COVID-19: India adds 46,164 new cases
New Delhi: With 46,164 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases has increased to 3,25,58,530, while the active cases increased to 3,33,725, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The death toll climbed to 4,36,365 with 607 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated […]
Cong govts did asset monetisations too, why didn’t Rahul tear-off those proposals, asks FM
Mumbai: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on those criticising the Rs 6 lakh crore monetisation plan, wondering if Congress leader Rahul Gandhi even understands what such a move entails. Speaking to reporters in the financial capital, Sitharaman alleged it is Congress that received “kickbacks” by selling resources such as […]
Assets belong to country; BJP or Modi don’t own them: Mamata on NMP
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday slammed the Centre over its National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) policy, claiming that it is a ploy to sell assets that belong to the country and not to Prime Minister Narendra Modi or the BJP. Terming the NMP as a “shocking and unfortunate decision”, the Trinamool Congress […]
All Afghans must travel to India on e-Visa: Govt
New Delhi: The Union home ministry on Wednesday announced that all Afghan nationals henceforth must travel to India only on e-Visa in view of the prevailing situation in Afghanistan. The decision comes days after the government introduced a new category of visa called “e-Emergency X-Misc visa” for the Afghan nationals after the Taliban captured power […]
Evacuation from Afghanistan: India brings back 78 people
New Delhi: India on Tuesday brought back 78 people, including 25 of its nationals and a number of Afghan Sikhs and Hindus from Dushanbe, a day after they were evacuated from Taliban-besieged Kabul to the Tajik city. The group along with three copies of the Sikh scripture, Guru Granth Sahib, was airlifted from Kabul to Dushanbe […]
Govt calls all-party meeting on Afghanistan
New Delhi: The government has called an all-party meeting on Thursday on the developments in Afghanistan. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will brief the floor leaders of political parties on the present situation in Afghanistan in the in-person meeting. The government’s briefing is expected to focus on its evacuation […]
India’s first smog tower inaugurated in Delhi
New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday inaugurated India’s first smog tower in Delhi’s Connaught Place that will purify 1,000 cubic metres of air per second within a radius of around 1 km. He said the tower has been set up as a pilot project and initial trends will be available within a month. […]
India sees single-day rise of 25,072 new Covid cases, lowest in 160 days
New Delhi, Aug 23 (PTI) India saw a single-day rise of 25,072 new COVID-19 cases, the lowest in 160 days, while active cases declined to 3,33,924, comprising 1.03 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Monday. The tally of COVID-19 cases has […]
Evacuation from Afghanistan: India brings back 392 people including 2 Afghan lawmakers
New Delhi: India on Sunday brought back 392 people, including two Afghan lawmakers, in three different flights as part of the mission to evacuate its nationals and Afghan partners from Kabul in the backdrop of increasing hostilities by the Taliban and deteriorating security situation in the city after it fell to the militant outfit a […]
Evacuees from Kabul thank Indian govt, PM as they land at Hindon
New Delhi: A sense of relief and gratitude was palpable among the evacuees from Afghanistan as they landed at Ghaziabad’s Hindon airbase on Sunday morning, after days of uncertainty following Kabul’s fall to the Taliban. A total of 168 people, including 107 Indians and 23 Afghan Sikhs and Hindus, were flown from Kabul to the […]
