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…

Retail inflation eases to 4.29% in April as food prices fall

New Delhi (IANS) Lower food prices sequentially eased India's retail inflation in April as the Consumer Price Index (CPI) decreased to 4.29 per cent from 5.52 per cent in March.

According to the data furnished by the National Statistical…

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…

India's Geo Imaging Satellite GISAT-1 launch further delayed

Chennai (IANS) Uncertainty continues to dog the flight of India's first Geo Imaging Satellite (GISAT-1) this time due to coronavirus spread across the country, said an official of Indian space agency.

The GISAT-1 will be the country's…

Swach Bharat Mission and Women Doctors Wing of IMA comes with unique initiative

In wake of the rising cases during the second wave of Coronavirus the Women's Doctor Wing, IMA Jharkhand, Swach Bharat Mission and UNICEF conducted an online training cum awareness campaign.
   The purpose of the initiative was to remove the…

Govt ready for another cut in import duty on steel to tame prices

New Delhi (IANS) The government has proposed to slash import duties on steel items further bringing it to zero or near zero levels to provide relief to MSMEs, which have been hit hard by the high cost of raw materials amidst the raging pandemic.

China's intent to study bioweapons reopens Covid origin controversy

New Delhi: Recent findings in a report in an Australian daily has yet again reinforced the call that international investigators must dig deeper to rule out whether Covid-19 is a made-in-China bioweapon.

The controversy about Covid-19 origins…

Nadda slams RaGa's conduct, attacks top Cong leaders for 'duplicity, pettiness' amid Covid

New Delhi (IANS) BJP President Jagat Prakash Nadda in a letter to Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi lashed out at her party and said that in the fight against the pandemic the conduct of topmost Congress leaders, including their former President…

India administers over 18 cr Covid vaccines so far

New Delhi (IANS) The cumulative number of Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 18 crore on Tuesday, over 90 lakh doses are still available while more than seven lakh will be dispatched within three days.

Cumulatively,…

Give India resources to make vaccines, says Fauci

New York (IANS) Anthony Fauci, the top US expert on Covid-19, has called on countries to provide India with resources to make its own vaccines or donate vaccines.

"India is the largest vaccine-producing country in the world. They've got…