Founder member of JMM Simon Marandi passes away in Kolkata, CM and others mourn demise

Pakur/Ranchi: Founding member of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha and former minister Simon Marandi passed away in a private hospital in Kolkata.

For the last one month he was admitted at the Rabindra Nath Tagore Hospital in Kolkata where he was battling…

Health Secretary directs to cremate Covid bodies within 24 hours, 52 bodies cremated in Ranchi in a day

Ranchi: Health Secretary KK Soan has directed all the DCs of the state to make sure that people dying due to Coronavirus are cremated within 24 hours.

He said that at no cost in the name of pendinh reports the bodies should be kept waiting…

Health Minister reaches Covid ward at Sadar Hospital, interacts with patients

Ranchi: After numerous complaints regarding mismanagement prevailing in Covid hospitals in the capital Health Minister Banna Gupta on Tuesday visited the Sadar Hospital.

The Minister wore a PPE Kit and went in the Covid ward where he interacted…

2nd Covid wave poses threat to India's economic recovery: Moody's

New Delhi (IANS) The second wave of infections presents a risk to Moody's growth forecast for India as the reimposition of virus management measures will curb economic activity and could dampen market and consumer sentiment.

Moody's…

No nation more important than India: US tech think tank

New Delhi/Washington (IANS) As America seeks to counter a rising China, no nation is more important than India, with its vast size, abundance of highly skilled technical professionals, and strong political and cultural ties with the United States.…

Sushil Chandra takes charge as 24th CEC

New Delhi (IANS) Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra on Tuesday took charge as the 24th Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India replacing Sunil Arora, who retired a day earlier.

Chandra was appointed as an Election Commissioner on February…

Govt to frame new electricity policy

New Delhi (IANS) The Power Ministry has set up an expert panel to prepare the Draft National Electricity Policy 2021.

The Central government, from time to time, in consultation with states, reviews and revises the National Electricity Policy…

India set to get third vaccine as expert panel clears Sputnik

New Delhi (IANS) A government expert panel has given its nod to emergency use authorisation of Russian-made Covid vaccine, Sputnik-V, in India, Union Health Ministry sources said.

After the Drug Controller General of India gives assent to the…

Employment-starved urban Bengal might look for alternative

Kolkata (IANS) Soumen Modnal owns a tea-stall in the market outside Birlapur Jute mill near Budge Budge in South 24 Parganas - nearly 45 kilomteres from Kolkata. Once he was a permanent worker in the jute mill but, now as the mill is closed for the…

Sensex down 1,100 points amid rising Covid cases

Mumbai (IANS) The key Indian equity indices traded deep in the red on Monday morning with the BSE Sensex dropping around 1,100 points amid resurgent Covid cases across the country and concerns of localised lockdowns.

An across-the-board selloff…