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NEW DELHI: Amid infighting in Uttarakhand Congress, former Chief Minister Harish Rawat and AICC in-charge for the state Devender Yadav on Friday met former party chief Rahul Gandhi at his residence. The two leaders were called for a meeting with the senior leadership after Rawat on Wednesday sent out cryptic tweets over the handling of […]

NEW DELHI: In the wake of a surge in Covid cases in the national capital, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said that the government is well prepared to handle as many as one lakh cases per day, should the situation arise. Addressing a press conference here, Kejriwal said” “We have created capacity to […]

LUCKNOW: At a time when former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo Akhilesh Yadav — who had kicked a storm when he said that he would not take vaccine until government puts a national flag on certificate and that many were testing positive even after taking both jabs — is out in […]

NEW DELHI: Israel will donate one million AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine doses to African countries through the international COVAX vaccine distribution mechanism. The decision was taken after a meeting that involved the foreign and the health minister of Israel along with the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office. Israel is trying to strengthen its relations with the countries […]

Last year and a half was particularly tough for people with itchy feet. Work from home routines and no separation between personal and professional lives created a vacuum in the lives of people and so, they started travelling as soon as travel was allowed. A consumer sentiment survey on travel conducted by Intermiles shows some […]

NEW DELHI:  The first case of Omicron variant of COVID19 in Delhi and seven infections in Maharashtra on Sunday triggered a warning bell across India, taking the latest tally of the new strain to be at least 21 in the country. Seven cases of Omicron variant in Maharashtra include six in Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal area and […]

CHANDIGARH: A 39-year-old man, who had recently returned from South Africa on November 21, tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday, and to ascertain if the man is positive for the new Omicron variant, his samples were sent for genome sequencing, shared the UT health officials. Meanwhile, amid concerns over the new variant, the UT administration […]

GENEVA: The World Trade Organization postponed the 12TH Ministerial Conference (MC12) in Geneva, Switzerland on Saturday following the discovery of ‘Omicron’, a new strain of the coronavirus. The conference was scheduled to take place from 30 November 2021 to 3 December 2021. *ANNOUNCEMENT* The imminent Ministerial Conference is postponed after an outbreak of a new strain […]

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a key meeting on Saturday morning on the evolving situation of COVID 19 in the world and its effect in India amid an alert on new dangerous strain and need for a further intensified vaccination drive that saw India last month crossing the 100-crore mark. The meeting has […]

NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi announced on Friday to repeal farm laws in the upcoming winter session of Parliament. The public discourse and Opposition leaders gave a political angle to this announcement as elections are due in farmer-dominated states like Punjab and Uttar Pradesh early next year. But the statistics from last year and this […]