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It also said that there are 30 states and union territories (UTs) that have a fatality rate lower than the national average of 2.64 per cent.

People's Union for Civil Liberties has filed a fresh interim plea in its pending PIL urging the court to set up a panel headed by a former SC judge to probe the encounters and the nexus between criminals and politicians.

These five banks- HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, IndusInd Bank and Yes Bank, collectively control a quarter of the system and three-fourths of the private banking space.

Dhingra passed away on Wednesday after suffering a massive cardiac arrest within the Supreme Court premises allegedly due to medical negligence.

Tiruchi Siva has argued that the government should have asked airlines to keep middle seats on flights vacant to avoid contact between passengers in view of the Covid-19 crisis.

The ministry said instead of spending a lot of time on these models, focussing on containment, surveillance, testing and treatment will give better results.

ED officials said properties of DHFL promoter brothers Kapil and Dheeraj Wadhawan have also been attached as part of a provisional order issued by it under the PMLA.

The prime minister will interact with representatives of Varanasi's organisations on Thursday via video conference to discuss their experience and showcase their efforts.

This scheme benefits nearly 71,40,938 people who get subsidized food grains. These include 68,465 Antodya Anna Yojna (AAY) households with 2,78,954 beneficiaries.

Only 5,000 tourists will be allowed in a day, split into two groups, a far cry from peak levels of 80,000 a day who would swarm the mausoleum built in the northern city of Agra.

There seems to be an unusual hurry in the way institutes have been asked to speed up decisions related to approvals for trials for the vaccine being developed by Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech.

Data from the latest study when compared to previous ones also shows that along with the top performing states, in terms of female literacy, those at the bottom of this list also have constantly been improving upon the literacy rates of their female popul...

The CBI has booked Gunupati, a director in MIAL, his son GV Sanjay Reddy, managing director in MIAL, the companies MIAL, GVK Airport Holdings Limited and nine other private companies allegedly used to camouflage the inflated figures through sham deals and...

No one is entirely clear why the trip is being "rescheduled". Sources indicate that India wants to wait and watch if the Chinese honour the commitment made during the Corps Commander-level talks over three rounds on June 6, June 22 and June 30.

Even as manufacturing, storing, sale and distribution of gutkha is banned by the Delhi government, data from seized documents revealed that the unregistered factory was carrying out operation even during the lockdown period.

In May, Vistara had announced that senior employees will have to go on compulsory leave without pay for up to four days per month in May and June.