jeweller that duped millions in the PNB multi-crore…