- Saturday, April 05, 2025
With 22,752 fresh cases of COVID-19 in a day, India''s virus caseload increased to 7,42,417 on Wednesday, while the death toll climbed to 20,642 with 482 people succumbing to the disease, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The number of recoveries stands at 4,56,830, while there are 2,64,944 active cases of coronavirus…
INDIAN police have arrested 12 LG Polymers officials, including its South Korean Chief Executive Sunkey Jeong, an officer said on Wednesday (8), two months after a gas leak at the company’s south Indian chemical plant killed 12. The arrests were made under a case of culpable homicide filed against the…
Hitting out at Pakistan for peddling “false narratives” against it, India has asked Islamabad that it must introspect about why it is universally acknowledged as the "international epicentre" of terrorism and the “best safe haven for terrorists.” Mahaveer Singhvi, head of the Indian delegation, made the comments at a webinar…
AN investigation into a deadly gas leak at a South Korean-owned chemical plant in southern India that killed 12 people in May recommended the factory be moved away from inhabited areas, according to its full report released on Tuesday (7). The probe at the plant run by LG Polymers, owned…
INDIA'S financial capital Mumbai opened four new coronavirus field hospitals on Tuesday -- including one at a horseracing track -- as the nationwide death toll jumped past 20,000. Hospitals in densely populated cities such as Mumbai and Delhi are struggling to cope with the epidemic, and the country now has…
INDIA's cricket board will only consider staging the Indian Premier League (IPL) abroad as the last resort if there is no other way to salvage the lucrative limited-overs tournament this year, a top BCCI official has told Reuters. The annual tournament was originally scheduled to begin on March 29 but was…
THE US military “will continue to stand strong” in its stance on the conflict between India and China, a top White House official has said. The statement came after the US navy deployed two aircraft carriers to the strategic South China Sea to boost its presence in the region amid…
PRITI PATEL has vowed to initiate a “crackdown on abuse and violence against shopworkers”. The home secretary assured that the guilty will be made to face the law as her office published its response to a call of evidence regarding the issue on Tuesday (7). “As the daughter of shopkeepers,…
INDIA’s death toll from the coronavirus pandemic surpassed 20,000 on Tuesday (7) and case numbers surged as the south Asian nation pushed ahead with relaxations to its almost two-month lockdown amid grim economic forecasts. The rate of both new virus infections and deaths are rising at the fastest pace in…
CHINA began pulling back troops from along its contested border with India on Monday (6), Indian government sources said, following a clash between the two countries last month in which 20 Indian soldiers were killed. Troops fought for hours with rods and clubs on the night of June 15, with…
