Centre made PRIs partner in making of new India: Shah

New Delhi (IANS) Lauding those connected to the development of rural India on National Panchayati Raj Day, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said that the central government has made the Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) a partner in the making…

India goes online in lockdown

New Delhi (IANS) India is learning to go online for paying bills, banking, shopping, work and even praying during the covid lockdown and this will be the new normal, according to Gipsi Research.

"This will continue to be the new normal", the…

Arnab Goswami gets 3-week protection from SC

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday granted three weeks protection from arrest to Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami in connection with multiple FIRs against him in various states for alleged hate speeches and for defamation of Congress…

We have to become self-reliant, says Modi, hails villagers

New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday hailed rural India, gram panchayats for playing an active role in the fight against COVID-19 and in supplying food grains to the poor and migrant workers.

He launched e-GramSwaraj portal…

COVID-19 killed by sunlight, warmer temperatures, humidity: White House

New York (IANS) Sunlight kills COVID-19 while warmer temperatures and humid weather significantly damage the virus, measured in terms of the virus' half life or the time it takes to cut its potency in half, according to the latest breakthrough…

Plasma therapy on COVID patients showing positive results: Kejriwal

New Delhi (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said that the plasma therapy used on four coronavirus patients in the city were showing positive results.

"Two patients were given plasma on Tuesday, while two were given the therapy…

Covid-19 result of crazy experiments at Wuhan: Russian scientist

New Delhi/London (IANS) A leading microbiologist from Russia has claimed that the novel coronavirus, which originated in Chinas Wuhan city, is the outcome of "crazy" experiments conducted by scientists at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

In…

Bengal Guv tears into CM Mamata, calls her 'anti-people', 'failure in combating corona'

Kolkata (IANS) In a scathing attack on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday accused her of trying to "deliberately divert" people's attention from her "abject failure" in combating and containing the…

Yogi to bring back stranded migrants from all other states

Lucknow (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has asked his officials to draw up a plan to bring back all migrant workers from the state who are still stranded in other states.

Yogi Adityanath said that he wanted that the workers…

Equity indices rise on global cues, Nifty above 9,200

Mumbai (IANS) The key Indian equity indices opened on a positive note on Thursday, with the Nifty50 on the National Stock Exchange trading over the 9,200 mark.

Global stock markets rose due to the recovery in the crude oil prices.

At…