India

Massive fire at Vaishno Devi shrine complex; cash, property damaged

JAMMU: A massive fire broke out in the Vaishno Devi shrine complex — nestled on Trikuta Hills in Reasi district…

5 years ago

90% of green cover lost under 4 biodiversity hotspots: CSE

NEW DELHI: India and its neighbours have together lost 90% of their original natural vegetation under their four common biodiversity…

5 years ago

Choksi will be back here ‘in weeks’: Salve

NEW DELHI: It will be weeks and not months before Mehul Choksi, wanted in the Rs 13,500 crore PNB scam,…

5 years ago

Bharat Biotech exec, researcher spar over vaccine-efficacy study

HYDERABAD: A Twitter war broke out between Bharat Biotech’s SARS-CoV-2 project lead Raches Ella and Kolkata-based endocrinologist Awadhesh Kumar Singh,…

5 years ago

India strategic ally, needs US help in fighting Covid, say lawmakers

WASHINGTON: India is a strategic ally and it needs the United States' help in its ongoing fight against Covid-19, top…

5 years ago

Sonia, Rahul Gandhi don’t have confidence in Indian vaccine, says Pralhad Joshi

NEW DELHI: Parliamentary affairs minister and BJP leader Pralhad Joshi on Tuesday alleged that Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul…

5 years ago

Ensure uninterrupted education, financial aid to children who lost parents during pandemic: SC to states

NEW DELHI: As thousands of children lost either both or one of their parents during Covid pandemic and many are…

5 years ago

Government’s new Covid prescription drops many ‘common’ drugs

MUMBAI: The central health ministry has issued an evidence-based treatment plan for Covid-19 patients, dropping many medicines that had become…

5 years ago

Congress income fell by 25% in FY20, expenditure doubled

NEW DELHI: Congress's income in 2019-20 declined by 25% to Rs 682 crore as compared to 2018-19, while its expenditure…

5 years ago

Home minister Amit Shah, BJP hail PM Modi, say announcement will put to rest fears, disinformation

MUMBAI: Minutes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's announcement on the Centre’s takeover of free anti-Covid vaccination, social media handles of…

5 years ago