Drugs such as ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine, favipiravir and antibiotics like doxycycline and azithromycin prescribed for adult Covid patients are not recommended for treating children, stated a government guideline issued on Wednesday. The guidelines by the Union Health Ministry said the decision has been taken…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday invited the world to invest in India based on the five pillars of – talent, market, capital, eco-system and culture of openness. Stating that India’s strides in the world of tech and start-up are well-known, he said the country is home to one of the world’s…
The oil marketing companies (OMCs) hiked prices of air turbine fuel (ATF) by 2.8 percent. Accordingly, the price of aviation fuel in Delhi will be Rs 65,908.28 per kilo litre effective from today. This marks an increase of Rs 1,790 per kilo litre.Last month, the government had cut down the capacity for airlines to…
This photograph was posted on Twitter by its CEO Jack Dorsey after his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on November 13, 2018. Jack Dorsey thanked PM Modi “for the ideas for Twitter” saying that he enjoyed “our conversation about the importance of global conversation”.Jack Dorsey and…
The Uttar Pradesh government has filed an FIR against Twitter, journalists and two Congress leaders in connection with an incident in Ghaziabad’s Loni where an elderly Muslim man was allegedly assaulted. The FIR, which was lodged at the Loni Border police station in Ghaziabad around 11.30 pm on Tuesday on the…
HIGHLIGHTS Fine of Rs 10,000 for diesels above 10 years and 15 years for petrol. 5 authorised scrappers listed by Delhi government. Vehicle could be impounded and scrapped. The transport department of the Delhi government has announced that owners found plying diesel vehicles above the age of 10 years and petrol…
The Israeli military said its aircraft attacked Hamas armed compounds in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday in response to the launching of incendiary balloons from the territory that caused fires in fields in southern Israel. In a statement, the military said that it was “ready for all scenarios, including renewed…
Adding to the woes of Congress, Navjot Singh Sidhu has now refused to work under Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh after being offered the deputy chief minister’s post. Sources have said that Sidhu is apprehensive about working with CM Amarinder Singh. He is believed to have told the three-member…
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un warned about possible food shortages and called for his people to brace for extended COVID-19 restrictions as he opened a major political conference to discuss national efforts to salvage a broken economy. The North’s official Korean Central News Agency also said Wednesday that Kim…
India registered 62,224 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, pushing the overall positive cases tally in the country to 2,96,33,105, according to the data released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Wednesday morning. The top five states which registered the maximum coronavirus cases are Kerala with…