Delhi recorded 85 fresh cases of Covid-19 on Saturday, the city’s lowest single-day spike in 2021. The case positivity rate in the national capital dropped to 0.12 per cent. The active caseload in Delhi now stands at 1,598, lowest since March 3. The city also registered nine fatalities on Saturday, taking the death…
On the completion of seven months of farmers’ agitation, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Saturday announced two rallies in Delhi next month to intensify the protest against the Centre’s three new farm laws. Tikait, who held a meeting with farmers at Delhi’s Ghazipur border, said…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a review meet on Covid-19 vaccines on Saturday. The virtual meeting, which began at 5 pm, was attended by senior officials in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), the Health Secretary and NITI Aayog member (health) Dr VK Paul. Officials made a presentation on the progress of…
Tamil Nadu has registered its first death due to the Delta Plus variant of COVID-19 with a person from Madurai succumbing to it, according to the state health department. Minister for Medical and Family Welfare Ma Subramanian said three positive cases of the new ‘Delta Plus’ variant were…
At least three civilians were injured in a grenade attack by militants on security personnel in the Barbarshah area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar on Saturday, police said. According to a police official, quoted by news agency PTI, the militants had targeted a joint party of the CRPF and J&K Police at…
The Co-WIN portal has now introduced an option enabling users to link their vaccination certificates to their passport numbers. This move has come as a big relief to those Indians who need to furnish their vaccination details before travelling abroad. The official Twitter handle of the Aarogya Setu App has shared a…
The Reserve Bank on Friday extended the regulatory restrictions on Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative (PMC) Bank by another six months till December 2021 to enable the completion of its takeover by Centrum Financial Services. Paving the way for takeover of the crisis-ridden bank, the RBI had earlier in the month…
The BJP on Saturday named Bhabesh Kalita and Sharda Devi as presidents of its Assam and Manipur units respectively. The appointments were made by BJP national president JP Nadda and come into immediate effect, party general secretary Arun Singh said in a statement. Mr Kalita, who is a sitting MLA in the Assam assembly,…
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) today claimed to have busted an international drug trafficking syndicate with the arrest of eight people and seizure of 22 lakh psychotropic tablets and at least 245 kgs of similar drugs that were being allegedly peddled over the darknet. The central anti-narcotics agency said the…
After commenting on a broader phishing campaign that it said had compromised a small number of entities, Microsoft said it had also found the breach of its own agent, who it said had limited powers. Microsoft said it had warned the affected customers. (Reuters photo) Microsoft said on Friday an attacker had won access…