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Armed forces roped in to tackle soaring Covid cases

Armed forces roped in to tackle soaring Covid cases

20-04-2021  comments

New Delhi (IANS) The government has roped in its armed forces to tackle soaring Covid-19 cases across the country.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will review the Covid situation on Tuesday afternoon with all the service chiefs - Chief of Defence…

Modi to meet vaccine manufacturers today

Modi to meet vaccine manufacturers today

20-04-2021  comments

New Delhi (IANS) A day after announcing Covid vaccine for all above 18 years from May 1, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet the vaccine manufacturers on Tuesday evening through video conferencing.

Representatives of top drug makers from…

India to be third contributor to global GDP by 2040: US report

India to be third contributor to global GDP by 2040: US report

20-04-2021  comments

New Delhi/Washington (IANS) While China will overtake the United States as the largest economy in the world by 2040, India will be a distant third contributor to the global GDP.

This statistical prediction made by Oxford Economics has been…

No lockdown, trains will continue to run: Railway Minister

No lockdown, trains will continue to run: Railway Minister

20-04-2021  comments

New Delhi (IANS) Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has said that there is no lockdown in the country and people do not need to panic about how they will reach home. Trains will continue to run as before and people will be able to go anywhere by booking…

American export controls risk Indian vaccine production

American export controls risk Indian vaccine production

19-04-2021  comments

New Delhi (IANS) Production lines in India, making at least 160 million doses of Covid vaccine a month, will come to a halt in the coming weeks unless America supplies 37 critical items, The Economist reported.

A report in The Economist said…

Mamata cancels all 'big rallies' in Kolkata amid Covid surge

Mamata cancels all 'big rallies' in Kolkata amid Covid surge

19-04-2021  comments

Kolkata (IANS) Considering the steep rise of Covid cases in the city, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has cancelled all 'big rallies' in Kolkata and has slashed the timing of the rallies in the districts.

She will be restricting herself…

Boris Johnson cancels India visit

Boris Johnson cancels India visit

19-04-2021  comments

London (IANS) UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has cancelled his trip to India in the wake of the severity of the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic in the country, a Downing Street spokesperson confirmed on Monday.

The spokesperson said…

Indian Navy seizes drugs worth Rs 3K cr from Pakistani boat, meant to fund terror

Indian Navy seizes drugs worth Rs 3K cr from Pakistani boat, meant to fund terror

19-04-2021  comments

New Delhi (IANS) The Indian Navy seized a Pakistani fishing boat with contraband worth approximately Rs 3,000 crore in the Arabian Sea on Monday.

The fishing boat with contraband was coming from Pakistan's Makran Coastal region and initial…

BJP, Trinamool spar over Mamata's purported audio clip

BJP, Trinamool spar over Mamata's purported audio clip

17-04-2021  comments

Kolkata (IANS) On the day of the fifth phase of Assembly elections in West Bengal, a purported audio clip of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee released by the IT cell of the BJP triggered a major war of words with both the Trinamool Congress and the…

DoT gave many warnings to e-commerce firms on selling mobile signal boosters

DoT gave many warnings to e-commerce firms on selling mobile signal boosters

17-04-2021  comments

New Delhi (IANS) The Department of Telecommunications had repeatedly warned e-commerce companies in 2016 and 2019 for sale of unauthorised mobile signal boosters and illegal facilitation.

The matter has heated up once again as Cellular Operators…

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