- Sunday, April 06, 2025
THE Covid-19 cases in India saw a record single-day jump of 9,304 cases on Thursday (4) pushing the total tally to 2,16,919, while the death toll climbed to 6,075 with 260 new fatalities, according to the health ministry. India stood seventh among the nations worst hit by the Covid-19 pandemic…
INDIA is among over 50 countries and organisations confirmed to participate in the UK-led virtual Global Vaccine Summit to be hosted by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday (4). Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi or a high-level Indian representative is expected to participate live or with a pre-recorded message…
India on Wednesday (3) unveiled a jobs plan for “testing times” in a bid to get migrants back at work after the world’s biggest coronavirus lockdown stripped millions of their livelihood. With a mammoth repatriation effort underway, tens of thousands of migrant workers are returning to India and the government…
SAREGAMA on Wednesday (3) announced a global deal with Facebook to license its music for video and other social experiences across Facebook and Instagram. This partnership will allow users to choose from a wide variety of music to add to their social experiences such as videos, stories via music stickers…
Recently, we came across news that in Kerala a pregnant elephant was given a pineapple to eat which had crackers stuffed in it. The crackers busted in her stomach and the elephant passed away. Well, this animal cruelty has not gone down well with Bollywood celebs and many took to…
An elephant that was pregnant died in Kerala, standing in water, last Wednesday, after she ate a pineapple filled with firecrackers, allegedly left by some locals. The fruit exploded in her mouth, leading to the inevitable tragedy. The incident came to light after a forest officer narrated the details of…
Hundreds of people living close to various beaches in Mumbai are being shifted to safer places on Wednesday in light of cyclone ''Nisarga'' which has made landfall near Alibaug, 95 kms from here, police said. Mumbai Police and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) are taking all precautionary measures to minimise any…
AN Indian-American man who opened the doors of his home here to over 70 people demonstrating against the police killing of George Flyod has emerged as a ‘cult hero’ after he rescued the strangers from the clutches of the police. The death of the 46-year-old African-American last week in Minneapolis…
Students protested in southern India on Tuesday (2) after the suicide of a teenage girl who was unable to attend online classes because she did not have a television or smartphone. Schools have been shut across India since the country locked down its 1.3 billion people on March 25 to…
US secretary of state Mike Pompeo and a senior congressional leader have reprimanded China for bullying behaviour towards India during a military standoff on their disputed border. Thousands of Indian and Chinese troops have faced each other for weeks at three or four locations in the western Himalayas after Beijing’s…
