- Sunday, February 23, 2025
FOUR MEN from a remote area in northern India have been detained and brought to the capital New Delhi by police over a bomb blast earlier this year outside the Israeli embassy, officials and reports said. The January 29 explosion occurred as Israel marked the anniversary of its establishment of…
A plan by India to build digital databases of farmers to boost their incomes has raised concerns about privacy and the exclusion of poor farmers and those without land titles. US firm Microsoft will run a pilot for the agriculture ministry's AgriStack in 100 villages in six Indian states to…
INDIA reported on Friday (25) 51,667 new Covid-19 infections over the past 24 hours, data from the health ministry showed. India's total case tally now stands at 30,134,445 while the weekly positivity rate declined to three per cent, the ministry said. The death toll climbed to 393,310 with 1,329 more…
INDIA on Thursday (24) reported 54,069 new Covid-19 infections over the past 24 hours, data from the health ministry showed. The total infection tally rose to 30,082,778 while 1,321 more fatalities pushed the death toll to 391,981, the ministry said. The number of active cases declined to 627,057 and is 2.08 per cent…
INDIA's health ministry on Wednesday (23) said that around 40 cases of the Delta plus variant, classified as a variant of concern (VOC), were detected in Maharashtra, Kerala and Madhya Pradesh states. Delta variant as well as all Delta sub-lineages including Delta plus are classified as VOC, it added. "As…
KIRAN AHUJA has become the first Indian American to head the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) in the US which manages more than two million civil servants. US Vice President Kamala Harris has cast her tie-breaking vote in the bitterly divided Senate to confirm the nomination of Ahuja. The Senate…
TATA GROUP founder Jamsetji Tata has emerged as the biggest philanthropist globally in the last 100 years by donating $102 billion, as per a list of top-50 givers prepared by Hurun Report and EdelGive Foundation. Tata is ahead of others like Bill Gates and his now-estranged wife Melinda who have…
INDIA and the US started a two-day multi-domain wargame in the Indian Ocean on Wednesday (23) to counter China's increasing military presence in the region. The exercise will showcase an array of air defence platforms to further strengthen the bilateral relationship and cooperation by demonstrating the ability to integrate and coordinate comprehensively…
FUGITIVE businessman Nirav Modi on Tuesday (22) lost his appeal against extradition to India in a UK High Court. On April 15, UK Home Secretary Priti Patel approved Modi’s extradition to India in the estimated $2 billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam case. In February, the Westminster Magistrates’ Court in the…
MAHARASHTRA health minister has said that 21 cases of the 'Delta plus' variant of Covid-19, considered highly infectious, have been found in the state so far. Rajesh Tope revealed that the highest nine cases were reported in Ratnagiri, followed by seven in Jalgaon, two in Mumbai, and one case each…
