New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh today wrote to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her Tamil Nadu counterpart M K Stalin, asserting that decisions to select tableaux for the Republic Day parade are taken as per detailed guidelines and seeking their participation in the grand event. The...
Read MoreAssembly Election 2022 LIVE Updates: Bhagwant Mann will be the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) chief ministerial face for the Punjab Assembly polls, party chief Arvind Kejriwal announced on Tuesday. The 48-year-old two-time Sangrur MP’s name was announced at a public event where Kejriwal declared the result of the AAP’s ‘Janta...
Read MoreFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will hold a press conference on January 18 at 4:30 pm to discuss an “important economic issue”. According to a CNBC-TV18 report, the finance minister is expected to address the Antrix Devas issue. FM Nirmala Sitharaman may reaffirm the current status of Antrix Devas issue and implications of the...
Read MoreCoronavirus Omicron India LIVE Updates | With 2,38,018 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 3,76,18,271, which includes 8,891 cases of the Omicron variant, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The active cases have increased to 17,36,628, the...
Read MoreUP, Punjab, Uttarakhand Elections 2022 LIVE Updates: Delhi CM and Aam Aadmi Party national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday named Bhagwant Mann as party’s chief ministerial candidate for the upcoming assembly elections. Kejriwal announced Mann’s name during a public meeting in Punjab where he said that 93.3 percent of people...
Read MoreNew Delhi: Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi’s nephew and several others were raided today by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with illegal sand mining, just weeks before state elections. Mr Channi’s nephew Bhupinder Singh Honey’s home and 10 other places in Punjab were searched early this morning. The...
Read MoreOmicron LIVE Updates: With 2,38,018 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 3,76,18,271, which includes 8,891 cases of the Omicron variant, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The active cases have increased to 17,36,628, the highest in...
Read MoreNew Delhi: India’s Covid curve showed marginal improvement today as the country recorded 2,38,018 new cases in the last 24 hours — 7 per cent lower than Monday’s reported 2.58 lakh daily cases, according to the Health Ministry. 310 people have died due to Covid during the past 24-hour...
Read MoreOmicron LIVE Updates: The Indian Council of Medical Research’s (ICMR) latest Covid-19 management guidelines do not include or recommend the use of oral antivirals, antibiotics, monoclonal antibodies and vitamins. Antiviral remdesivir, given through an IV drip, is recommended for moderate to severely ill patients on oxygen support, and tocilizumad for...
Read MoreYet another round of India-China military talks to defuse the almost 21-month-old border standoffs between rival forces has ended without any progress. This should come as no surprise: Stalling tactics, deception, information warfare and drawing out negotiations are integral to China’s negotiating strategy, so as to test the limits...
Read More