Ahmedabad : Five persons have been arrested for allegedly trying to black market an anti-fungal injection used in the treatment of mucormycosis in Gujarat”s Ahmedabad city, police said on Friday. Officials of the Food and Drug Control Administration (FDCA) and Gujarat police nabbed the five accused from different parts of the city on Thursday, an … Read more
On the occasion of World Bee Day and in the auspicious context of the ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’, Union Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar launched the project of setting up of a honey testing laboratory at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa, New Delhi. On this occasion, Tomar said that the Government … Read more
Sports Awards are given every year to recognize and reward excellence in sports. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award is given for the spectacular and most outstanding performance in the field of sports by a sportsperson over a period of four years; Arjuna Award is given for consistent outstanding performance for four years; Dronacharya Award goes … Read more
On a rainy night, a family gathers in their living room to watch a horror movie. Snuggling up together under a big blanket, they push the sofa closer to the TV to maximize the spooky vibes. What else could they do to take their immersion to the next level? Samsung Electronics exquisitely refined its … Read more
The user’s enjoyment of their viewing experience is one of the key drivers in the advancement of display technologies. While many developers work simply for the ‘ideal’ picture quality, Samsung’s Neo QLED TV developers have also put in the utmost efforts to develop optimized displays for users that go above and beyond ideas of what … Read more
New Delhi : The Delhi government and the Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences (IHBAS) on Friday assured the Delhi High Court that if there is another surge in coronavirus infections, the number of beds in the institute”s COVID facility for patients suffering from neurological problems would be increased. The assurance was given after … Read more
Gufic Biosciences is currently trading at Rs. 200.10, up by 8.40 points or 4.38% from its previous closing of Rs. 191.70 on the BSE. The scrip opened at Rs. 203.00 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 207.10 and Rs. 198.90 respectively. So far 201705 shares were traded on the counter. The BSE … Read more
Panaji : A sessions court in Goa on Friday acquitted journalist Tarun Tejpal of sexually assaulting a former female colleague. Tejpal, former Tehelka editor-in-chief, was accused of sexually assaulting the colleague inside the elevator of a luxury hotel in Goa in 2013. Additional sessions judge Kshama Joshi acquitted Tejpal, who was present in the court … Read more
Apollo Tyres is currently trading at Rs. 216.40, up by 2.40 points or 1.12% from its previous closing of Rs. 214.00 on the BSE. The scrip opened at Rs. 216.80 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 216.80 and Rs. 214.65 respectively. So far 24910 shares were traded on the counter. The BSE … Read more
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation is currently trading at Rs. 278.10, up by 11.65 points or 4.37% from its previous closing of Rs. 266.45 on the BSE. The scrip opened at Rs. 282.00 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 288.15 and Rs. 276.20 respectively. So far 976092 shares were traded on the counter. The … Read more
New Delhi : The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has notified an amendment in the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, with an aim to promote clean fuel in rural India. Following the amendment, agriculture tractors, power tillers and construction equipment vehicles that run on diesel and petrol can be retrofitted with CNG, bio-CNG and LNG … Read more
New Delhi : Army Chief Gen MM Naravane reviewed India”s operational readiness along the border with China in the Arunachal Pradesh sector during a two-day visit to the Northeastern region that began on Thursday. His visit to the region came amid the Indian Army”s continued standoff with the Chinese military in some of the friction … Read more
Bhubaneswar : Odisha on Friday reported the highest single-day spike of 12,523 new COVID-19 cases and a record 27 more deaths, a Health Department official said. The new cases were recorded after testing 61,665 samples on Thursday, taking the positivity rate to 20.30 per cent. The state has so far reported 6,68,422 cases of COVID-19 … Read more
New Delhi : The daily rise in coronavirus cases in India remained below 3 lakh for the fifth consecutive day with 2.59 lakh new cases recorded in a single day, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. With a total of 2,59,551 fresh cases, India”s total tally of COVID-19 cases climbed to 2,60,31,991. … Read more
The provisional payroll data of EPFO has been published on 20th May, 2021 highlights that EPFO has added around 11.22 lakh net subscribers in the month of March, 2021. Despite Covid-19 pandemic, cumulative net payroll addition for FY 2021 is almost at par with last year, with 77.08 lakh net additions to subscribers base. Quarterly … Read more
The Income Tax Department is going to launch its new e-filing portal www.incometax.gov.in on 7thJune, 2021. The new e-filing portal (www.incometax.gov.in) is aimed at providing taxpayer convenience and a modern, seamless experience to taxpayers: New taxpayer friendly portal integrated with immediate processing of Income Tax Returns(ITRs) to issue quick refunds to taxpayers; All interactions and uploads … Read more
Union Minister of Education Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ today chaired a meeting with Directors of IISc/IITs/IIITs/IISERs and NITs through Video Conferencing. Minister of State for Education Sanjay Dhotre also attended the meeting. During the meeting, Amit Khare, Secretary, Higher Education Ministry of Education and Directors of IITs, IISc, IISERs, NITs, IIITs were also present. Union Minister … Read more
To achieve self-sufficiency in the production of oilseeds, the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has adopted a multi-pronged strategy. Under the strategy, the Government of India has approved an ambitious plan for the free distribution of high yielding varieties of seeds to the farmers for the Kharif season 2021 in the form of mini-kits.The … Read more
Washington : The International Monetary Fund stands ready to strengthen its dialogue and scale-up its technical collaboration with India, spokesperson Gerry Rice has said, observing that the human tragedy is a stark reminder that the pandemic continues to be a grave threat globally. “Our great sympathies and support to the people of India, and what … Read more
Jerusalem : The top United Nations envoy to Israel and the Palestinian territories is welcoming the cease-fire in the latest war between Israel and the Hamas- militant group that rules Gaza. Tor Wennesland said early Friday on Twitter that he extends his “deepest condolences to the victims of the violence & their loved ones.” He … Read more
Hindus have welcomed Alabama Governor Kay Ivey reportedly signing a bill today allowing yoga in Alabama public schools (banned since 1993); saying that although it came with lot of unnecessary and impertinent restrictions, it was still good for the overall well-being of Alabamans. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, thanked … Read more
POWERGRID Corporation of India Ltd , a Maharatna PSU under Ministry of Power, has organised vaccination camps in many locations for its employees at its establishments across the country like Kota, Bhiwadi, Misa, Namsai, Rourkela, Ara, Biharsharif, Saharsa, and Muzaffarpur etc .For all the camps the cost on account of vaccination was borne by POWERGRID. Among the … Read more
The Van Dhan tribal start-ups and the Mechanism for Marketing of Minor Forest Produce (MFP) Through Minimum Support Price (MSP) & Development of Value Chain for MFP’ Scheme that provides MSP to gatherers of forest produces and introduce value addition and marketing through tribal groups and clusters are among the many initiatives of TRIFED, Ministry … Read more
New Delhi : With 2,76,110 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India”s total tally of COVID-19 cases climbed to 2,57,72,440, while the daily deaths were recorded below 4,000 after four days, taking the toll to 2,87,122, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. A total 3,874 fatalities due to COVID-19 were … Read more
Jerusalem : Israel and Hamas announced a cease-fire Thursday, ending a bruising 11-day war that caused widespread destruction in the Gaza Strip and brought life in much of Israel to a standstill. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu”s office said Israel accepted the Egyptian proposal after a late-night meeting of his Security Cabinet. Hamas quickly followed suit … Read more
New Delhi : Two days after filing a police complaint in the ”Covid-19 toolkit” case, the Congress Thursday wrote to Twitter asking it to permanently suspend the accounts of BJP leaders including party chief JP Nadda and Union minister Smriti Irani for allegedly “spreading misinformation and unrest in the society”. The Congress had Wednesday lodged … Read more
Udaipur : Hiran Magri police have arrested three persons including a woman for conspiring and getting an acid attack made on a youth for reportedly turning down her marriage proposal. The woman allegedly even gave 40 thousand rupees to her boss to get the work done by a third party, however, the boss chose his younger … Read more
Udaipur : The wave of death from the COVID-19 pandemic has forced transformations to the long-established religious rituals. At a time when even kith and kin of COVID victims refuse to claim bodies or participate in cremation due to the fear of catching infection themselves, sanitation workers or crematorium staff are performing the rituals. At … Read more
Former ‘Bigg Boss 13’ contestant Shefali Jariwala, who is having the time of her life at an exotic beach destination, shared a few bewitching pictures from her vacation. Shefali Jariwala looked gorgeous in a stunning beach wear. Earlier, she wrote, “She dreams in shades of #blue …#ocean #love #mykindofplace #maldives #oceanlove #sunnyday #thursday #goodvibes.” Known … Read more
Mumbai : The RBI has imposed monetary penalty on City Union Bank, Tamilnad Mercantile Bank and two other lenders for contravention of certain directions issued by the central bank. A penalty of Rs 1 crore has been imposed on City Union Bank Limited for contravention of/non-compliance with certain provisions contained in the RBI (Lending to … Read more
Jammu : Tainted Jammu and Kashmir police officer Davinder Singh, who was arrested and subsequently chargesheeted by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in a terror case, was on Thursday dismissed from service, an official order said. The order of dismissal of Singh, who was a deputy superintendent of police, was given by Lt Governor Manoj … Read more
New Delhi : The death toll on the barge that sank in the Arabian Sea rose to 49 with the recovery of more bodies even as the Navy and the Coast Guard searched for 37 other missing persons since the severe cyclonic storm Tauktae battered the region. Government sources said while 6,961 persons on 337 … Read more
New Delhi : The government on Thursday extended the due date of filing income tax returns for 2020-21 for individuals by two months till September 30. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has also extended the ITR filing deadline for companies by a month till November 30. As per the income tax law, for individuals … Read more
Mumbai : An Air Canada flight carrying 40 tonne of essential supplies, including oxygen generators, cylinders and ventilators landed in New Delhi from Toronto on Thursday. The shipment was facilitated by one of Toronto”s premier startup incubators Toronto Business Development Centre (TBDC). As many as 3,000 ventilators and other medical supplies donated by the Ontario … Read more
New Delhi : Vedanta on Thursday said that its aluminium division is providing medical oxygen cylinders to Odisha amid the second wave of coronavirus infections. A total of 2,000 oxygen cylinders will be supplied as part of this initiative. “Vedanta Aluminium….is providing filled medical oxygen cylinders to the Government of Odisha as part of its … Read more
Samsung India has donated 14,000 Medical Kits, 24 Oxygen Concentrators and 150 Oxygen Cylinders to Karnataka, supporting its fight against the current surge of Covid-19. As part of this support, Samsung R&D Institute Bangalore (SRI-B), the largest R&D centre of Samsung outside Korea, has collaborated with Shrimad Rajchandra Sarvamangal Trust (SRST) for donating Medical … Read more
Vadodara based Vasu Healthcare Pvt Ltd – a leading company in herbal and ayurveda space has taken several initiatives to support its employees and their families in battling Covid-19. Company has taken measures including special paid leaves, reimbursements of medical tests, financial support, testing & hospitalisation for the needy employees among others. Company is encouraging … Read more
Kulgam : To ensure the strict implementation of COVID-19 restrictions in Manzgam and its adjacent areas, Police Party of Police Station Manzgam led by SHO Manzgam Insp. Salinder Singh under the supervision of SDPO DH Pora Shri. Shabir Ahmad while patrolling arrested two persons for violating the Corona Curfew also two Vehicles (Tractors) bearing registration … Read more
Kulgam : Kulgam Pesticides Association Decries Vilification on Thursday decried a vilification campaign against them in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district. In a press conference, they alleged that some miscreants are deliberately targeting their livelihood as they know it is only source of income for them. Sameer Ahmad, one of the distributors said, ” the brand … Read more
India recorded over 2.76 lakh new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, which took its total caseload to 2.57 crore, as per the Union Health Ministry’s data on Thursday (May 20, 2021). There were 2,76,070 fresh infections, besides 3,874 coronavirus-related deaths in the last 24 hours. The country currently has 31,29,878 active cases. India … Read more
Bandipora : The authorities on Thursday booked a family of a deceased Covid-19 patient for violating the burial protocol in C.A Khan village of North Kashmir’s Bandipora district. Senior police official told CNS that a resident of C.A Khan of village was admitted in JVC Hospital Srinagar and died on Wednesday due to the Covid-19 … Read more
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported at least 27 more covid-19 deaths on Thursday since last evening, taking the total fatality count to 3382. Hospital sources told CNS that 20 among the deaths were reported at GMC Jammu and other hospitals of the winter capital while seven deaths occurred at various hoapitals of Kashmir. Among others, … Read more
Kolkata : The Calcutta High Court on Thursday deferred hearing in the case filed by CBI against bail given to TMC leaders arrested by the agency in the Narada sting tape case due to unavoidable circumstances. A division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal and Justice Arijeet Banerjee is hearing an application by the … Read more
Mumbai : The housing loan market in the country witnessed a rebound and registered a year-on-year growth of 9.6 per cent in terms of portfolio outstanding (PoS) in the third quarter of FY2021, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, says a report. The portfolio outstanding of the sector stood at Rs 22.26 lakh crore as of December 2020, … Read more
New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said dedicated centres will be set up for the treatment of black fungus or mucormycosis cases at three city government-run hospitals. He made the announcement after discussing the rise in black fungus cases with officials and specialists at a meeting here. “Three important decisions were … Read more
India’s Daily Recoveries outnumber Daily New Cases for the sixth consecutive day. 3,89,851 recoveries were registered in the last 24 hours. India’s cumulative recoveries have reached 2,19,86,363 today. The National Recovery Rate has grown further to touch 86.23%. Ten states account for 74.94% of the new recoveries. Continuing the positive trend, India records less than 3 lakh new cases for three consecutive days. … Read more
A COVID-19 Command Centre should be established in each district, equipped with necessary infrastructure and manpower to ensure both way information flow between COVID-19 Command Centre and villages. This can help optimum use of available resources and also usage of data for other scientific purposes, suggested by Technology Information Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC), an … Read more
India highlighted its efforts in preventing the spread of corona virus and development of new drugs, vaccines, and other innovative measures for curing the covid-19 patients at a high-level roundtable on ‘Using Science, Technology, and Innovation to close the gap on Sustainable Development Goal 3 on good health and well-being’. Reading the message on behalf … Read more
Overcoming all hurdles and finding new solutions, Indian Railways is continuing its journey of bringing relief by delivering Liquid Medical Oxygen(LMO) to various states across the country. So far, Indian Railways has delivered nearly 11800 MT of LMO in more than 727 tankers to various states across the country. It may be noted that 196 … Read more
Following the call for large scale COVID vaccination by Hon’ble Prime Minister and as per directions of R.K. Singh, Hon’ble Minister of State (Independent Charge) (Power and New & Renewable Energy) & Minister of State (Skill Development and Entrepreneurship), Government of India, NHPC Limited , Central Public Sector Undertaking under Ministry of Power organised a … Read more