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Rahul Gandhi, Quarantined, Targets Prime Minister Narendra Modi- Need Solution, Not Hollow Speech
Rahul Gandhi has been a vehement critic of the government’s handling of Covid.(File) New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s criticism of the government’s handling of India’s biggest health challenge in recent years continued this morning as the country recorded the world’s biggest daily spike in Covid infections. Mr Gandhi,...
Shock, Grief After Sitaram Yechury’s Son Dies Of Covid
Ashish Yechury died at Gurgaon’s Medanta Hosptial. New Delhi: Senior Left leader Sitaram Yechury’s son Ashish Yechury died of COVID-19 in Delhi this morning. Condolences poured in for the CPI(M) leader and his family after he announced the death of his older son, who would have turned 35 in...
With 3.14 Lakh New Covid Cases, India Records World’s Biggest-Ever Spike
India reported 2,104 deaths in the last 24 hours. New Delhi: Swept by the second Covid wave, infections rose by a record 3.14 lakh in India, the highest-ever single day rise reported by any nation, taking the caseload to 1.59 crore. The country also saw another new grim record with...
CPIM Leader Sitaram Yechury’s Son, 34, Dies Of COVID-19
Ashish Yechury was eldest son of CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury. (File photo) New Delhi: CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Thursday said his elder son Ashish died of COVID-19 in the morning. Ashish Yechury, who would have turned 35 on June 9, was recovering well at Gurgaon’s Medanta...
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Makes Oxygen On Mars For First Time
Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment MOXIE produced 5 grams of oxygen NASA’s Perseverance rover keeps making history. The six-wheeled robot has converted some carbon dioxide from the Martian atmosphere into oxygen, the first time this has happened on another planet, the space agency said Wednesday. “This is a...
Phase 6 Polls In West Bengal Today Amid Rising Covid Cases: 10 Points
43 assembly seats across four districts are up for polls in this phase. (Representational) Kolkata: The sixth phase of assembly elections in Bengal will be held today in the shadow of spiralling Covid. In a first, Bengal has crossed the 10,000-mark, logging 10,748 fresh cases. 43 assembly seats across...
This Emergency Shows Lives Don’t Matter For Government, Says Court
The judges were hearing an appeal by Max hospitals, which had flagged oxygen crisis in 2 of its hospitals Highlights “You can’t have people die…”: Court to centre Court asks Centre to seek petroleum, steel industry help for crisis Industries will be ready to help, it is a...
Get Anti-Covid Fabiflu For Free
Somnath Bharti called Gautam Gambhir’s announcement “criminal” (File) New Delhi: BJP MP Gautam Gambhir’s announcement of free distribution of antiviral drug ‘Fabiflu’ in his parliamentary constituency East Delhi amid an acute shortage of Covid medicines has drawn sharp criticism from the Congress and the ruling AAP. Leaders of the...
Maharashtra’s New Covid Curbs: See What Has Changed
Maharashtra announced series of new curbs on Wednesday. (FILE) Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has imposed tough new measures to break the COVID-19 transmission chain and curb the rising cases. The new restrictions under the state government’s “Break- the-Chain” program will come into effect from Thursday 8 pm and will...
Deadly Blast At Pakistan Hotel Hosting Chinese Ambassador, 4 Killed: Official
No group immediately claimed the attack. Quetta, Pakistan: At least four people were killed and a dozen others wounded when a bomb exploded at a top hotel hosting the Chinese ambassador in southwestern Pakistan, officials said late Wednesday. The blast took place in the car park of the Serena...
Trinamool Leader Madan Mitra Covid Positive, Rushed To Kolkata Hospital
Madan Mitra is the former Sports and Transport Minister of Bengal (File) Highlights Madan Mitra rushed to Kolkata’s Apollo Hospital Mr Mitra, 66, is a contestant in ongoing assembly polls Mr Mitra first fell ill on Saturday, his condition worsened later Kolkata: Trinamool leader Madan Mitra has tested positive...
KKR vs CSK, Indian Premier League: Early Collapse Proves Costly For Kolkata Knight Riders As Chennai Super Kings Edge High-Scoring Thriller
Faf du Plessis’ magnificent 95 not out and Deepak Chahar’s impressive four-wicket haul outshone dazzling half-centuries from Andre Russell and Pat Cummins as Chennai Super Kings beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 18 runs in their IPL match, on Wednesday. Put in to bat, CSK posted a big...
5th Batch Of Rafale Fighter Jets Arrives In India From France
The Rafale fighter jets were flagged off from a military airbase in France. New Delhi: The fifth batch of Rafale fighter jets reached India from a military airbase in France today. The jets were flagged off by Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria from Merignac Air...
15% Attendance In Offices, 25 Wedding Guests
Maharashtra has nearly seven lakh active Covid cases and is the worst-affected state (File) Mumbai: The Maharashtra government late on Wednesday night announced a series of restrictions – titled “Break the Chain” – to combat the deadly spike in coronavirus cases in the state. These rules will come into...
IPL 2021 Live Cricket Score, KKR vs CSK: Deepak Chahar Takes 4 To Dismantle Kolkata Knight Riders, Chennai Super Kings In Control
KKR vs CSK Live Score: Chennai Super Kings bowler Deepak Chahar took four KKR wickets early on.© BCCI/IPL Three-time Indian Premier League (IPL) Champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) opener Faf du Plessis played a brilliant unbeaten knock of 95 runs to help his team post a 221-run target...
What Court Said On Oxygen Crisis
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday tore into the centre over its handling of the oxygen crisis in the city, and across the country, precipitated by a deadly second wave of coronavirus infections that has taken India’s active caseload to over 21.5 lakh These are the Delhi...
Drugs Worth Around Rs 500 Crore Seized In Tamil Nadu
Officials seized the compressed bricks of drugs wrapped in packing material concealed in bags. Chennai: More than 300 kg of drugs worth around Rs 500 crore were seized by officials from a container ship on its arrival in Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu, today. About 303 kg of cocaine was confiscated...
On Day 2 Of Delhi’s Oxygen Crisis, 6 Hospitals Running Short: 10 Points
Oxygen Crisis in Delhi hospital: Sources in AAP said the Centre has increased Delhi’s oxygen quota New Delhi: Delhi’s oxygen quota has been expanded, an AAP leader said this evening amid a severe oxygen crisis in six hospitals with around 2,000 patients between them. Delhi has asked for states’...
