• Saturday, April 05, 2025

Congress seeks virtual Parliament session to discuss China issue

The Congress has demanded a virtual session of Parliament to discuss the Indo-China face-off and other issues pertaining to national importance, including the COVID-19 pandemic and the fuel price hike. Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera said, "There should be virtual session to discuss important issues. During the 1962 war, BJP leader…

India’s Covid-19 recovery rate improves to 57.42 per cent; total…

INDIA reported 16,922 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday (25), its highest single-day tally so far. With this, the total cases in the country climbed to 473,105. A total of 271,696 patients have been cured so far of coronavirus in India. The recovery rate in the country is 57.42 per cent…

Sidharth Malhotra on becoming an actor without any connection in…

Sidharth Malhotra made his acting debut with Dharma Productions’ superhit college-caper Student of the Year (2012). But not many people know that he struggled for years before bagging his first project as an actor. Before beginning his acting career, Malhotra tried his luck in modelling and later assisted Karan Johar on My Name…

India-China standoff ‘very serious and worrying’, says Johnson as he…

BORIS JOHNSON has called on India and China to engage in dialogue to sort out their border issues as he described the escalation in the Himalayan region as “a very serious and worrying situation”. The British prime minister added that the UK was “monitoring closely” developments, while making his first…

Covid-19 crisis to sink global economy in 2020; India’s GDP…

KEY emerging market economies are taking a severe hit to GDP amid the coronavirus pandemic, with India seeing the first contraction in decades, the IMF said. The updated World Economic Outlook shows India’s GDP will fall 4.5 per cent this year, far worse than expected in April just after the…

Apple, other U.S. goods from China held up at Indian…

APPLE, Cisco and Dell products are among the goods from U.S. companies being caught up in India’s border tensions with China, as Indian ports hold up imports from China, reported Reuters. Though no government notice has been issued, customs officers at major Indian port have held back containers coming from China,…

Hinduja brothers mired in legal dispute over letter on division…

THE Hinduja brothers are locked in a legal dispute over their multi-billion family assets, it has emerged during a court ruling in London. The high court case — regarding the “validity and effect” of a letter dated July 2, 2014 — was filed on behalf of “patriarch” Srichand Parmanand Hinduja,…

Human error caused Pakistan plane crash that killed 97: initial…

A plane crash which killed 97 people in Pakistan last month was because of human error by the pilots, who were discussing the Covid-19 during the landing, according to an initial report released Wednesday (24). The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane came down among houses on May 22 after both…

India’s Covid-19 cases reach 456,183; nearly 16,000 new cases in…

INDIA reported nearly 16,000 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours. With this the total tally surged to 456,183 on Wednesday (24). A total of 10,495 Covid-19 patients have recovered in a day, the health ministry said. The country reported 15,968 positive cases and 465 deaths in the last…

Indian guru warned against marketing $7 herbal virus ‘cure’

A hugely popular Indian guru touting herbal remedies as a $7 cure for coronavirus was told by the government Tuesday that he needed to prove his claims before further marketing. Baba Ramdev, a supporter of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said the remedy would be available from next week through his…