India
Farmers' Chakka Jam: Delhi Police Tightens Security at Border Points Near Protest Sites
Farmer unions on Monday had announced a countrywide 'chakka jam' on February 6 when they would block national and state highways for three hours in protest against the internet ban in areas near their agitation sites, harassment allegedly meted out to the...
Bihar Govt Announces Reopening of Schools for Classes 6-8 from February 8
Schools will be required to adhere to covid-19 safety measures including sanitising of classrooms, thermal screening of each student and teacher, mask-wearing and social distancing norms.
Indian Social Media Manager Of Greta Thunberg Receives Cyber Backlash After Her Tweet Goes Viral
Apart from Greta, Adarsh's social media accounts are also targeted. He pointed out an attempt to hack his Facebook page.
News18 Afternoon Digest: In 1st MPC Meet Post Budget, RBI Leaves Repo Rate Unchanged at 4%; Dilip Ghosh Explains Why Mamata is 'Nervous' Before Polls and Other Stories
Here are the top stories we are covering this afternoon:In 1st MPC Meet Post Budget, RBI Leaves Repo Rate Unchanged at 4%, Says 2021 Setting Up for New Growth Era; 'With Striker, Defender in BJP, Her Party is Crumbling': Dilip Ghosh Explains Why Mamata is...
Allahabad HC Directs UP Poll Panel to Hold UP Panchayat Elections By April 30
The court rejected the UP Election Commission's proposal to hold the elections by May.
India Records 12,408 New Coronavirus Cases, Recovery Rate Improves to 97.16%: Union Health Ministry
The total cases mounted to 1,08,02,591, while the death toll increased to 1,54,823 with 120 daily new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.
India Joins 80 Other Countries to Take on EU for Export Curbs on Covid-19 Vaccine
The EU has introduced export controls on Covid-19 vaccines made in the region under a transparency mechanism that gives its member countries powers to deny vaccine exports if the company making them has not honoured its existing contracts with the bloc.
Sex Racket Busted at Spa Centres in Noida Mall; 5 Men Held, 14 Women Rescued
The raids were carried out on Wednesday at the Wave shopping mall in Sector 18 where the spa centres were located.
India Welcomes Extension of 'New Start' Treaty Between the US and Russia: MEA
The New Start treaty, signed in 2010, limits the number of long-range nuclear warheads that each side can possess.
Tamil Nadu CM Accuses DMK of Enacting 'Drama' in Rajiv Case Convicts' Release Eyeing Sympathy
He also questioned why the DMK while in power in 2000 had recommended commuting the death sentence of Nalini Sriharan alone and rejected the mercy petitions of three others.
Migration of MBBS Student from Unrecognized College to Recognized One Impermissible: SC
A bench comprising justices L Nageswara Rao and Indira Banerjee set aside the verdict of the Rajasthan High Court which had directed the Medical Council of India (MCI) to permit migration of a student of MBBS course from an unrecognized medical college to...
43,515 Children Reported Missing by TrackChild Portal in Last One Year, Says WCD Ministry
In 2019, a total of 49,279 children went missing, out of which 44,289 were tracked. In 2018, as many as 48,875 children went missing, out of which 40,296 were tracked, the minister said.
Nine-Year-Old Girl Sexually Abused, Killed in Kolkata: Police
The girl, who was found lying in a pool of blood on the staircase that led to the terrace of the multi-storey building, was "first sexually abused and then killed", a senior police officer said.
Healthcare Workers to be Given Second Dose of Covid-19 Vaccine from February 13, Says Govt
The first phase of the nationwide vaccination drive against Covid-19 had begun on January 16.
Ex-J&K Bureaucrat Shah Faesal ‘Regrets’ Targeting Indian Govt on Abrogation of Article 370
‘You know this new insult’, Faesal continues in the video interview, ‘this new phase if indignation that has begun on 5th August 2019 and it’s my generation which has now got the taste of betrayal and I don’t know how this is going to play out in next 50...
Rupee Rises 6 Paise to 72.90 Against US Dollar in Early Trade
Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauges the greenback’s strength against a basket of six currencies, advanced 0.07 per cent to 91.23.