Boris Johnson cancels India visit

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…

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

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…

American export controls risk Indian vaccine production

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…

Hurdles cleared for Lalu Yadav for coming out of jail as HC gives bail in Dumka Treasury case

Ranchi: After spending more than three years behind the bars former Bihar Chief Minister and RJD Supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav will be soon out of the jail as on Friday in a major reprieve the Jharkhand High Court granted him bail in connection with Dumka…

CM directs to provide medical kits to Covid patients in home isolation

Ranchi: Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Saturday directed to provide medical kits to Coronavirus patients who are living in home isolation.

Chairing a high-level review meeting at his residence here he said that the medical kits should consist…

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

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…

BJP, Trinamool spar over Mamata's purported audio clip

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…

CBSE exams for Class 10 cancelled, class 12 postponed

New Delhi (IANS) The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) exams for Class 10 have been cancelled and the exams for Class 12 postponed in view of the exponential spike in Covid-19 cases across the country, Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal…

CBSE Board exams: PM to hold meet today

New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is to hold a meeting with Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal and other senior officials in the Ministry on Wednesday to discuss the issue of holding CBSE Board exams amid demand from students, teachers,…

Priyanka reiterates demand for cancellation of CBSE exams

New Delhi (IANS) Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday again demanded the cancellation of the CBSE exams due to Covid resurgence.

"My appeal to the government again is to cancel the CBSE exams," Priyanka wrote in Hindi…