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Like Japan, we should develop our own IP capabilities better: Prabhu

29 May 2020 06:44 AM IST

Rajya Sabha MP and former Union minister Suresh Prabhu tells The Daily Guardian that India must be wellprepared to grab the opportunities coming out of the massive disruption caused by Covid-19. Excerpts: Q. What do you see in the difficult time as the immediate opportunity that we should not miss?

22 flight passengers test corona-positive in 3 days, 19 in last 24 hours

29 May 2020 06:36 AM IST

With domestic flights resuming from 25May, the aviation industry has its hands full with a total of 22 passengers testing Covid-positive in just 3 days. Nineteen of the 22 have been reported in the past 24 hours. On Thursday six passengers, who were on Trujet flight from Chennai to Salem,

541 more foreigners chargesheeted in Tablighi Jamaat case

29 May 2020 06:33 AM IST

The Crime Branch of the Delhi Police on Thursday filed 12 fresh chargesheets naming 541 foreign nationals in connection with the Tablighi Jamaat case. The chargesheets containing 12,000 pages were filed before Metropolitan Magistrate Tanya Bemniwal, who set 29 June for further hearing. The Crime Branch has so far named

Covid-19 breaks all records in Delhi, 1,024 new cases in 24 hours, 13 deaths

29 May 2020 06:28 AM IST

With 1,024 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, Delhi reported the highest spike in a day, taking the total tally to 16,281. The national capital also witnessed 13 deaths; so far 316 people have died in Delhi. The day also saw 231 patients being cured. So far, 7,495 people in Delhi

27 BJP legislators meet with agenda to replace CM Yediyurappa

29 May 2020 06:26 AM IST

Around 27 legislators, disgruntled over not getting ministership, have held two rounds of meetings in the last three days. While their main grouse is not getting the ministerial position, their talking point is the ageing Chief Minister, B.S. Yediyurappa (BSY), and their pitch to replace him. Party leaders Basavaraj Yatnal,

SC orders free travel and food for migrant workers

29 May 2020 06:21 AM IST

The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered that migrant workers should not be charged any fare, either for rail or road transport, while travelling back to their respective states. The apex court also asked the state governments and Union Territories (UTs) to provide food, shelter and water to migrant workers and

Priyanka accuses BJP of trying to topple Maharashtra government amid pandemic

29 May 2020 06:19 AM IST

Congress’ UP in charge Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday hit out at the BJP for trying to destabilise the Maharashtra government amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Priyanka said that at this time of crisis people in politics even if they belong to different ideologies should come together and help those who

Sonia, Rahul target Modi govt, say poor need cash & not loans

29 May 2020 06:14 AM IST

The Congress on Thursday launched its online protest campaign against the Centre, highlighting the latter’s failure in tackling the migrant issue in the country. Raising the issue, Congress president Sonia Gandhi said that the government must provide Rs 7,500 to every needy family for the next six months and a

Haryana sends special migrant train to Bengal

29 May 2020 06:09 AM IST

The Haryana government has decided to send migrant workers stuck in their state back to their native states in the course of next week. They will be allowed to travel in the special Shramik trains without charging any fare as the government will bear all expenses. Such a special Shramik

Nitish ‘shielding’ JD-U MLA accused of murder: Tejashwi

29 May 2020 06:04 AM IST

The RJD leader and the leader of Opposition in Bihar, Tejashwi Yadav, has summoned all his party MLAs and MLCs to Patna and they would be marching to Gopalganj to protest against the alleged shielding of Janata Dal-United (JD-U) MLA Amarendra Pandey who is accused in a triple murder that

‘30 groups in India trying to develop coronavirus vaccines’

29 May 2020 05:02 AM IST

K. Vijay Raghavan, Principal Scientific Advisor to Government of India, says that of the 30 groups, about 20 are keeping a good pace.

Priest sacrifices man to end Covid-19 crisis in Odisha

29 May 2020 05:01 AM IST

A 70-year-old priest was arrested on Thursday for allegedly sacrificing a 52-year-old man inside a temple in Odisha’s Cuttack district to appease the Goddess to end the Covid-19 pandemic. Priest Sansari Ojha, working at a temple in Bandhahuda area, allegedly beheaded a man inside the shrine on Wednesday night, police