Justice Arun Mishra takes over as NHRC chief
New Delhi: Former Supreme Court judge justice Arun Mishra on Wednesday took charge as the new chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission, official sources said. The post of the NHRC chief had been lying vacant since justice H L Dattu, ex-chief justice of India, had completed his tenure in December 2020. “Justice Arun Mishra […]
Google claims new IT rules not applicable to its search engine, HC seeks Centre’s stand
New Delhi: US-based Google LLC has contended that India’s new IT rules for digital media are not applicable to its search engine, and urged the Delhi High Court on Wednesday to set aside its single judge order which applied them on the company while dealing with an issue related to removal of offending content from […]
Govt broadens rules that bar retired officials from publishing sensitive information
Govt broadens rules that bar retired officials from publishing sensitive information
11 more Covid-19 deaths reported since last evening in J&K
11 more Covid-19 deaths reported since last evening in J&K
Why is the Arctic warming faster than other parts of the world?
Why is the Arctic warming faster than other parts of the world?
Second ceasefire violation in J&K in nearly four months
Second ceasefire violation in J&K in nearly four months
COVID-19 variant 1st reported in India threatens to rapidly spread in sub-region: UNHCR
United Nations: The highly-infectious COVID-19 variant first detected in India threatens to rapidly spread in the sub-region, including among refugees, the UN refugee agency has said as it warned of vaccine shortages in the Asia-Pacific region, including for asylum-seekers. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) spokesperson Andrej Mahecic, at a press briefing in Geneva […]
Only one of three strains of B.1.617 COVID-19 variant first detected in India now a variant of concern : WHO
United Nations: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said only B.1.617.2, one of the three strains of the B.1.617 COVID-19 variant first detected in India, is a variant of concern now and noted that lower rates of transmission have been observed for the other two lineages. The B.1.617 variant was first detected in India and was […]
COVID-19: Daily positivity rate drops to 6.57 per cent as India records over 1.32 lakh fresh cases
New Delhi: India reported 1,32,788 new coronavirus infections taking the country’s tally of COVID-19 cases to 2,83,07,832, while the daily positivity rate has further dropped to 6.57 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The COVID-19 death toll climbed to 3,35,102 with 3,207 fresh deaths. The active cases were recorded below […]
