May 13, 2021

NEW DELHI: Actor Anupam Kher said on Wednesday it was important to hold the government accountable for the mismanagement of the second wave of the pandemic. The veteran actor, who is often viewed as being close to the Narendra Modi-led…

NEW DELHI: Petrol and diesel prices on Wednesday were hiked by 25 paise per litre each, the third increase this week, propelling petrol price to cross Rs 100 per litre mark in more cities including Bhopal and Indore. Petrol and diesel…

NEW DELHI:  With progress on India’s vaccination drive remaining largely behind schedule and an abated accumulation of new Covid-19 cases across the country, global ratings agency Moody’s has joined its peers in making a steep downwards…

NEW DELHI:  With the demand for steel continuing to increase during the pandemic, the Union government is considering a further reduction in customs duty levied on steel imports. “Metal prices in general and steel prices in particular have…

NEW DELHI:  Smartphone shipment in India fell 14 per cent quarter-on-quarter to 38 million in Q121 (January-March) as  the onset of the second Covid-19 wave towards the end of the quarter resulted in subdued consumer demand. According to…

New Delhi: Nikhil Gandhi, the India Head of China's ByteDance-owned short video-sharing platform TikTok, has decided to quit and is currently serving his notice period, IWMBuzz reported. After the company folded its India business, Gandhi…

New Delhi, May 12 (UNI) With an aim to uninterrupted power supply to the Oxygen plants across the country, the Ministry of Power has set up a monitoring centre for the power supply to 73 major identified Oxygen Plants across the country out…

Jammu, May 12 (UNI) Jammu and Kashmir Government has added nearly 800 more oxygen supported beds, in Jammu province, in a week, to augment the existing bed capacity, as a part of ongoing capacity building of hospitals in wake of rising…

New Delhi, May 12 (UNI) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday stressed that it is high time that the government fix the Maximum Retail Price (MRP) payable for oxygen concentrators and other equipment used to treat COVID-19 to prevent their…

Hyderabad, May 12 (UNI) Indo-Arab League Chairman Syed Vicaruddin has urged Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene and resolve the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict. In a letter, addressed to PM Modi, Vicaruddin said that the…

Kolkata, May 7 (UNI) A five-member bench of Calcutta High Court on Friday sought a report within 3 days from West Bengal government on the post-election violence in the state that claimed at least 16 lives. The violence erupted after…

Moscow, May 12 (Sputnik) The coordinating role of the United Nations remains crucial in overcoming global challenges, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday. "The situation in the world is very unstable. The trends we are…