- 1st warship carrying 54 MT liquid oxygen reaches India
New Delhi, May 5
The first Indian Navy warship carrying 54 tonnes of liquid oxygen docked at the New Mangalore port on Thursday.
In all, there are nine warships sailing across the world carrying Cov
- Sonia Gandhi to discuss COVID - 19 situation with party MPs
New Delhi, May 6
Congress president Sonia Gandhi has convened a meeting of all MPs of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha on Friday to discuss the second wave of coronavirus and evolve a political stra
- FedEx to airlift over 3,400 oxygen concentrators, convertors from Newark to Mumbai for free
New Delhi, May 6
FedEx will airlift over 3,400 oxygen concentrators and convertors as well as 2.65 lakh masks from Newark in the US to Mumbai on May 8 for free, a company statement said on Thursday.
- NRAI proposes alternative delivery model ?#Orderdirect? to reduce dependency on aggregators
New Delhi, May 6
Pitching for ordering direct from restaurants, the National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI) on Thursday proposed an alternative delivery model ‘#Orderdirect’ for t
- Global Covid aid: Govt counters Rahul?s ?no transparency? jibe
Mukesh Ranjan
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, May 6
A political slugfest has erupted between ruling BJP and opposition Congress over distribution of foreign aid coming to India in the wake of devas
- Labour Day events at schools
Vidya Valley School, Kharar
The school celebrated International Labour Day. Students and staff took part in a virtual special morning assembly. Students were enlightened about how the contribution of
- Country needs to be prepared for third surge of COVID - 19, prepare buffer stock of Oxygen: SC
New Delhi, May 6
The Supreme Court Thursday said the country needs to be prepared for the third wave of COVID-19 which experts say could be more harmful, especially for children, and emphasised upon
- Khalsa Aid raises over Rs 1 crore in 3 days through crowdfunding
New Delhi, May 6
Khalsa Aid India, the humanitarian organisation known for providing support to victims of natural disasters and civil conflicts, has launched a crowdfunding drive on ImpactGuru.com t
- India?s Olympic - bound shooters, coaches, officials receive COVID - 19 vaccine
New Delhi, May 6
Many shooters, coaches and officials from India’s Olympic-bound contingent received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine across cities on Thursday.
The shooters were to get va
- MS Dhoni to take last flight home after all Chennai Super Kings teammates reach safely: Report
New Delhi, May 6
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) captain MS Dhoni will reportedly be the last person from the team to leave for home from Delhi after the indefinite postponement of the 2021 Indian Premier
- Delhi oxygen crisis: Why shouldn?t you face contempt, HC asks Centre
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, May 4
Piqued over shortage of oxygen in the national capital, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to explain why contempt proceedings shouldn’t be
- Himachal announces curfew for 10 days starting 12 am tomorrow
Tribune News ServiceNew Delhi, May 5
The Himachal Pradesh government announced curfew restrictions for 10 days in the state—a development that comes as the state shows among the highest positiv
- Covid patients in home isolation can book oxygen online: Delhi Govt
New Delhi, May 6
Covid infected patients living in home isolation in Delhi would now find life-saving oxygen cylinders through online booking. Amid the surge in demand for oxygen cylinders across th
- Covid - induced lockdown: No buyers, Punjab farmers dump veggies
Sukhmeet Bhasin
Tribune News Service
Mansa, May 5
Vegetable growers in Punjab are facing a huge trouble in the wake of a Covid-induced lockdown.
Farmers of Bhainibagha village in Mansa district ha
- Covid surge: Australians in IPL head for Maldives; NZ players wait to exit India
New Delhi, May 6
The Indian Premier League's Australian cohort is headed for the Maldives after the tournament's abrupt suspension over the coronavirus crisis in the south Asian nation, said Sourav G
- Petrol price hiked by 25 paise per litre, diesel by 30 paise; 3rd straight day of increase
New Delhi, May 6
In one of the steepest increase since daily price revision was started, petrol price on Thursday was hiked by 25 paise per litre and diesel by 30 paise as oil companies raised rates
- S&P slashes India?s GDP growth forecast to 9.8%
New Delhi, May 5
S&P Global Ratings on Wednesday slashed India’s GDP growth forecast for the current financial year to 9.8%, saying the second Covid wave may derail a budding recovery in th
- Services sector activity at 3 - mth low in April
New Delhi, May 5
India’s services sector activities eased to a three-month low in April, as the rise in business activity was constrained by the pandemic and sentiment towards growth prospects
- India records 3.82 lakh new Covid cases, 3,780 more deaths
New Delhi, May 5
A record 3,780 fresh Covid fatalities were registered in a single day in India taking the death toll to 2,26,188, while 3,82,315 new coronavirus infections were recorded, according t
- Supplier of ?fake? Remdesivir held
Karnal, May 5
The police have arrested the main supplier of the ‘fake’ anti-viral drug Remdesivir from Panchkula.
He used to supply the injections in Haryana with the help of Pardeep of Panipat who ru
- Expand antigen testing: ICMR to states
New Delhi, May 5
The ICMR today changed the testing strategy citing unprecedented Covid surge and 20 per cent positivity rate to recommend expansion of rapid antigen tests for surveillance.
Earlier,
- Cabinet nod to strategic divestment in IDBI Bank
New Delhi, May 5
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has given its in-principle approval for strategic disinvestment along with transfer of management control in IDBI Bank Ltd.
The extent of r
- Covid - 19: 19 dead; 1,186 new cases in Ludhiana
Tribune News Service
Ludhiana, May 5
Covid-19 claimed the lives of 19 more persons in the district during the past 24 hours. The Health Department has confirmed 1,186 fresh cases from Ludhiana and 1
- Why no GST meet for 6 months: Punjab Finance Minister to Centre
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, May 5
Questioning the government for not holding any meeting of the GST Council for the past six months, Finance Minister Manpreet Badal, in a letter to Union Finance
- Rashpal Malhotra?s services will always be remembered, says Manmohan Singh
New Delhi, May 5
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday condoled the passing away of his friend and Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development (CRRID) founder Rashpal Malhotra