New Delhi: A meeting of several major opposition parties is underway to talk strategy in taking on the central government over the Pegasus phone-hacking scandal, which has dominated headlines and forced repeated adjournments in the monsoon session of parliament. Congress MP Rahul Gandhi is part of the meeting, as…
New Delhi: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in India on a two-day visit with an extensive agenda featuring the rapidly evolving security situation in Afghanistan, boosting Indo-Pacific engagement and ways to enhance COVID-19 response efforts. He will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi this evening and also…
New Delhi: The Kerala government is not focusing on containing Covid, as a result of which up to 50 per cent of the new cases are being reported from that state, Health Ministry sources have said. “The fatalities are low because their health infrastructure is good. They are focused more on mitigation…
New Delhi: The Centre today underscored the need to step up vaccination ahead of the coming festive season, saying vaccines save life in 98 per cent of the cases even if there is any breakthrough infection. “The pandemic is far from over… globally. We have to be careful… We may be tired, but not…
Mumbai: Amid debate over the efficacy of Covid vaccines, particularly against newer and more aggressive variants of the coronavirus, a 26-year-old Mumbai doctor tested positive thrice in 13 months – twice after taking both doses of a vaccine. The doctor’s family – father, mother and brother, who…
Walmart’s Flipkart has appealed to the Supreme Court against a state court’s decision that allowed an antitrust probe into the e-commerce firm and its rival Amazon.com Inc to continue, three sources told Reuters on Tuesday. The High Court in Karnataka state last week dismissed cases filed by Amazon and…
New Delhi: Mamata Banerjee will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi shortly at his residence. This is the Bengal Chief Minister’s first meeting with the Prime Minister after the Bengal election in which the two clashed frequently. Ms Banerjee may ask the Prime Minister to ensure the release of central dues to…
New Delhi: The government today dismissed media reports that claimed that India will miss the end-July target of administering 50 crore Covid vaccine doses as “ill-informed and misrepresenting” and asserted that over 51.60 crore vaccine doses will be supplied from January to July 31. The Health…
Singapore aims to relax more virus curbs, including starting to allow quarantine-free travel in September, marking the first time it’s set out a timeline to reopen borders that have been mostly shut for more than a year. The Southeast Asian city-state expects to have fully vaccinated 80% of its population by…
Lucknow: Ten policemen have been removed from duty after a man in his 20s died by suicide in Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat district, hours after a brawl with cops at a Covid vaccination centre on Monday. Five of the 10 policemen have also been named in an “abetment to suicide” complaint. The…