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Air travel suffers a glitch due to frequent changes in state quarantine rules

12 Jun 2020 05:17 AM IST

After two weeks of the commencement of domestic flight operations in India, a huge decline has been witnessed in the air travel, thanks to frequent changes being made by different states in their quarantine rules in this period. Different quarantine rules in various states for incoming passengers has led to

Delhi battles Covid, but ‘warriors’ not paid salary for three months

12 Jun 2020 05:16 AM IST

Resident doctors of Kasturba Hospital, Hindu Rao Hospital and other hospitals/ dispensaries under North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) have written a letter highlighting nonpayment of salaries for the last three months. Delhi Medical Association (DMA) has expressed its concern on this issue where these doctors have been working selflessly and

SC issues notice to Centre, Maharashtra govt on pleas seeking CBI, NIA probe

12 Jun 2020 05:16 AM IST

The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Centre and the Maharashtra government on pleas seeking CBI and NIA probes into the Palghar lynching case which saw the killing of two sadhus over a month ago, reports say. The demand for a CBI probe had been made jointly by Mahant

Mother awaits son’s dead body missing from Mumbai hospital

12 Jun 2020 05:15 AM IST

Several cases of corpses getting exchanged or lying unclaimed in the hospitals have been reported in Mumbai during the coronavirus pandemic. In what can be called a bizarre — and equally tragic — incident, a dead body has been missing from a government hospital in Ghatkopar since the last nine

Police arrest 2 Lashkar terrorists in Punjab

12 Jun 2020 05:14 AM IST

Foil bid to smuggle weapons into Valley for carrying out terror attacks.

Bihar minister says Lalu has ‘three sons’, shows property documents

12 Jun 2020 04:48 AM IST

Neeraj Kumar, a minister in the Nitish Kumar government, on Thursday claimed the former Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav has three sons. The Information and Public Relation Department Minister furnished several property documents and alleged that several plots were registered in the name of Tej Pratap Yadav and Tarun Kumar

Pakistan: An Irresponsible nuclear-armed country

12 Jun 2020 03:48 AM IST

A tottering nation brandishing a sword against its neighbour that prefers to wield a shield can never hope to be seen as a stabilising influence—a nuance that has been missed entirely by Pakistan.

INS Shardul arrives with 233 Indians from Iran

12 Jun 2020 03:42 AM IST

Indian Naval Ship (INS) Shardul, deployed for operation Samudra Setu, entered Porbander harbour with 233 Indian nationals onboard, who were earlier evacuated from Bandar Abbas port in Iran. Personnel from Indian Navy, state authorities and police were present to receive the evacuees. All arrangements including a screening zone, a sanitisation

INS Airavat escorts ship for world food programme

12 Jun 2020 03:40 AM IST

Indian Naval Ship Airavatis escorting MV Juist, a merchant ship transporting food material under the aegis of the United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP). MV Juist departed Berbera, the western-most port of Somalia, with over 3,000 tonnes of food material that needs to be shipped to Mogadishu. Indian Navy is

IBC suspension: A path to economic revival or prolonged endangerment?

12 Jun 2020 03:37 AM IST

Although the executive intent behind temporarily suspending the Code is understandable, shutting down a working system without creating a buffer mechanism isn’t reassuring.

Post Covid lockdown, India needs to think on scale in health care and life sciences: KTR

12 Jun 2020 03:34 AM IST

India needs to think on scale in health care and life sciences industry so that it becomes competitive and not import dependent, said KT Rama Rao, Minister for Municipal Administration and Urban Development, Government of Telangana. He addressed special digital session on rebuilding on rebooting Telengana’s economy post COVID-19, organized

Delhi needs 1.60 lakh beds by July end, only 9,173 available now: Kejriwal

11 Jun 2020 04:37 AM IST

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal says it’s not the time for politics as he accepts the decision of the L-G to allow people from other states to come to the national capital for treatment.