Govt ready to defend 'illegal' enforcement action if pursued by Cairn: Sources

New Delhi (IANS) Government and other public sector undertakings have not received any notice from courts in US and other countries for attachment of any property in pursuance to UK-based energy major Cairn Energy Plc. plea to recover $ 1.2 billion…

Goa oxygen shortage claims 13 more; 75 dead in 4 days

Panaji (IANS) Thirteen Covid patients died at Goa's apex government hospital, the Goa Medical College, in the early hours of Friday owing to oxygen mismanagement, even as the death toll of patients who died between 2 am and 6 am at the premier…

Modi releases 8th instalment of Rs 19,000 cr for PM-KISAN scheme

New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday released the eighth instalment of financial benefits worth Rs 19,000 crore under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme to benefit more than 9.5 crore farmers that includes first-time…

Why China's Wolf Warrior Diplomacy has begun to backfire

New Delhi: A Foreign Policy magazine report has recently spotlighted that Chinese President Xi Jinping appreciates the confrontational style of rhetoric called "wolf warrior diplomacy", that has been radiating from Beijing.

The offensive diplomatic…

DCGI allows Phase II-III clinical trial of Covaxin on 2 to 18-years-old

New Delhi (IANS) The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has accorded permission to conduct the Phase II-III clinical trial of Covaxin (Covid vaccine) in the age group of two to 18-years-old to its manufacturer Bharat Biotech Ltd, Union Health…

Ethereum founder donates $1.14bn in crypto to Covid-hit India

New Delhi (IANS) Vitalik Buterin, the Russia-based co-founder of the world's second largest cryptocurrency Ethereum, has donated 500 coins and over 50 trillion SHIB meme coin worth around $1.14 billion to the India Covid-Crypto Relief Fund, as…

Bihar government extends lockdown by 10 more days

Patna (IANS) Keeping in view the 'positive impact' of its imposition, the Nitish Kumar government has decided to extend the state-wide lockdown in Bihar by 10 days.

The decision was taken after a meeting of the review committee and…

EC to set up panel to identify shortcomings in recent Assembly polls

New Delhi (IANS) To continue the electoral reform process, the Election Commission has decided to set up a Core Committee to identify learning, experiences and shortcomings from the recent polls in Assam, Bihar, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and…

Allahabad HC makes scathing comment on EC, govts

Lucknow (IANS) In a scathing attack on the Election Commission, the higher courts and the government, the Allahabad High Court has said that they "failed to fathom the disastrous consequences" of permitting elections in a few states and the panchayat…

Resist from dictating state officials, Mamata writes to Dhankhar

Kolkata (IANS) In a controversial development, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday asked Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar to resist himself from ‘communicating and ‘dictating' the state officials surpassing the CM and her Council…